On October 12, 2019, Dmitry Bivol (16-0, 11 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBA (Super) champion, defends his title against Dominican challenger, Lenin Castillo (20-2-1, 15 KOs).
Dmitry Bivol is coming in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Joe Smith Jr., 7 months and 3 days ago. Lenin Castillo is on a 2-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round RTD win over Reinaldo Gonzalez, 6 months and 26 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Dmitry Bivol at 99-1 winning odds. Lenin Castillo really doesn't have much to present against Bivol.
Dmitry Bivol defeated Lenin Castillo via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA (Super) light-heavyweight title. Bivol improves his record to 17-0, while Castillo adds a loss to his record at 20-3-1.