Dmitry Bivol vs Gilberto Ramirez: Preview, Where to watch and Betting Odds

Dmitry Bicol and Gilberto Ramirez will light up the boxing world in their 12-round WBA light-heavyweight championship fight in Abu Dhabi on 5th November. Bivol will be making the 5th defense of his WBA (Super) title, after a stellar outing last time out when he upset Canelo Alvarez. The Russian is a technically competent boxer who is perennially underestimated despite his stellar career. Undefeated Mexican Southpaw Ramirez is a former WBO super middleweight champion. He will certainly be hopeful of continuing his undefeated streak by dethroning the champ. The bout has enthralled fight fans all over the world, many of who have been making statements on Twitter that they cannot wait for the blockbuster.

Boxing: WBA (Super) Light-Heavyweight championship

Location: Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi

Date: 06-11-2022: 01:00

Where to watch: DAZN

In May, Bivol dominated 4-division champion Álvarez and won by a unanimous decision. According to statistics, Bivol had outlanded Álvarez in every single round of the fight, for a total of 152 punches landed out of 710 thrown (21%), compared to Álvarez's 84 of 495 (17%). This stat was supported by public opinion as many fight fans queried the judges’ cards which seemed to give the first four rounds to Álvarez. The 31-year-old has twenty wins from twenty professional bouts. He first became the interim light-heavyweight champion in 2017 and since then has dominated his weight class. As of August 2022, he is ranked as the world's second-best active boxer, pound for pound by The Ring.

• Age: 31
• Height: 6’ 0”
• Reach: 72”
• Total: 20
• Record: 20-0-0

Ramirez is a good fighter because he has 44 victories in 44 fights, he has good body punches, he makes the weight well, he’s confident. I think, first of all, it will be a great fight because we both want to win. We both don’t know what losing is, and when people are well matched it’s an amazing fight. I wanted to fight him maybe three or four years ago and I said to my team, ‘Let’s make this fight.

Dmitry Bivol

In 2016, he became the first Mexican to win a super middleweight world title after dethroning Arthur Abraham. He also became the second Mexican to win a world title in a division heavier than middleweight after Julio César González won the WBO light heavyweight championship in 2003. In 2019, Ramirez moved to the 175 pounds class. He won the NABF light heavyweight title with a TKO of Alfonso Lopez in 2020. His last four fights have been won by knockouts, including his impressive last outing in May 2022 against former IBO and European light heavyweight champion Dominic Boesel.

• Age: 31
• Height: 6’ 2”
• Reach: 75”
• Total: 44
• Record: 44-0-0

Dmitry Bivol is the favorite in this title fight with odds of 1.25 odds Bet365. Considering that Ramirez is on a knockout streak, a win for him by KO/TKO is a pricey 7.5 odds on 1Xbet. Going for a Ramirez win is priced at 3.60 odds on Betway. The same Betway has Will the Fight go the distance, No at 3.20 odds. A points victory for Bivol is priced at 1532 on 1xBet.