Dmitry Bivol

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yuryevich and the family name is Bivol.
Dmitry Bivol
Дмитрий Бивол
Bivol in 2024
Born
Dmitry Yuryevich Bivol

(1990-12-18) 18 December 1990 (age 33)[2]
Tokmok, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipRussia
Statistics
Weight(s)Light-heavyweight
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1]
Reach72 in (183 cm)[1]
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights24
Wins23
Wins by KO12
Losses1
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Russia
World Combat Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Saint Petersburg Light-heavyweight
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan Light-heavyweight
Youth World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Guadalajara Middleweight
Cadet World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Istanbul Middleweight
Gold medal – first place 2007 Baku Light-heavyweight
European U22 Boxing Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Kaliningrad Light-heavyweight
European Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Tirana Middleweight
European School Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tver Light-middleweight

Dmitry Yuryevich Bivol (Russian: Дмитрий Юрьевич Бивол; born 18 December 1990) is a Russian professional boxer. He held the WBA light heavyweight title from 2017 to 2019 and the WBA Super light heavyweight title from 2019 to 2024.

As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 2013 World Combat Games in the 81 kg weight category.[3] As of October 2024, Bivol is ranked as the world's sixth best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec,[4] fourth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB),[5] seventh by The Ring,[6] seventh by the Boxing Writers Association of America[7] and fourth by ESPN.[8] He is also ranked as the second-ranked best light heavyweight by The Ring,[9][6] ESPN,[10] TBRB[11][12] and BoxRec.[13]

He was listed by multiple sources as the fighter of the year for 2022,[14][15][16] including being selected as The Ring magazine Fighter of The Year and as the Boxing Writers Association of America's Fighter of the Year.[17][18]

  1. ^ a b DAZN Boxing tale of the tape prior to the Artur Beterbiev fight.
  2. ^ "Биография боксёра Дмитрия Бивола".
  3. ^ "Boxer Ball battles to world silver medal in Russia - October 25 2013". 25 October 2013.
  4. ^ "BoxRec P4P Ratings". BoxRec. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  5. ^ "TBRB P4P Rankings". Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Ratings". The Ring. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  7. ^ "Terence Crawford Is The BWAA's New No. 1 Pound-For-Pound King". Boxing Writers Association of America. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Canelo stays put, but Inoue gains ground". ESPN. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  9. ^ Fischer, Doug (2024-01-20). "Ring Ratings Update: Artur Beterbiev crashes P4P rankings, re-takes No. 1 at light heavyweight". The Ring. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  10. ^ "Divisional rankings: Munguia sets the stage for a big fight at 168". ESPN.com. 2024-01-30. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  11. ^ "Rankings Archive – Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  12. ^ "Rankings – Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  13. ^ "BoxRec Light Heavyweight Ratings".
  14. ^ "Boxing's best of 2022: The knockouts, fights and fighters of the year". ESPN.com. 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  15. ^ Mannix, Chris (2022-12-27). "Dmitry Bivol Is Sports Illustrated's 2022 Fighter of the Year". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  16. ^ Stillerman, James (2023-01-13). "2022 Fighter-of-the-Year: Dmitry Bivol - Boxing News". www.boxing247.com. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  17. ^ Kim, Steve (13 January 2023). "2022 Fighter of the Year: Dmitry Bivol". The Ring. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  18. ^ "The BWAA Announces Its 2022 Annual Award Winners". boxingwriters. 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2024-09-20.