On August 4, 2018, Dmitry Bivol (13-0, 11 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBA champion, defends his title against Malawian challenger, Isaac Chilemba (25-5-2, 10 KOs).
Dmitry Bivol is coming in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate; his last fight was a 12th round TKO victory over Sullivan Barrera, 5 months and 1 day ago. Isaac Chilemba is on a 1-fight win streak with a 31% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Blake Caparello, 4 months and 19 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Dmitry Bivol at 99-1 winning odds. Isaac Chilemba really doesn't have much to present against Bivol.
Dmitry Bivol defeated Isaac Chilemba via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA light-heavyweight title. Bivol improves his record to 14-0, while Chilemba adds a loss to his record at 25-6-2.