Early Stoppages for Parker, Shakur & Kabayel – Buatsi Suffers First Loss

On February 22, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia hosted one of the most stacked fight cards in boxing history, headlined by the undisputed light heavyweight championship clash between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.

Full Event Results:

– Dmitry Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) MD 12 Artur Beterbiev (21-1, 20 KOs)

Bivol becomes the new undisputed light heavyweight champion

– Joseph Parker (36-3, 24 KOs) KO 2 Martin Bakole (21-2, 16 KOs)

Parker stops Bakole early to claim the interim WBO heavyweight title

– Shakur Stevenson (23-0, 11 KOs) TKO 9 Josh Padley (15-5, 4 KOs)

Shakur dominates, forcing Padley’s corner to stop the fight

– Carlos Adames (24-1-1, 18 KOs) D-SD 12 Hamzah Sheeraz (21-0-1, 17 KOs)

Majority draw – Adames retains WBC middleweight title

– Vergil Ortiz Jr. (23-0, 21 KOs) UD 12 Israil Madrimov (10-2-1, 7 KOs)

Ortiz earns a hard-fought decision to keep his WBC interim super welterweight belt

– Agit Kabayel (26-0, 18 KOs) KO 6 Zhilei Zhang (27-3-1, 22 KOs)

Kabayel stops Zhang with a body shot, remains undefeated

– Callum Smith (31-2, 22 KOs) UD 12 Joshua Buatsi (19-1, 13 KOs)

Smith hands Buatsi his first career defeat, wins WBO interim light heavyweight title

– Mohammed Alakhel (3-0, 0 KOs) PTS 6 Angel Gomez (8-43-3, 4 KOs)

Alakhel earns a points victory in lightweight action

– Ziyad Almaayouf (7-0-1, 1 KO) PTS 6 Jonatas de Oliveira (6-21, 5 KOs)

Almaayouf remains undefeated in super lightweight action