Artur Beterbiev boxer

Artur Beterbiev boxer
bouts
17
won
17
lost
0
draw
0
Status
International Boxing Federation World Light Heavyweight Title
Division
light heavyweight
Debut
2013-06-08
Height
5′ 11½″/182cm
Reach
73″/185cm
Age
34
Born
1985-01-21
Death
-
Nationality
Russia

Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev (Russian: Артур Асильбекович Бетербиев; born 21 January 1985) is a Russian professional boxer. He is a unified light-heavyweight champion, having held the IBF title since 2017 and the WBC title since 2019. As of November 2021 he is recognized as the best active light-heavyweight by The Ring, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and ESPN and second by BoxRec.As an amateur, Beterbiev won a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships, gold at the 2009 World Championships, as well as gold at the 2006 and 2010 European Championships, all in the light-heavyweight division. He also reached the quarter-finals of the heavyweight bracket at the 2012 Olympics.Beterbiev is particularly known for his exceptional punching power, having won all of his professional fights by knockout or stoppage.Beterbiev competed as a light-heavyweight and heavyweight in his amateur career. He won the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships beating Kenneth Egan and Ismail Sillakh among others. He beat Egor Mekhontsev but lost to two-time world champion Evgeny Makarenko in 2006.clarification needed In 2007 he beat future unified light-heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev in the semi-finals, and eventually beat Evgeny Makarenko in finals to qualify for the World Championships. In the finals of the World Championships he faced the little-known Abbos Atoev but lost in an upset.At the 2008 Olympics he beat Kennedy Katende 15:3, then at the round of 16 he fell controversially to local boxer Zhang Xiaoping who went on to win the gold medal. At the 2009 World Championships, he beat young Cuban Jose Larduet and Uzbek Elshod Rasulov to claim the light heavyweight title.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2021-12-17 Marcus Browne WWWWLW Bell Centre, Montreal
2021-03-20 Adam Deines WWWLWW Khodynka Ice Palace, Moscow WIN
Technical knockout
2019-10-18 Oleksandr Gvozdyk WWWWWW Liacouras Center, Philadelphia WIN
Technical knockout
2019-05-04 Radivoje Kalajdzic WWLWWW Stockton Arena, Stockton
2018-10-06 Callum Johnson WWWWWW Wintrust Arena, Chicago WIN
KO
2017-11-11 Enrico Koelling WWWWWW Save Mart Arena, Fresno WIN
KO
2016-12-23 Isidro Ranoni Prieto WWWLWW Lac Leamy Casino, Gatineau WIN
Technical knockout
2016-06-04 Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna LWLWWW Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
Technical knockout
2015-06-12 Alexander Johnson LWWWLW UIC Pavilion, Chicago WIN
Technical knockout
2015-04-04 Gabriel Campillo LWLWWW Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City WIN
KO
2014-12-19 Jeff Page Jr WWWWWW Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City WIN
KO
2014-09-27 Tavoris Cloud WWWWLL Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
KO
2014-08-22 Alvaro Enriquez WLLLWL Complexe Sportif Sportscene, Mont-Saint-Hilaire WIN
Technical knockout
2014-01-18 Gabriel Lecrosnier LDLWLL Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
Technical knockout
2013-11-30 Billy Bailey LLLWLL Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City WIN
KO
2013-09-28 Rayco Saunders LLLLWL Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
Corner retirement
2013-06-08 Christian Cruz LLLLLL Bell Centre, Montreal WIN
Technical knockout