Russian light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol will look to run his unbeaten record to 15-0 when he squares off with former champion Jean Pascal in one of the final HBO Boxing broadcasts, as the two square off at the Etess Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday night.
Bivol is coming off of a title defense against against Isaac Chilemba back in August, when he took home a one-sided unanimous decision. Prior to that, Bivol had won his previous five fights by stoppage and looks to start a new streak against Pascal. As for Pascal, the Haitian-Canadian previously held the WBC, IBO, Ring magazine and lineal light-heavyweight titles between 2009 and 2011. He's looking to get his career back on track against Bivol. Over the past three years, Pascal (33-5-1, 20 KOs) has gone 4-3 and hopes that Bivol will be the opponent that will get him over the hump.
Sporting News will have live updates and round-by-round scoring of the light heavyweight fight and the junior featherweight showdown between Murodjon Akhmadaliev and Isaac Zarate beginning at 10 p.m. ET.
Bivol-Pascal Updates
The Sporting News live blog for Bivol-Pascal will begin at 10 p.m. ET.
Bivol-Pascal Fight Card
Dmitry Bivol vs. Jean Pascal, 12 rounds, for Bivol's WBA light heavyweight title
Murodjon Akhmadaliev vs. Isaac Zarate, 10 rounds junior featherweights
Sergey Kuzmin vs. Laron Mitchell, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Shakhram Giyasov vs. Miguel Zamundio, 6 or 8 rounds, welterweights
Israil Madrimov vs. Vladimir Hernandez, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Karl Dargan vs. Moisess Delgadillio, 8 rounds, lightweights
Evgeny Tishchenko vs. Christian Mariscal, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Logan Yoon vs. Hamzah Sempewo, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
