Riyadh Season has been going on since October 2024 and after an electrifying opening night, the winter festival has not looked back.
The Season welcomed two million visitors in the first week of opening alone and with fantastic events and cool attractions like BLVD Runway and Dunes of Arabia, it is not a surprise.
Now the Season is looking to reignite an old rivalry. The Artur Beterbiev & Dmitry Bivol re-match was recently announced by Turki Alalshik.
The chairman of the General Entertainment Authority took to Instagram to confirm that the much-anticipated re-match will take place next year and even revealed the fight card. Spoiler alert: it is an explosive fight card.
Beterbiev and Bivol previously headlined the Riyadh Season opening night fight with Beterbiev winning his first fight after returning to the ring following a knee surgery.
Excited for the re-match? Here is everything you need to know about the fight.
Artur Beterbiev & Dmitry Bivol re-match 2025
Russian-Canadian professional boxer Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev has held the undisputed champion in the light-heavyweight class since October 2024. He has also won titles from the International Boxing Organization and Ring magazine.
Russian boxer Dmitry Yuryevich Bivol is a professional fighter. From 2017 to 2019, he was the WBA light heavyweight champion, and from 2019 to 2024, he was the WBA Super light heavyweight champion. In the 81 kg weight class, he took home a gold medal from the 2013 World Combat Games as an amateur.
The boxing mega stars will be reigniting their ring rivalry in 2025 as they square off once more.
Artur Beterbiev & Dmitry Bivol re-match 2025 location
The official location of the fight has not been announced. The Riyadh Season opening night fight was held at the Kingdom Arena.
Artur Beterbiev & Dmitry Bivol re-match 2025 dates
Mark your digital calendars. The explosive fight will take place on Saturday, February 22, 2025.
Artur Beterbiev & Dmitry Bivol re-match 2025 tickets
Tickets for the exciting event will drop on webook.com soon.
Artur Beterbiev & Dmitry Bivol re-match 2025 fight card
The night will be headlined by Artur Beterbiev & Dmitry Bivol, but the supporting fight card has drummed anticipation reaching a fever pitch.
- Heavyweight Title: Daniel Dubois v. Joseph Parker
- WBC Lightweight Title: Shakur Stevenson v. Floyd Schofield
- Middleweight Title: Carlos Adames vs. Hamzah SheerazInterim
- Super Welterweight Title: Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Israil Madrimov
- Interim Heavyweight Title: Zhilei Zhang vs. Agit Kabayel
- Interim Light Heavyweight Title: Joshua Buatsi vs. Callum Smith
More fights in Saudi
The capital has become a combat sport fan’s haven. The city has hosted some of the biggest fight nights and is set to bring even more engagement with Reignited 2 on December 21 and the UFC Fight Night. There is also UFC Power Slap which will be hosting its first Saudi Arabian fight night next year.
TBA. Sat, Feb 22, 2025. Riyadh, @turkialalshik.
