Accordingly, the lightweight world championship unification match between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol was postponed after Artur Beterbiev suffered a synovial injury during training. Beterbiev, currently the WBC, IBF and WBO champion, is scheduled to fight compatriot Dmitry Bivol, the reigning WBA champion, on Saturday, June 1 in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. However, fans will now have to wait a little longer to see the two strongest boxers at the moment fight each other.

The match between Bivol and Beterbiev is the centerpiece of a star-studded event that includes the return of “The Bomber” Deontay Wilder to face Zhilei Zhang after being surprisingly defeated by Joseph Parker, and the British superstar Daniel Dubois takes on Filip Hrgovic following his TKO win over Jarrell Miller this past December.

In a statement published on to reschedule the match between Beterbiev and Bivol.

“After receiving news today about Beterbiev’s injury, we will postpone the Beterbiev vs. Bivol is expected on June 1 until the second half of this year,”

“Wishing Artur Beterbiev a speedy recovery. However, the 5v5 event is still available on June 1.”

Beterbiev has an absolute knockout ratio in his career, defeating all 20 opponents in his professional career. His most recent victory was a seventh-round TKO victory over former British champion Callum Smith.

On the other side, Bivol has also never been defeated. The Russian boxer has a massive record of 22-0, with half of his victories coming by KOs and TKOs. Recently, Bivol successfully defended his WBA championship belt after defeating British boxer Lyndon Arthur by unanimous decision in Riyadh in December.