Dmitry Bivol

Dmitry Yuryevich Bivol is a Russian professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight title since 2017 and the International Boxing Organization (IBO) title since December 2023. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 2013 World Combat Games in the 81 kg weight category. As of January 2024, Bivol is ranked as the world's sixth best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec, fourth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB), sixth by The Ring, seventh by the Boxing Writers Association of America and fourth by ESPN. He is also ranked as the second-ranked best light heavyweight by The Ring, ESPN, TBRB and BoxRec.