Beterbiev vs Bivol 2 and Dubois vs Parker betting tips

Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol 2 full fight undercard

• Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker - IBF heavyweight title fight
• Carlos Adames vs Hamza Sheeraz - middleweight world title fight
• Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Israil Madrimov - super welterweight world title fight
• Shakur Stevenson vs Floyd Schofield - lightweight world title fight
• Zhilei Zhang vs Agit Kabayet - heavyweight world title fight
• Joshua Buatsi vs Callum Smith - light heavyweight world title fight

It’s the undisputed rematch on the biggest fight card of the year – guaranteed fireworks all night long! There’s seven world title fights – four world championships and three interim world titles on the line. 

The main event is expected to be a carbon copy of the first fight, from four months ago, where Beterbiev triumphed on a majority decision. Two judges opted for Beterbiev and one called it a draw, which was closely reflective of the 36 minutes they shared.

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The re-run is titled, ‘The Last Crescendo’ - and we've got our where, when and best prop bets in our Beterbiev vs Bivol fight preview, but that’s only going to be true if Beterbiev can repeat the feat.

If Bivol gets his revenge or if the mega-fight ends in a draw, which is quite likely, then there’s certainly going to be a trilogy decider. 

Tale of the tape: Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol 2

Artur Beterbiev: Can the undisputed Russian powerhouse repeat the feat?

Twenty knockouts from 21 wins, Beterbiev is the exact same fighter his record suggests - a fearsome puncher with high intensity who applies constant pressure.

Despite protests from Bivol’s promoter Eddie Hearn, calling the result a robbery, Beterbiev was the more dominant and aggressive throughout the majority of the contest, which is why he got the decision at ringside.

Bivol landed some big shots on Beterbiev, to body and head, but wasn’t able to put a dent in the unbeaten Russian, who is as tough as they come. 

His combination punching was very eye-catching, but he would throw his flurries as he advanced forward with authority, then take his foot off the gas and Beterbiev would answer back strongly every time. 

Bivol will need to increase that output and intensity if he is to stand any chance of winning the rematch.

Dmitry Bivol: Can Bivol serve up a cold dish of revenge?

Dmitry Bivol and his corner instantly celebrated on the final bell sounding, believing they had done enough to win. The Compubox stats revealed that he landed five punches more than Beterbiev overall at 142-137. 

They landed equal body shots – 31 – but it was Beterbiev who scored the more attention-grabbing power punches.

Bivol only outlanded Beterbiev in five of the 12 rounds, which is quite reflective of the contest, with Beterbiev winning seven of the 12 rounds on Glen Feldman’s card. 

Pawel Kardyni’s eight rounds to four was perhaps a little lop-sided, but only by one round, which still sparked such anger and disbelief from Hearn.

Their first fight was one of those that could have been scored either way, depending on how you rated the aggression and pressure of Beterbiev or the impressive defensive skills of Bivol. But it is usually the boxer looking to come forward who gets the benefit of the doubt when the rounds are so difficult to score.

Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol: The key factors 

Bivol started the contest stronger, dominating behind his rangy, authoritative jab. All three judges scored rounds one and two to Bivol. But Beterbiev came on strong in the third. 

The judges were very unanimous in their scoring, with only rounds four and seven splitting them. The other 10 rounds were all scored unanimously, the trio of judges agreeing on the winner, with Beterbiev winning 5-4.

On the boxing platform, BoxRec, over 1,000 fight fans submitted their own personal scoring, resulting in an average of 115-114 score to Beterbiev. In reality, it was a very close contest that see-sawed back and forth but was ever so narrowly edged by Beterbiev.

Despite some of the adverse reactions, I do believe that Beterbiev did just enough to win the first fight, with seven rounds to five just right, in my opinion. 

I can see the rematch going exactly the same way. They are going to exchange equal punches, but maybe Bivol will try to go that bit extra to not leave the judging to chance. 

He may feel like he was hard done by last time and will leave that bit more in the ring to make certain.

Shakur Stevenson and David Benavidez both share the same thoughts, believing that Bivol will do just enough to win.

FIRST’s’ top tip

If it’s the same fight we saw before, then I think the scoring will be almost identical, but it’s all down to Bivol to give that little bit extra if he wants to edge Beterbiev this time. 

There’s equally a chance it could end in a draw, reflected in Betway 14/1 odds, which is unusually low and a very likely outcome.

The fight to end in a draw - 14/1 (Betway)

Extra tips 

It’s hard to call a knockout with both boxers so resilient and strong, so this is likely heading to points again.

But for Beterbiev to score a KO, the odds at Betway are 15/8 at the time of writing.

Artur Beterbiev to score a KO - 15/8 (Betway)

Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker betting tips: Two in-form fighters lock horns in an almost impossible contest to call

Daniel Dubois defends his IBF World heavyweight championship to the newest challenger Joseph Parker in the co-main event of ‘The Last Crescendo’ card brought to you by 'Riyadh season'. 

Daniel Dubois: Can the comeback fighter of the year continue his fantastic form?

Daniel Dubois has navigated his way through the heavyweight ranks from a 19-year-old novice, collecting youth, southern area, English and British titles as he steadily climbed towards the top of the world. 

A painful defeat to Joe Joyce in 2020 shocked a lot of spectators when the Greenwich goliath was forced to take a knee after the ‘Juggernaut’ had jabbed his eye socket to pieces.

Then, a second knockout defeat to Oleksandr Usyk two years later in 2023 saw the Londoner almost completely written off at that level. 

But the resilient rebel proved those doubters wrong to defeat a 333lbs Jarrell Miller, then an unbeaten IBF #1 in Filip Hrgovic, culminating in the destruction of former two-time world heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, all within nine months of each other!

And now he enters into his second world title defence to another man who is also on fire right now.

Joseph Parker: Seven years of hurt – Can Parker finally become world champion again? 

Parker lost his WBO World heavyweight title to Anthony Joshua back in March 2018 and it has taken the likeable New Zealander almost seven years to get back into contention for a shot at a world championship.

To get back here, he has impressively beaten Derek Chisora twice, Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang in his last two outings.

Now aged 33, the WBO Interim champion will make the most of his long-awaited opportunity, after waiting 2516 days for a chance to become world champion again.

Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker: The key factors 

Daniel Dubois has dynamite in his fists, which is why he earned the nickname very early on. When he first turned professional, he was known to everyone as the youngster who knocked down Anthony Joshua in sparring and he came full circle in his last fight to repeat that action. 

‘AJ’ was dropped four times under the heavy hands of Dubois and stopped in the fifth round, unable to beat the count, as Dubois registered his third consecutive stoppage.

It's this power that will play a key part in this contest. Parker is very mobile and fluid and has improved boundlessly under the tutelage of trainer Andy Lee. 

But he is going to need to keep away from that ‘dynamite’ for a full 36 minutes, which is bound to be difficult against a confident power-puncher in the form of his life.

FIRST’s’ top tip 

I think Joseph Parker is a fantastic fighter on top form, but I am picking Daniel Dubois to win by knockout. 

Although I don’t expect it to happen very early on, the odds for Dubois to win by KO in rounds 4-6 again is currently 6/1 at Betway.

Daniel Dubois to win by KO in rounds 4-6 - 6/1 (Betway)

Extra tips 

Daniel Dubois to win by KO in rounds 1-3 has high odds at 12/1 at Betway and could be worth a punt.

Daniel Dubois to win by KO in rounds 1-3 - 12/1 (Betway)

Odds correct at the time of writing.