According to the World Boxing Council (WBC), the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the World Boxing Organization (WBO), world light heavyweight champion Russian boxer Artur Beterbiev has said he wants to return to Russia permanently from Canada.
“I wouldn’t actually say that I tied the future to Canada. Established in Russia more as a personality. I want to go back, continue to live in Russia. But guys – I don’t know how they are. “I came to Canada purely for boxing,” Beterbiev said in an interview. “Sports Express”.
Beterbiev won 19 victories without suffering a single defeat. On June 18, in New York City, the boxer defeated Joe Smith Jr. by technical knockout in the second round and took the WBO title from the American. Beterbiev entered the ring under the Canadian flag.
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