On May 1, 2021, Dmitry Bivol (17-0, 11 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBA (Super) champion, defends his title against English challenger, Craig Richards (16-1-1, 9 KOs).
Dmitry Bivol is coming in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Lenin Castillo, 1 year, 6 months, and 19 days ago. Craig Richards is on a 1-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, with his last fight being a 9th round TKO win over Shakan Pitters, 4 months and 13 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Dmitry Bivol at 99-1 winning odds. Craig Richards really doesn't have much to present against Bivol.
Dmitry Bivol defeated Craig Richards via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA (Super) light-heavyweight title. Bivol improves his record to 18-0, while Richards adds a loss to his record at 16-2-1.