As Dmitry Bivol readies himself to take on a replacement opponent this weekend, he talks to reporters about learning the news of Artur Beterbiev’s injury which will pushed back their heavily anticipated meeting. Instead Bivol will take on Malik Zinad this weekend but is still confident that his fight with Beterbiev will take place at some point.
Bivol on his reaction to Beterbiev suffering an injury, postponing their anticipated showdown
“It’s common situation and it’s not first time in boxing. And after I heard this news my next question was like ‘what is (next) for me? What will we do on June 1st, do we have some options?’ And I got option as Malik Zinad and I’m focused on Malik Zinad.
“I was disappointed a little bit and then I switched to another fight.”
On when the Beterbiev fight will be rescheduled for
“They told me only it will be this year before new year. I don’t think about it now because I have a fight. I don’t want to think about it. I don’t know how his recovering is going now, it’s not my business now. But I believe that this fight will happen because both of our sides want this fight.”
On David Benavidez wanting to fight him
“David Benavidez is a good fighter, he’s a really good fighter and it’s interesting fight to be honest, against Gvozdyk. He’s good for light heavyweight division.”