On February 22, 2025, the 40-year-old undisputed light-heavyweight world champion, Artur Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs), faced a 34-year-old fellow Russian boxer Dmitry Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) in an undisputed title defense fight.
Beterbiev came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 95% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 10 days. Bivol was on a -1-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 10 days.
Dmitry Bivol defeated Artur Beterbiev via majority decision in the rematch and wins the WBA, IBF, WBC, WBO, and The Ring light-heavyweight world champion — and becomes the undisputed light-heavyweight world champion. Bivol improves his record to 24-1, while Beterbiev adds a loss to his record at 21-1.