Kostya Tszyu – about the refusal of Bivol from the WBC title: “The right decision, you need to prepare for the third battle with Betherbiev”

The former absolute boxing champion Konstantin Tszyu told Match TV that he supported the decision of the Russian boxer Dmitry Bivola to abandon the WBC -weight -weight title, as this will prepare for his third battle with his compatriot Arthur Beterbiev.

Earlier, the head of the WBC Maurisio Suleiman confirmed the Match TV that Bwil has abandoned the WBC title in a weight. Now this belt is owned by American David Benavides, who was in the status of an obligatory applicant and expected a battle with Bivol. On Tuesday, bidding was supposed to take place, but Boval and his team stated that they were prior to the battle with Beterbiev.

– This is the right decision, boxers choose what is more important to them, which is considered more necessary right now. Everything will be fine with Benavides, in the future they will have time to hold this battle. Now Bivola needs to prepare for the third battle with Beterbiev to win there, ”Tszyu said“ Match TV ”.

Bwille on February 22 in Riyadh by the decision of the judges defeated Beterbiev and became the absolute champion of the world in half -life. In October last year, Beterbiev also turned out to be stronger than Bivola, becoming the absolute world champion.

On the account of 34 -year -old Bivola 24 victories and one defeat. The Russian boxer has championship titles WBA, WBO and IBF in half -burned.