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Beterbiev overcomes Bivol for the undisputed boxing world champion title

Artur Beterbiev, a Russian-born Canadian boxer, has been crowned the undisputed light-heavyweight world champion after defeating his Russian opponent Dmitry Bivol on a majority points decision in Saudi Arabia. At Riyadh's Kingdom Arena on Saturday, two of the three ringside judges scored the fight 115-113 and 116-112 in favor of Beterbiev, while the other called it tied at 114-114. Both men were previously undefeated, with Bivol, 33, holding the WBA title and Beterbiev, 39, the reigning WBC, WBO, and IBF champion.