Unified light-heavyweight boxing champion Artur Beterbiev is set to unify the belts against fellow undefeated Russian Dmitry Bivol this weekend in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The hard-hitting Beterbiev is one of the most fearsome punchers the sport has ever seen, boasting a 100% knockout ratio in 20 fights.
The Dagestani-born slugger showed the strength and dexterity of his hands and wrists in a public workout in Riyadh today. While it's best to just watch the insane workout, the best way for us to describe it is that we now understand why he knocked out all of his opponents:
"Artur Beterbiev’s stunning wrist exercise at today’s public workout ahead of the Dmitry Bivol fight on Saturday night…"
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Fans are amazed by this inhuman showcase of athletic ability, with binness_stander saying:
"Even his fingers got knocked out power."
Meanwhile, NapzOfTheDay said:
"This guy is a beast!"
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Turki Alalshikh releases greatest fight promo video in history for Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol
Riyadh Season is truly pulling out all the stops in making a spectacle of every fight event involved in its run this year. For the unification battle between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol, an epic promo video was put together to rival even the most expensive Hollywood medieval epics. Yes, we're looking at you, Game of Thrones.
Released online by Saudi Arabia's minister and chairman of the General Entertainment Authority Turki Al-Sheikh, the four-and-a-half-minute fight trailer weaves a story of two undefeated war chiefs vying for the one crown to rule them all.
Check out the promo as posted by TNT Sports Boxing on YouTube:
If you didn't know that the two titular characters are professional boxers promoting their fight, you'd think this is a trailer for the next adrenaline-fueled, sword-swinging epic set for the theaters.
From the location, costumes, set designs, amount of extras, and cinematography, you'd know they put a lot of money in this trailer alone. There's confidence in the promoters that this epic showdown of undefeated champions will reap epic dividends.