On the stunningly attractive card of The Last Crescendo, Artur Beterbiev defends his world light heavyweight titles against Dmitry Bivol on February 22 in a must-see rematch, headlining an iconic show of the Riyadh season, live around the world onhttp://DAZN.com/wbc
This Thursday, both warriors were face to face, cheek to jowl, at the final press conference prior to this important and historic fight.
Although the two fighters do not usually talk much and prefer to save themselves for the moment when they step into the ring, they commented the following:
“I want to defend my belts, it’s very simple. I’m ready to beat whoever and I’m looking forward to Saturday,” said the champion.
“All athletes want to win. Of course I wasn’t the winner last time. Now I want to win. It burns inside me. I want to change something because I can see where I went wrong. I want to change it. “As an athlete I want it,” Bivol said.
“Any time you trade punches with a fighter like Beterbiev it’s a risk,” he said. “But I need to do it. Sometimes more.”
Last October, Bivol suffered the first loss of his career to Beterbiev, when all three judges awarded Beterbiev the win.
