Artur Beterbiev defeated Dmitry Bivol via majority decision (114-114, 115-113, 116-112) to capture the undisputed light heavyweight championship Saturday evening at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Beterbiev is the first undisputed 175-pound champion of the four-belt era and the first since Roy Jones Jr. held all three major titles in 2000. Beterbiev put his WBC, IBF, and WBO belts on the line, while Bivol risked his WBA championship.
Beterbiev, who entered with a 100% knockout rate, went the distance for the first time in his career and is now 21-0 as a professional.