For the first time in 10 fights, Dmitry Bivol scored a stoppage win Saturday with a sixth-round TKO of Malik Zinad to retain his WBA light heavyweight title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
And now, Bivol (23-0, 11 KOs) will move onto an Oct. 12 undisputed light heavyweight championship fight vs. Artur Beterbiev in Riyadh, per Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority.
Bivol and Beterbiev were set to fight Saturday before the latter underwent surgery last month to repair a ruptured meniscus. Libya's Zinad (22-1, 16 KOs) stepped in less than 30 days out and entered the ring a major underdog in his first world title bid.
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