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1. WBC &IBF & WBO light heavyweight world boxing champion, 12x3 points in the 5-star round of the main event.
1.1 Defending champion Artur Asirbekovich Beterbiev. Born on January 21, 1985, a Russian Hasavit, 182cm tall, 185cm arm span, the current professional record is 19 wins and 19KOs, and the right hand in boxing.
Representing Russia in amateur Olympic boxing: gold medal in the light heavyweight category in Plovdiv in 2006 at the European Championships and gold medal in the light heavyweight category in Moscow in 2010. World Championships 2009 Milan Light Heavyweight Gold Medal, 2007 Chicago Light Heavyweight Silver Medal. World Cup 2008 Moscow light heavyweight gold medal.
Some big defeats in amateur Olympic boxing: in the light heavyweight division at Beijing 2008, Beterbiev defeated Kennedy Katende 15-3 before losing 2-7 to eventual gold medalist Zhang Xiaoping of China in the quarterfinals. At the 2011 AIBA World Heavyweight Championships in Azerbaijan, Beterbiev lost 13-17 in the 1 4 finals to eventual champion and current WBC World Heavyweight Champion Usyk. At the London 2012 Olympic heavyweight, Beterbiev defeated Michael Hunt first, but lost to Usyk 13-17 in the quarterfinals.
Milestones in professional boxing
After the London Olympics, Beterbiev moved to Montreal to pursue new heights in professional boxing. On June 9, 2013, Beterbiev completed his first professional boxing match at the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada, with two rounds of 2:21 TKO Cruise.
On September 28, 2014, Beterbiev's sixth fight was at the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada, and his first boxing title match, he knocked out Tavoris in 2 rounds and 33 seconds to win the vacant WBA North American Boxing Association light heavyweight title. Immediately afterwards, on December 20 of the same year, Beterbiev knocked out Jeff Peggy Jr. in 2 rounds of 2 minutes and 21 seconds at the Pepsi Cola Stadium in Quebec City, Canada, not only defending the WBA North American Boxing Association light heavyweight boxing champion, but also winning two light heavyweight championship belts from the IBF North American Boxing Association and the WBO North American Boxing Organization.
On Singles' Day 2017, Beterbiev fought for the 12th time at the Frey** Mart Arena in California, USA. Beterbiev was not in great form in the early stages of the game and gradually recovered in the later stages. It wasn't until 12 rounds that Beterbiev knocked out German opponent Enrico Colin twice and knocked out 27 seconds before the end of the bout to claim the then vacant IBF Light Heavyweight World Title. It was also the longest fight he has ever had since he entered the professional boxing world. Subsequently, Beterbiev knocked out Callum Johnson and Radivoye Karadzic to defend the IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion twice.
On October 19, 2019, Beterbiev won the WBC&IBF light heavyweight championship unification battle in the 15th match at the Lea Colas Center in Philadelphia, USA, knocking out one in 3 rounds and tko in 10 rounds in 2:49 seconds to defeat his old opponent in the amateur era. Subsequently, Beterbiev knocked out Dennis and Marcus Brown to defend the WBC & IBF light heavyweight title and won the title twice.
On June 19, 2022, Beterbiev scored 2 rounds of 2 minutes and 19 seconds to knock out former WBO light heavyweight world champion Joe Smith in the 18th match at Madison Square Square in New York, USA, and won three world boxing championship belts in WBC, IBF, and WBO light heavyweight boxing titles.
On January 29, 2023, Beterbiev visited England and successfully defended his three world titles at Wembley Stadium with a TKO at Wembley Stadium in 8 rounds and 2:01 seconds.
It is rumored on the Internet that Beterbiev has signed a contract with WBA light heavyweight super world boxing champion Bivol, and he is close to defeating his opponent Callum Smith this time.
1.2 Challenger "World" Callum Smith. Born on April 23, 1990, a native of Liverpool, England, 191cm tall, 198cm arm span, current professional record of 29-21KO1, WBC official challenger ranking 1, WBO official challenger ranking 2, IBF official challenger ranking 11, boxing right-handed. Small achievements in amateur boxing: silver medal in welterweight at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, gold medal in welterweight at the 2010 British Championships in Liverpool.
On November 18, 2012, Smith made his professional boxing debut at the Nottingham Arena in England, defeating Blackwell in the super middleweight division by four rounds on points.
On September 22, 2013, Smith's 8th and 1st professional boxing title fights were held at Liverpool, England, and Patrick won the British super middleweight championship (vacant) by TKO in 2:53. In the second match of the same year, on October 27, Callum Smith won the WBC super middleweight international title (vacant) by knocking out Ruben Eduardo in six rounds and 1:20 seconds at Sheffield Stadium.
On June 27, 2015, Smith won the WBC Super Middleweight Silver Belt (vacant) by unanimous decision victory over Rebrasse at Liverpool Echo Arena-110 in England in his 17th match. This is also the third belt he won in the void.
On July 6, 2017, Smith confirmed his participation in the inaugural World Boxing Super Series WBSS 2017-2018, with the winner receiving a prize money and the Muhammad Ali Trophy. On September 17, in the first match of 8 into 4, Smith defeated Skoglund in the 23rd match at the Echoes Arena in Liverpool, England, and won the WBC super middleweight diamond title (vacant).
