Russian Boxer Dmitry Bivol Defended His WBA World Title

Russian boxer Dmitry Bivol defended his WBA world title by defeating Mexican Gilberto Ramírez.

Now Bivol has 21 wins and no losses. For Ramírez, this defeat was his first at a professional level.

Brief History

Dmitry Yuryevich Bivol (Russian: Дмитрий Юрьевич Бивол; born 18 December 1990) is a Russian-Kyrgyz professional boxer who has held the WBA light heavyweight title since 2017. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 2013 World Combat Games in the 81 kg weight category.[3] As of August 2022, Bivol is ranked as the world's second best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec,[4] seventh by The Ring,[5] the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB)[6] and the Boxing Writers Association of America,[7] and eighth by ESPN.[8] He is also ranked as the best light heavyweight by The Ring[9] and BoxRec,[10] and second by TBRB[11] and ESPN.[12]