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“Good sparring” – Bivol assessed the outcome of the fight with Arthur for the WBA world title
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Russian boxer Dmitry Bivol called the fight for the WBA world title with Briton Lyndon Arthur “a good sparring” and said that the International Boxing Organization (IBO) championship belt means nothing to him.
Bivol defeated Briton Lyndon Arthur and defended the WBA world light heavyweight title, and also won the International Boxing Organization (IBO) championship belt. The fight between Bivol and Arthur took place in Riyadh on Saturday and lasted all 12 rounds. Bivol won by unanimous decision (120 – 107 – all three judges).
– It was a good sparring. I’m glad I got this fight at the end of the year. And now I see the path to my goal. I hope that my fight with the winner of the Beterbiev-Callum Smith fight will take place in 2024.
— What does the IBO champion title mean to you?
“For me, this is the eleventh defense.” IBO belt? It doesn’t mean anything, it’s just a belt,” Bivol said immediately after the fight.
Bivol is 33 years old, an undefeated boxer with 22 victories, 11 of which by knockout. For the Russian, this fight was the first in 2023. 32-year-old Arthur now has two defeats and 23 wins (16 knockouts).
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Derek CHISORA: “He didn’t want to fight. I’ll suck your strength, I’ll knock you down”
british boxer Derek Chisora He shared his assessment of the knockout that ended Anthony Joshua’s fight against Jake Paul.
“This should have happened a long time ago. Joshua did what he had to do. Forget everything else. I was among those who said that if the fight dragged on there would be questions. But the ring was too big. Jake didn’t want to fight – he tried to fight. Joshua said everything right: I’m going to suck your strength and then I’m going to knock you out… He broke his jaw,” Chisora said.
A big boxing show took place in Miami, USA, on the night of December 19-20, 2025. In the main fight, American entertainer Jake Paul and former world champion Anthony Joshua entered the ring. The fight ended in the sixth round – AJ brutally knocked out his opponent.
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Fights
Fury left England in sensational fashion. He left with his family
Former World Heavyweight Champion Tyson Rage he and his family unexpectedly left the UK and changed their place of permanent residence. According to The Sun, the reason for this decision was the British government’s tax policy.
The 37-year-old boxer moved to the Isle of Man with his wife Paris and their seven children. This decision was taken after the tax burden on wealthy citizens in the UK was increased. In the Isle of Man, the income tax rate for high earners is around 21%, while in Britain the rate reaches 45%.
The boxer officially changed his residence address in business documents, as well as his wife’s. Sources say Fury is happy with the move and plans to make the Isle of Man his new home.
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Itauma was number one in the heavyweight rankings. Joshua the tenth
World Boxing Organization (WBO) has published the heavyweight rankings as of December 2025 on its official website.
The undefeated British is in first place. Moses Ithauma He last entered the ring in August (13-0, 11 KOs), and won the WBO Inter-Continental belt by knocking out his compatriot Dillian Whyte.
Second place went to Filip Hrgovic (19-1, 14 KOs), who defeated Briton David Adeleye by unanimous decision in August. The representative of Croatia has the WBO International title. China’s Zhang Zhilei (27-3-1, 22 KOs) rounded out the top three.
A British heavyweight world champion Fabio Wardley The former holder of the interim belt (20-0-1, 19 KOs) was promoted after Oleksandr Usyk relinquished his WBO title.
The representative of Ukraine was excluded from the ranking because he had championship titles according to other versions (WBC, WBA, IBF).
Famous heavyweight Vladislav Sirenko (22-1, 19 KOs), ranked 14th, left the rankings. In his last fight, he suffered an unexpected defeat against Englishman Solomon Dacres.
World Boxing Organization rankings (WBO) heavyweight title:
- Champion: Fabio Wardley (Great Britain)
- Moses Ithauma (England)
- Filip Hrgovic (Croatia)
- Zhang Zhilei (China)
- Daniel Dubois (Great Britain)
- Jared Anderson (USA)
- Derek Chisora (Great Britain)
- Nelson Hisa (Albania)
- Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan)
- Richard Thores (USA)
- Anthony Joshua (Great Britain)
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