Artur Beterbiev

Artur Beterbiev vs. Sullivan Barrera a possibility

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By Allan Fox: Light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (17-1, 12 KOs) says his team has been given an offer to fight unbeaten #2 IBF, #3 WBC, #3 WBA, #4 WBO Artur Beterbiev (10-0, 10 KOs) for a fight at a still to be determined date and time. Barrera, #4 WBA, #8 IBF, #12 BC, hasn’t fought since losing a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision to former super middleweight champion Andre Ward last March at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.

Barrera, 34, has been eager to fight since then, but he hasn’t had any fights lined up for him until this potential fight against the hard hitting Beterbiev.

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Beterbiev-Maderna make weight

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(Photo credit: Dave Nadkarni/Premier Boxing Champions) By Jim Dower: Undefeated light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 9 KOs) and Ezequiel Maderna (23-2, 15 KOs) both made weight on Friday for their fight on Saturday night on Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN from the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada. Beterbiev weighed in at 174.2lbs. Maderna, 29, weighed in at 177.2lbs.

Beterbiev twice fought in the Olympics for Russia in 2008 and 2012, but failed to bring home the gold in both Olympics. Beterbiev was eliminated by Zhang Xiaoping by an 8-2 score in the 2008 Olympics at light heavyweight, and to Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine by 17-13 score in the 2012 Olympics in competing at heavyweight.

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Artur Beterbiev faces Ezequiel Maderna on Saturday

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By Patrick McHugh: Two Olympians will be facing each other this Saturday night in a light heavyweight match-up between unbeaten Russian Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 8 KOs) battling Ezequiel Maderna (23-2, 15 KOs) in a fight televised on ESPN from the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada. The Beterbiev-Maderna fight starts at 11:00 p.m. ET. on ESPN.

While the fight is supposed to be competitive up to a point, the 31-year-old Beterbiev is expected to win the fight by a knockout. One thing that is unknown is how Beterbiev’s surgically repaired right shoulder will be for the fight. This is the first match for Beterbiev since his shoulder surgery and he’s been out of the ring for a year now since his last fight.

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Artur Beterbiev faces Ezequiel Maderna on June 4

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beterbievMONTREAL (May 18, 2016) – Unbeaten light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 9 KOs) will battle veteran Argentine Olympian Ezequiel Maderna (23-2, 15 KOs) in a 12-round showdown that headlines Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes Saturday, June 4 from Bell Center in Montreal.

Televised coverage begins at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT and features an exciting co-main event that sees a pair of undefeated rising contenders enter the ring as Florida’s Bryant Perrella (13-0, 12 KOs) squares-off against Washington, D.C.’s David Grayton (14-0, 10 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight bout. PBC on ESPN returns for the first of seven fight nights between June 4 and August 12 that will feature exciting and competitive battles.

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Artur Beterbiev vs. Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna on June 4

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beterbiev1022By Allan Fox: Undefeated light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 9 KOs) will be fighting on June 4 in a scheduled 12 round fight against the hard hitting Argentinian Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna (23-2, 15 KOs) at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

Beterbiev, 31, is coming off of shoulder surgery oterhwise he would likely be facing a better opponent than the 29-year-old Maderna. Beterbiev hasn’t fought since 7th round knockout win over Alexander “Woody” Johnson last June in 2015.

Beterbiev, #2 IBF, #4 WBO, #6 WBC, was in the process of looking to fight in an IBF eliminator fight last year, but a shoulder injury sustained in training derailed his plans.

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Artur Beterbiev to fight in June

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beterbiev1022By Jeff Aranow: Unbeaten light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 9 KOs) will be back inside the ring in June against a still to be determined opponent. His promoter Yvon Michel is working on a fight for the powerful 31-year-old Beterbiev.

Last November, Beterbiev was supposed to fight in a world title eliminator bout against Sullivan Barrera. However, Beterbiev suffered a shoulder injury that required surgery to repair the problem.

At 31, Beterbiev doesn’t have a lot of time to be slowly brought up like other fighters. Beterbiev’s long amateur background in Russia took away his ability to have a long pro career. Beterbiev twice fought in the Olympics and defeated Sergey Kovalev while in the amateur ranks.

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Bute, Beterbiev and Eleider Alvarez possible for April 2 in Quebec

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beterbiev1022By Allan Fox: Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (32-3, 25 KOs) is being lined up for a headlining fight on April 2 at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec. The opponent for the 35-year-old Bute is still to be determined.

Also being talked about for the undercard is unbeaten light heavyweights Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 9 KOs) and Eleider Alvarez (19-0, 10 KOs) in separate fights. The opponents for those two fighters is still unknown.

All three fighters are managed by Al Haymon, so it’ll be a wait and see situation whether they in fact wind up on the card. Hopefully, Haymon matches them against quality opponents rather than weaker fighters.

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Artur Beterbiev vs. Igor Mikhalkin possible for November 28th

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beterbiev67By Allan Fox: It looks like the International Boxing Federation (IBF) made a mistake when they were looking for an opponent for #2 IBF Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 9 KOs) for his IBF light heavyweight eliminator bout on the undercard of the Lucian Bute vs. James DeGale card on November 28th Quebec City.

Initially, instead of picking out No.13 IBF Igor Mikhalkin (17-1, 9 KOs), as the IBF should have done, they skipped him and instead selected No.14 IBF Karo Murat as the opponent for Beterbiev to fight on November 28th. It was only later that the IBF became aware that they had skipped the higher ranked #13 Mikhalkin in selecting an opponent for Beterbiev.

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Artur Beterbiev vs. Karo Murat possible for Nov.28

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beterbiev1022By Dan Ambrose: #1 IBF light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 9 KOs) finally appears to have a top 15 contender that is ready to fight him in the IBF 175lb title eliminator.

32-year-old #14 IBF Karo Murat (27-2-1, 17 KOs) has reportedly agreed to face Beterbiev for a fight that will be taking place on November 28th on the undercard of the Lucian Bute vs. James DeGale card at the Centre Videotron, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Murat was the 8th fighter that Beterbiev’s promoters contacted for the November 28th fight. It’s surprising that so many fighters didn’t want to face Beterbiev for some reason.

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Chris Algieri to fight on Jacobs-Quillin card on 12/5

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algieri5By Dan Ambrose: Former world title challenger Chris Algieri (20-2, 8 KOs) will be fighting an opponent still to be determined on the December 5th Daniel Jacobs vs. Peter Quillin card on Showtime Championship Boxing from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. There’s talk of a potential bout against 44-year-old “Sugar” Shane Mosley.

It would be a good fight if it happens on this card. Mosley recently made a comeback after two years out of the ring and fought well in beating Ricardo Mayorga by a 6th round knockout last August at the Forum in Inglewood, California.

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