Artur Beterbiev outpointed Dmitry Bivol, but it was a razor-thin decision; where do they land. Here are the latest ESPN P4P rankings.

Beterbiev didn’t deliver the knockout but he did deliver, sweeping the final three rounds on all three judges’ scorecards to pull out a majority decision win. The result was d

In this week’s mailbag, we tackle your thoughts on Artur Beterbiev’s majority decision victory over Dmitry Bivol and a dream fight between Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani.

Dmitrii Bivol wants to run it back with Artur Beterbiev and seeks as much support as possible to make it happen. The Ring has confirmed that Bivol’s team has filed a request for an immediate rematch with all four sanctioning bodies.

For years, boxing fans had waited to see Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol share the ring to crown an undisputed light heavyweight champion. The fight finally happened Saturday in Saudi Arabia with Beterbiev edging out a majority decision in a  fantastic tactical battle that saw momentum swing several times throughout the 12 rounds.

Historically, the middleweight showdown between Marvin Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard was the most hotly debated result in recent memory, and still is even today. More recently, the Ring lightweight championship fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko-Devin Haney polarized opinions, and on Saturday Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol joined the list.

Bivol was class in defeat, as expected, and praised Beterbiev; they had shared a unique respect for each other during the months and months it took to finally get the pair in the ring. They had also shared six years and nine months as world champions before the final bell separated Bivol from his belt.