‘I want revenge’: Bivol says rematch with Beterbiev is about more than belts
Dmitry Bivol wants to avenge his loss to Artur Beterbiev to prove his worth.
During the official press conference for the Feb. 22 light heavyweight rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol, both fighters spent some time fielding questions about the fight, which will also feature Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker on the card. Check out some of what the fighters had to say along with their face off in the video at the top.
Bivol on his upcoming rematch with Beterbiev
“This is good chance for me and I know people like first fight and they want to see second fight, and also I want to make second fight and I want to be winner of this fight,” Bivol said. “Before I was so (wanting) to have those belts and nothing else but today I want not only just belts, I want revenge, I want to fix what I did before. I want to win, not just belts, it’s not only about belts now.
“I need to change enough to prove that I’m better. I need to add more, more actions. We already changed a little bit with our training camp, we add some coach in our training camp and now I’m working on myself. Of course I want to be better, I want to be perfect, and I’m trying to be.”
Beterbiev on his thoughts on the rematch
“My goal is now to keep my belts and I will do my best to do that...[Bivol] has rematch if he wants revenge. No problem.”
Beterbiev on not being able to KO Bivol in first fight
“I don’t know, because maybe he is lucky that night.”
Bivol on what message he has for Beterviev heading into the rematch
“I don’t have any messages, I’m not a postman. I’m an athlete, I will come to the ring and we will talk by actions.”