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'Three or four times!' - Dmitry Bivol drawing pointers from first fight before Artur Beterbiev rematch
Dmitry Bivol revealed he watched his first fight with Artur Beterbiev back "three or four times" ahead ot their undisputed light heavyweight rematch on February 22.
This Saturday will pit the two men together four months after their first encounter, as part of Riyadh Season's The Last Crescendo, live on DAZN Pay-Per-View.
- Read more | Beterbiev vs Bivol 2 / Dubois vs Parker: Date, fight card, how to watch, fight times, PPV price
There, Beterbiev won a majority decision to sweep all four belts, despite many at ringside feeling Bivol had done enough to take the call from the judges himself.
Now, speaking at Tuesday's Grand Arrivals, the star has revealed that he has studied their original bout on several occasions, and that he discovered plenty in the process.
"[I watched the first fight back] three or four times," he said. "I saw good moments and bad moments. I just need to be better in all positions.
| Fight | KSA | GMT | ET | PT |
| Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol 2 | 2:00am | 11:00pm | 6:00pm | 3:00pm |
| Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker | 12:40am | 9:40pm | 4:40pm | 1:40pm |
| Shakur Stevenson vs Floyd Schofield | 11:35pm | 8:35pm | 3:35pm | 12:35am |
| Carlos Adames vs Hamzah Sheeraz | 10:35pm | 7:35pm | 2:35pm | 11:35am |
| Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Israil Madrimov | 9:40pm | 6:40pm | 1:40pm | 10:40am |
| Zhilei Zhang vs Agit Kabayel | 8:40pm | 5:40pm | 12:40pm | 9:40am |
| Joshua Buatsi vs Callum Smith | 7:45pm | 4:45pm | 11:45am | 8:45am |
"I need to be faster, I need to be harder, I need to be smarter. Everything, better. [I did] not learn too much [about Beterbiev in the first fight].
"But I learned about myself that I do not like to lose. I need to push myself harder. It means more endurance [on Saturday night]."
Bivol is looking to become the first man to hand Beterbiev a professional loss, having suffered his own maiden defeat against his rival last time out.
However, he became the first fighter to take his opponent the distance in his career, a fact that appears to have further built into the narrative of their latest dance.
Watch Beterbiev vs Bivol 2 and full Last Crescendo card live on DAZN PPV
Watch Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol 2 and the full Last Crescendo fight card, including Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker, live on DAZN Pay-Per-View.
The PPV is available to buy now at £19.99 in UK and $25.99 in US.
Buying the DAZN PPV offers a range of extra benefits. including alternative commentary options with Adam Smith or True Geordie or Showbizz the Adult; local language commentary; entry to a prize draw for tickets to Chris Eubank Jr. vs Connor Benn* (for UK only); and a seven-day free trial of the full DAZN platform.
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