Beterbiev named next opponent for mandatory WBC title defense

As soon as the owner of three championship belts in light heavyweight Artur Beterbiev defended his WBO title, defeating Briton Anthony Yard by knockout, he was already assigned the next confrontation.

This time, the athlete will have to defend the WBC championship belt, and his opponent will be the mandatory challenger Callum Smith. Like Yard, he is also from the UK.

Smith has an ex-WBA super middleweight championship, twenty-nine wins and a single loss against the Mexican Saul Alvarez, well known to Dmitry Bivol.