{"id":5735,"date":"2024-10-18T04:18:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T04:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/boxing-artur-beterbiev-ordered-to-face-ibf-mandatory-despite-dmitry-bivol-appeal-to-sanctioning-bodies\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T04:18:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T04:18:39","slug":"boxing-artur-beterbiev-ordered-to-face-ibf-mandatory-despite-dmitry-bivol-appeal-to-sanctioning-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/boxing-artur-beterbiev-ordered-to-face-ibf-mandatory-despite-dmitry-bivol-appeal-to-sanctioning-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing: Artur Beterbiev ordered to face IBF mandatory despite Dmitry Bivol appeal to sanctioning bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Artur Beterbiev has been ordered to defend his IBF light-heavyweight title against the mandatory challenger, a day after Dmitry Bivol appealed to the four sanctioning bodies to back an immediate rematch.<\/b><\/p>\n

Russian Beterbiev, 39, became the division’s first four-belt world champion<\/a> with a split-decision victory over compatriot Bivol in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Bivol’s promoter Eddie Hearn and manager Vadim Kornilov publicly lambasted the scorecards, which were 114-114, 115-113 and 116-112 for Beterbiev.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bivol, 33, sent a request through his lawyer on Wednesday to the WBO, WBA, IBF and WBC, asking for their support in securing a rematch with Beterbiev.<\/p>\n

But the IBF has now officially ordered Beterbiev to begin “negotiations” with a mandatory challenger, German Michael Eifert.<\/p>\n

This may well not be the end of the matter, however.<\/p>\n

The IBF says Beterbiev can still request an “exception” to make a voluntary defence which would be considered.<\/p>\n

As sanctioning bodies, the organisations authorise fighters to compete for their world titles, but none of the four major sanctioning bodies have the power to overturn an official result.<\/p>\n

The British Boxing Board of Control was in charge of overseeing the weekend’s event, as has been the case for most Saudi fight nights in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n

While Hearn said the 116-112 scorecard was “disgusting”, Bivol did not publicly question the result.<\/p>\n

Bivol suffered the first defeat of his 24-fight career, while Beterbiev was taken the distance for the first time as a professional.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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