On October 12, 2024, the 33-year-old WBA (Super) light-heavyweight champion, Dmitry Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs), and the 39-year-old WBC, IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) faced each other for the undisputed world championpionship.
Bivol came in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 11 days. Beterbiev was on a 20-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 29 days.
Artur Beterbiev defeated Dmitry Bivol via majority decision and wins the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring light-heavyweight world champion — and becomes the undisputed light-heavyweight world champion. Beterbiev improves his record to 21-0, while Bivol adds a loss to his record at 23-1.