WBC | IBF | WBO |
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lHV w1 d4 | lHV w1 d7 | lHV w1 d1 |
Prediction: Artur Beterbiev vs. Callum Smith
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Artur Beterbiev (King Artur) is a 38-year old Russian professional boxer. He was born in Khasavyurt, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on January 21, 1985. Beterbiev made his professional boxing debut at the age of 28, on June 8, 2013. He is a light-heavyweight world champion.
Nine years and seven months into his professional boxing career, Artur Beterbiev has fought 19 times with 19 wins and no losses. As of October 2023, Beterbiev's boxing record stands at 19-0 (19 KO wins).
Following is a tabular list of Beterbiev's fights. For a list with more details — like opponent record, opponent stats, including videos, and his next fight — refer to "All of Artur Beterbiev's fights".
Total Fights | 19 |
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Wins | 19 |
Losses | 0 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 19 |
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Total Title Wins | 3 |
Title Defenses | 7 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 8 |
Losses via KO | 0 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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20 | Jan 13, 2024 | 38 | Callum Smith | NA * | NA |
19 | Jan 28, 2023 | 38 | Anthony Yarde | Win * | TKO8 |
18 | Jun 18, 2022 | 37 | Joe Smith Jr. | Win * | TKO2 |
17 | Dec 17, 2021 | 36 | Marcus Browne | Win * | KO9 |
16 | Mar 20, 2021 | 36 | Adam Deines | Win * | TKO10 |
15 | Oct 18, 2019 | 34 | Oleksandr Gvozdyk | Win * | TKO10 |
14 | May 4, 2019 | 34 | Radivoje Kalajdzic | Win * | KO5 |
13 | Oct 6, 2018 | 33 | Callum Johnson | Win * | KO4 |
12 | Nov 11, 2017 | 32 | Enrico Kölling | Win * | KO12 |
11 | Dec 23, 2016 | 31 | Isidro Ranoni Prieto | Win | TKO1 |
10 | Jun 4, 2016 | 31 | Ezequiel Maderna | Win | TKO4 |
9 | Jun 12, 2015 | 30 | Alexander Johnson | Win | TKO7 |
8 | Apr 4, 2015 | 30 | Gabriel Campillo | Win | KO4 |
7 | Dec 19, 2014 | 29 | Jeff Page Jr. | Win | TKO2 |
6 | Sep 27, 2014 | 29 | Tavoris Cloud | Win | KO2 |
5 | Aug 22, 2014 | 29 | Alvaro Enriquez | Win | TKO1 |
4 | Jan 18, 2014 | 28 | Gabriel Lecrosnier | Win | TKO4 |
3 | Nov 30, 2013 | 28 | Billy Bailey | Win | KO1 |
2 | Sep 28, 2013 | 28 | Rayco Saunders | Win | RTD3 |
1 | Jun 8, 2013 | 28 | Christian Cruz | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Beterbiev is a light-heavyweight world champion. He has held three world titles at the light-heavyweight weight division, one of which was a vacant title win, and the rest two were lineal championship wins.
Weight Division | World Titles Held |
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Light-heavyweight | WBC, IBF, WBO |
Artur Beterbiev is 180 cm tall (5' 10.87") with a reach of 185 cm (6' 0.83"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 5 cm (1.97").
Beterbiev has a 100% KO rate. Of his total 19 KO wins, 12 were in the early rounds, three in the mid rounds, and four in the later rounds. He has three first-round KO wins.
Artur Beterbiev made his professional boxing debut against Christian Cruz at the age of 28 on June 8, 2013, defeating Cruz via 2nd round TKO.
Beterbiev had his first world title fight at the age of 32 on November 11, 2017 after 11 professional fights, against Enrico Kölling for the light-heavyweight IBF (vacant) title. He defeated Kölling via 12th round KO to become the light-heavyweight champion of the world.
He is a two-time unified light-heavyweight world champion, and has won three world titles at light-heavyweight. For all the details about Beterbiev's world title wins and defenses refer to "Artur Beterbiev World Titles".
Some of Beterbiev's best fights and notable victories include wins over Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Joe Smith Jr., Anthony Yarde, Callum Johnson, Radivoje Kalajdzic, Marcus Browne, and Adam Deines.
Beterbiev has never lost a fight in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a light-heavyweight title defense bout against British boxer Anthony Yarde on January 28, 2023. Beterbiev won the fight via 8th round TKO and defended his WBC, IBF, and WBO titles. It's been 8 months and 5 days since this fight.
Beterbiev has fought a total of 19 times till today, which includes 8 world-title fights at the light-heavyweight division. He is among the top boxers of his generation and has put on some very good performances in these fights. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.
June 4, 2016: Artur Beterbiev puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Ezequiel Maderna via 4th round TKO.
November 11, 2017: Beterbiev wins his first world title by defeating Enrico Kölling via 12th round KO. He is now the IBF light-heavyweight world champion.
October 6, 2018: Beterbiev successfully defends the IBF light-heavyweight title against Callum Johnson, winning the fight via 4th round KO.
October 18, 2019: Beterbiev becomes a unified light-heavyweight world champion by beating Oleksandr Gvozdyk via 10th round TKO. He now holds the IBF and WBC light-heavyweight world-champion belts.
March 20, 2021: Beterbiev successfully defends the WBC and IBF light-heavyweight titles against Adam Deines, winning the fight via 10th round TKO.
December 17, 2021: Beterbiev successfully defends the WBC and IBF light-heavyweight titles against Marcus Browne, winning the fight via 9th round KO.
June 18, 2022: Beterbiev becomes a unified light-heavyweight world champion by beating Joe Smith Jr. via 2nd round TKO. He now holds the WBC, IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight world-champion belts.
January 28, 2023: Beterbiev successfully defends the WBC, IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight titles against Anthony Yarde, winning the fight via 8th round TKO.
Beterbiev has knocked out 19 of his 19 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 100%. Of his total 19 wins, 19 of them have been via KO (100%).
If you are interested in Beterbiev's boxing career, you should definitely check out the following fights.