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Lineal and unified light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol will be sidelined for the rest of the year after undergoing back surgery in his hometown of Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Friday.

“Following my doctor’s advice, I had to undergo surgery for a past back injury which I’ve been dealing with for over 10 years, but it kept getting worse with each training camp,” Bivol announced. “Everything went well, and I’m feeling much better already.”

Bivol added that he would need between six and eight weeks to recover before he would be able to resume training.

“Thank you all for your support,” Bivol said. “I look forward to new challenges in the next year.”

In his last fight, Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs), 34, scored the biggest win of his career when he claimed a majority decision over Artur Beterbiev in their immediate rematch to win the undisputed 175-pound championship on Feb. 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Bivol also avenged a majority decision loss to Beterbiev in their first fight in October, also in Riyadh. That was a four-belt unification fight that crowned Beterbiev as the first four-belt light heavyweight champion and the first undisputed champion in the division in 25 years, since Roy Jones Jr. accomplished it in 1999.

Bivol’s undisputed status lasted just six weeks because in April he vacated the WBC title rather than commit to an ordered mandatory defense against Benavidez, who was subsequently elevated to from interim to full titleholder.

Bivol said he vacated to honor his commitment to a third fight with Russian-born Canadian Beterbiev (21-1, 20 KOs), who turns 41 in January.

The third fight was penciled in for October in Riyadh but in July it appeared the fight would be pushed into early 2026 after Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh, who backed the first two fights, gave the fighters permission to move ahead with the third bout in Russia on a card put on by another promoter (who was not identified) willing to pay up for the fight.

Beterbiev lashed out at Bivol last month, accusing him of delaying the bout. Days before Bivol’s surgery announcement, Alalshikh announced that Beterbiev would fight Deon Nicholson (22-1, 18 KOs), 34, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on his Nov. 22 card in Riyadh while awaiting confirmation of the third Bivol bout.

Bivol manager Vadim Kornilov told Fight Freaks Unite that Bivol’s intention is still to face Beterbiev for the third time once he has healed.

“Dmitry felt it was better to handle (the surgery) now (instead of possibly) having to cancel the fight during camp time in the future if things get even worse all of a sudden,” Kornilov said. “He has a lot of respect for his opponents and the obligations given to the organizing party.”

Before the surgery Bivol’s team was in talks with Michael Eifert (13-1, 5 KOs), 27, of Germany, who Bivol owes an overdue IBF mandatory defense. Eifert, who became the mandatory in March 2023, stepped aside to permit the Beterbiev-Bivol rematch to have all belts at stake.

Because of the surgery, Bivol has asked the IBF for a medical exception that would allow him to delay the Eifert bout but could also cause the IBF to sanction an interim title fight involving Eifert with Bivol ordered to face the winner.
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Ok looks like it's not the most serious back injury and he'll be ready to train in 2 months

Whew! happy for my 3rd favorite current fighter, Get well soon champ!! :salute: :whew:
 
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ba'al said:
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHH IDK most drug addicts feel like they don't have a problem.
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Exactly. The only thing I would say to side with Oscar is that people around him used his condition to take advantage of him and use him. But he for sure was a drug addict though
 
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