Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol are in the final stages of preparing for their date with destiny.
The pair will meet for the undisputed light heavyweight title in Riyadh, live on DAZN, and the contest will headline what is a packed undercard.
As ever with fights of this magnitude, fans will be hoping that fight week tensions between Beterbiev and Bivol will reach a crescendo come the opening bell on Saturday night.
However, there appears to be very little hostility with Beterbiev and Bivol refusing to get drawn into any heated confrontations.
This should not serve as a huge surprise as the two world light heavyweight champions would do their talking inside the ring.
Eddie Hearn, who promotes Bivol, is not too impressed with how Beterbiev is conducting himself as the fight draws ever closer and labelled the IBF, WBC and WBO light heavyweight champion as ‘arrogant’.
“At the first presser, Beterbiev said about three words, I found it quite arrogant,” Hearn told TNT Sports.
“You’re flying him over and his team, I think it was you or Ade asked him the question, and I think he just went ‘good’.
“You’re getting paid an absolute fortune, the entire world’s media here, you owe us a little bit more than that.
“He couldn’t care less, in a way I respect it, but in a way, I think it’s a little disrespectful.”
Source – DAZN
