RIYADH – February 19, 2024 – As anticipation builds towards a historic night of boxing, Unified Light Heavyweight World Champion Artur Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) and former champion Dmitry Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs), along with the other champions and contenders featured on the card, conducted open workouts for fans and media today at the Riyadh Season, ahead of their highly anticipated rematch on Saturday, February 22, live worldwide on DAZN PPV (11 a.m. ET) from the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Speaking with DAZN analyst Chris Mannix, the champion Beterbiev remarked that “it’s a little bit different,” coming into his second match with the challenger, but their first fight is “good experience to have.” Meanwhile, Bivol told the world that he has a “new fresh feeling,” going into Saturday night along with that he learned last May that “I don’t like to lose.”
The co-main event of IBF heavyweight title holder Daniel Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) and Joseph Parker (35-3, 23 KOs) also entered the ring, with Dubois exuding champion’s confidence, simply noting that he’s ready to go and that “it’s fight time.” Former WBO champion Parker appeared relaxed and shared “I actually feel fantastic. I’ve done all the work and I’m well prepared, and I just want to go in there and put on a great display. I’m very happy, I’m excited, but I’m saving it all for fight night.”
Now with a new opponent in Josh Padley (15-0, 4 KOs), Shakur Stephenson (22-0, 10 KOs) spoke for the first time since Floyd Schofield withdrew from their bout due to illness. The WBC lightweight champion is ready to get in the ring, declaring “I’m in shape, they could’ve sent anybody. They could’ve said “Lomachenko let’s fight,” I’d say let’s do it.” “I know I am better than everybody. I’ll go out there and show the world who I am, they’re going to see.”
Beterbiev vs. Bivol 2: The Last Crescendo is a DAZN Pay-Per-View (PPV) worldwide event and will cost £19.99 in the UK / $25.99 in the US, with no DAZN subscription necessary. The PPV also comes with a seven-day free trial of the whole DAZN platform. All of the fights and DAZN content can be watched anywhere and everywhere on any device via the DAZN App. For more information and to purchase the fight, please visit www.dazn.com.
