After defeating Bederbiev, what follows for Dmitry Bivol, Trilogy Fight or Benavidez?

On Saturday night in the Arena kingdom in Riad, Saudi Arabia, an exciting rematch for the undisputed heavyweight crown, since Dmitry Bivol defeated Artur Beterbiev (21-1, 20 kos) through a majority decision.

This fight had all the elements you expect to see in a elite level championship match. This fight had strategic movements, friendly action for fans and multiple impulse changes. Four months ago, Artur Beterbiev gave Dmitry Bivol his first race loss, and the night of February 22 Bivol returned the favor.

In the first round in the battle for undisputed, most of the action took place in the center of the ring, since both Bederbiev and Bivol tried to establish the jab. Beterbiev came out in the second round with the intention of being more aggressive, but when he pressed forward, Bivol connected with a right -handed shot on multiple occasions.

In the third round every time Berebiev landed a large heavy shot, Bivol would respond by throwing a combination of three or four blows. Beterbiev was dominant in Ronda 4 when he pressed forward and landed heavy right shots during the round.

In the fifth round, Beterbiev continued to connect with the right hand with the head and body of Bivol. At the midpoint of the fifth, Bivol caught Beterbiev with a clean shot from the right, but Beterbiev finished the round landing a couple of solid combinations.

Bivol used its jab to establish its combinations during the first 90 seconds of the sixth round, but Beterbiev finished the round with a strong note while backing Bivol against the ropes and landed the rights and left. Bivol controlled the rhythm for rounds 7 to 9 with movement, its jab and its combination of blows.

Similar to the first fight, Artur Beterbiev found himself in a position in which he had to meet in the section. Beterbiev did a good job to finish the fight, but this time, he fell short when the judges scored the fight (114-114, 116-112 and 115-113) in favor of Dmitry Bivol.

With the victory, Dmitry Bivol (24-1, 12 kos) avenged his only career loss and achieved his dream of becoming an undisputed world champion. Now, the question that everyone loves to make at the end of a great fight is what follows for the new indisputable lightweight worldwide champion, Dmitry Bivol?

An obvious choice for Dmitry Bivol would be a trilogy fight with Artur Beterbiev. With his great victory on Saturday night, Bivol even the score, and now a rubber game can determine the general winner of the Bivol-Beterbiev series.

Another intriguing option would be an indisputable lightweight title between Dmitry Bivol and David Benavidez. The undefeated David Benavidez was the number one contender in 168 for two years, but the champion Canelo Álvarez managed to avoid it.

Knowing that he would never receive the opportunity to fight for the title, David Benavidez rose to 175. After publishing Unanimous decision victories over Oleksandr Gvozdyk and David Morrell, Benavés has been demonstrated as a legitimate contender of weight of light weight weight of light of light of light light .

In recent years, Dmitry Bivol, 34, has been very active, and at the press conference after the fight, Bivol hinted to take a free time to rest and heal some minor injuries. From now on, Bivol is the king of lights of light and has many options, but we will have to sit and wait to see what his next movement will be.