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title: "Teddy Atlas Confidently Predicts Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol"
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published: "2024-01-20T11:07:03Z"
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# Teddy Atlas Confidently Predicts Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol

Legendary boxing trainer and fight analyst Teddy Atlas has made his prediction ahead of the hotly-anticipated undisputed light-heavyweight title showdown between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol,.

[Beterbiev decimated Callum Smith over seven rounds last week](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/beterbiev-smith-reaction/), and now newfound boxing catalyst Turki Al-Sheikh announced his intentions of putting the fight together in Saudi Arabia, despite recent difficulties due to the WBC’s stance on Russian athletes.

[On his YouTube channel](https://youtu.be/1QIut7jtMCE?si=cpmp9Yrz6luXr2R1), Atlas predicted that Bivol would come out on top, and explained exactly why he has the edge.

> “I think that Bivol beats him. I think that Bivol controls range, he counter-punches well, he is defensively very solid but here is the most important reason why I give Bivol a chance – he is mentally solid too.
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> “You have got to be mentally solid, forget about the physical stuff, yeah you have got to be good, but that brain has got to be surrounded by titanium.
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> “I don’t mean to keep the blows from hurting you, I mean to keep the pressure from sinking you, melting you, evaporating you. He has got that warrior spirit, he has got it, he just approaches it differently \[to Beterbiev\], he uses different weaponry, that’s all.”

Atlas went on to state what he believes will be a very key factor if the fight takes place.

> “The choice of the referee will be very important, if I was involved with these fighters, I would be on top of that.
>
> “If I am Beterbiev, I better get a referee that allows me to fight when I get close, otherwise I am dead. If I am Bivol then I better get a referee that is maybe inclined to let you tie up a little bit, not that Bivol won’t fight you when he has to, he will.”

Al-Sheikh has declared that we will speak to Top Rank CEO Bob Arum with the hope of [hosting the fight this June or July](https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/14/bob-arum-reveals-possible-date-artur-beterbiev-vs-dmitry-bivol-20110751/), likely in Riyadh.