On February 25, 2018, Smith defended his WTBC Super Middleweight Diamond Title by unanimous decision victory over former K1 athlete Nikki Holzken of the Netherlands at the Insurance Arena-117 in Nuremberg, Germany, to reach the final. In the final on September 29, Smith knocked out former WBA super middleweight super world boxing champion George Groves in 7 rounds and 2:04 seconds at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and won the championship in one fell swoop. In this fight, Smith unified the super middleweight WBC Diamond Champion and the WBA Super World Champion, won the Ring magazine title, and became the third super middleweight player to win the Ring magazine title after Joe Karzahe and Andre Ward.
In 2019, Smith knocked out one knockout in three rounds and finally tko Hassan Dan and defeated Ryder by unanimous decision, defending the WBC Diamond Champion and WBA Super World Champion twice.
On December 20, 2020, the Alamo Dome in San Antonio, Texas, USA, became Smith's Waterloo. In a match against Alvares, who defended the WBA Super World Champion and fought for the vacant WBC World Champion, he suffered his first professional defeat with a wide margin of -109 and became a kingless player.
After losing to Alvarez, Smith moved up to light heavyweight, but his physique still had a big advantage. On September 26, 2021, Smith won his first post-promotion bout by tko Gilbert Castillo in two rounds and 55 seconds.
In his last fight, on August 21, 2022, Smith scored a four-round 1:53 second KO with Matthew Baldrick to win two consecutive victories.
1.3. Highlight contrast between the two sides.
2. WBO bantamweight world boxing champion, 12x3 points in the 5-star round of the co-main event.
2.1 Defending champion "Mayhem" Molloney . Born on January 10, 1991, Australian, 165cm tall, 165cm arm span, current professional record 26-19KO, 2-1 KO, right-hand boxing. Moloney defeated Michael Conran in the flyweight division in the first match of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
On August 16, 2014, Moloney won his first professional boxing match by KO Sarivan in 2:50 at the Melbourne Pavilion in Flemington, Australia.
On 20 August 2017, Moloney won the OPBF super-bantamweight silver belt by unanimous decision victory over Sansona in his 14th bout at the Melbourne Park Function Centre. After this fight, Moloney dropped to 118 pounds in bantamweight from the 15th bout.
On October 21, 2018, Moloney fought his 18th World Title bout for the first time in the four major boxing organizations, challenging then-IBF 118-pound Bantamweight World Champion Emmanuel Rodriguez. The result was a split decision loss with a score of -113.
On October 31, 2020, Moloney played his 23rd and second 5-star bout after a lapse of 2 years, challenging the then 118-pound bantamweight IBF World & WBA Super World Champion "Monster" Naoya Inoue, this time even more miserable, being knocked out by 7 rounds.
On May 14, 2023, Moloney got another chance to compete for the World Champion for the third time, competing for the WBO Bantamweight World Title with the relatively poor Filipino player Vincent. In this game, Molone's performance was very obscene, and the tactics adopted were long-range dots and points, and the number of strikes was safely accumulated. The decision was won by a majority.
Moloni took advantage of the opportunity of no tiger in the mountains and a vacancy to win the existing boxing title not so neatly, and his performance on the court was not convincing.
2.2 challenger "The Beast" Saul Sanchez. Born on June 12, 1997, a native of Encino, California, USA, with a height of 165cm and an arm span of 168cm, his current professional record is 20-12-12-2-1 and is ranked 7th by KO and WBO official challenger.
On February 7, 2016, Sanchez made his professional boxing debut at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Ontario, USA, with a 3-round 2:02 knockout of his opponent.
On May 11, 2019, Sanchez won the WBO bantamweight Latin title (vacant) by knocking out Brandon Leon Benitez in 8 rounds and 18 seconds at Omega Products International in Corona, USA.
On October 11, 2020, Sanchez's second professional title fight was promoted to the WBA Central American Boxing Federation Super Bantamweight Championship (vacant) by TKO Daniel Lozano at Kissimmee Osiola Heritage Park in the United States in 2 minutes and 14 seconds.
On March 20, 2021, Sanchez's third professional title fight was brought back to the bantamweight division in Tampa, USA, 1:47 to TKO Frank Gonzalez and win the WBA Central American Boxing Federation bantamweight title (vacant).
In his last fight, on October 13, 2023, Sanchez won the 118-pound no-title qualifying bout by unanimous decision victory over Filipino Deniega at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
This match against Moloni is Sanchez's first World Title fight against a 5-star match, after being defeated by Correa by split decision on June 18, 2022, when he had played a maximum of 4-star bantamweight without a title.
2.3. Highlight contrast between the two sides.
3. Tentatively determine other matchups and the order of appearance.
WBA International & WBC Continental Super Middleweight 168 pounds round 12x3 points. France won all 25 fights, 21KO Mbili vs Australia, 27 wins, 19 KOs, 2 losses, and 1 KO Murdoch.
WBC North American Boxing Federation Light Heavyweight 175-pound Champion Round 10x3 points. Russia won all 5 fights, 5KO Hataev vs USA, 14 wins, 10KOs, 7 losses, and 3 draws with Gomez Jr.
Women's super featherweight 130 pounds round 8x2 points. Canada 10-1KO, Baudouin vs. Mexico, 4-4-4, draw Chavez.
Ultra lightweight 140 pounds round 8x3 points. Canada won all 9 fights, 5 KOs, Guerrero vs Mexico, 7 wins, 4 KOs, and 3 defeats to Sergio.
Light heavyweight 175 pounds round 8x3 points. Turkey won all 7 fights, 6 KOs, Unar vs Romania, 22 wins, 10 KOs, 6 losses, and 3 draws by KO2.
Super middleweight 168 pounds round 4x3 points. France 2 wins 1 KO Findelo vs Mexico 7 wins 3 KOs 2 defeat Hugo.