Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol 2: George Groves Predicts Main Event Outcome

On February 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Artur Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) will defend his undisputed light heavyweight crown against Dmitry Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) at the Kingdom Arena. Beterbiev vs Bivol 2 will be the main event of a loaded Riyadh Season event. The entire card will be available through several PPV outlets including DAZN and PPV.com. Many experts have revealed their predictions ahead of this intriguing rematch. Former WBA super middleweight champion George Groves has spoken to Casino Beats and shared his prediction for this titanic rematch.

Beterbiev vs Bivol 2 Headlines Stacked Feb. 22 Card

George Groves Predicts Beterbiev vs Bivol 2

Beterbiev vs Bivol 2 is an immediate rematch of their first fight, where Beterbiev prevailed by majority decision with the judge’s scorecards reading 114-114, 115-113 and 116-112. The rematch will once again be for all the belts in Saudi Arabia.

Fight week in Riyadh has been full of drama with Shakur Stevenson vs Floyd Schofield being cancelled and Daniel Dubois falling ill and being replaced by Martin Bakole.

Despite the fight week upheaval, the main event has remained and these two look set to clash again. Ahead of the Feb. 22 main event, George Groves was asked his prediction and said: “I think Bivol wins. I think it might be close again, but I think Bivol wins and then we see the third one.”

Beterbiev vs Bivol 2 Full Fight Card

• Main event: Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol – for WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring belts
• Joseph Parker vs Martin Bakole – Heavyweights
• Shakur Stevenson vs Josh Padley – for WBC lightweight title
• Carlos Adames vs Hamzah Sheeraz – for WBC middleweight title
• Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Israil Madrimov – for interim WBC super-welterweight title
• Zhilei Zhang vs Agit Kabayel – for interim WBC heavyweight title
• Joshua Buatsi vs Callum Smith – for interim WBO light-heavyweight title
• Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Jonatas Rodrigo Gomes de Oliveira, 6 rounds, welterweights
• Mohammed Alakel vs. Engel Gomez, 6 rounds, super featherweights

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