IBF, WBC and WBO light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev is one of boxing's most feared fighters.
His professional record backs up this notion, it currently stands at 20-0 with all of those wins coming by way of knockout.
Beterbiev will be aiming to maintain his unbeaten and 100% knockout record live on DAZN Pay-Per-View this weekend when he faces WBA champion Dmitry Bivol for the undisputed light heavyweight title in Riyadh.
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Bivol poses Beterbiev's toughest challenge to date with some believing that the WBA 175lb titleholder has the right tools necessary to topple the knockout artist.
The WBA champion's slick footwork and punching power of his own has made him one of the world's best pound-for-pound fighters, and he has some major scalps on his resume, most notably former undisputed super middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez who he dominated in a unanimous decision win two years ago.
The desire to become the undisputed champion at light heavyweight has been frequently expressed by Bivol and now he has his wish, but while his rival Beterbiev is aware that he may need to go the full 12 rounds to achieve undisputed glory, he is still confident that his knockout power can stop anyone, including someone as talented as Bivol.
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"We'll see. I'm really interested to know that. I don't know. I always prepare for 12 rounds, for hard work," said Beterbiev
"If I land, everyone can be knocked out. At the same time we're not thinking about a knockout, it's not the main thing in our team.
"It's not good if you prepare for a fight with one scenario. You need to be smarter."
The closest Beterbiev has ever been to going the full distance was back in 2017 when he faced Enrico Koelling for the vacant IBF light heavyweight title.
On that occasion, Beterbiev finally found a breakthrough in the twelfth and final round with two knockdowns before the fight was stopped.
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