Bivol takes Beterbiev's light heavyweight crown in Riyadh

RIYADH — Russian Dmitry Bivol avenged a previous defeat to take the undisputed light heavyweight world title from Artur Beterbiev on a majority points decision in an epic rematch in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

The judges scored the fight in Riyadh 114-114, 116-112 and 115-113.

The previous encounter last October, when both went toe-to-toe as unbeaten champions, ended with exactly the same score, but going the way of Russian-born Canadian Beterbiev, who added the WBA belt to his WBC, WBO and IBF ones.