Age, Biography, and Wiki
Dmitry Yuryevich Bivol is a Russian professional boxer born on December 18, 1990, making him 34 years old as of 2025. He began boxing at the age of six and originally hails from Tokmak in what was then the Kyrgyz SSR. His family moved to Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, settling in St. Petersburg, where Bivol continued his schooling and boxing training. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 2013 World Combat Games in the 81 kg weight category. In his professional career, Bivol has been notably successful, holding the undisputed light-heavyweight title since February 2025 and the unified championship since April 2025. He has also held the WBA (Super version) light-heavyweight title from 2019 to 2024, alongside the IBO and Ring magazine titles. He is recognized for defeating reigning undisputed world champions twice in the four-belt era, including victories over Canelo Álvarez and Artur Beterbiev.
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| Date of Birth | 18 December 1990 |
| Age | 34 Years |
| Birth Place | Tokmok, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union |
| Horoscope | Sagittarius |
| Country | Russia |
Height, Weight & Measurements
Dmitry Bivol stands 6 feet 0 inches (183 cm) tall and has a reach of 72 inches (183 cm). His competition weight is generally around 79 kg (174 lbs), typical for the light heavyweight division in which he competes.
As an amateur, Bivol won the gold medal at the 2013 World Combat Games in the 81 kg weight category. He was listed by multiple sources as the fighter of the year for 2022, including being selected as The Ring magazine Fighter of The Year and as the Boxing Writers Association of America's Fighter of the Year. He is the only boxer to defeat a reigning undisputed world champions in the "four-belt era," having done so twice with his victories over super-middleweight champion Canelo Álvarez and light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, though only his fight with Beterbiev was for the undisputed championship, as his fight with Álvarez was for the WBA light heavyweight title.
Bivol's arms were bruised due to Álvarez's tactics, the same tactic he had used in his win over Callum Smith where he targeted his arms. Bivol said, "He beat my arm up but not my head. He kept hitting me in the arms, and I kept hitting him in the face ... I expect that. I watched the fight against Callum Smith." Bivol claimed he was the best in the division and apologised to his promoter Eddie Hearn, who had recently had the Álvarez-Golovkin trilogy fight signed for September 2022. Speaking after the fight, Álvarez planned to activate the rematch clause in the contract. He said, "It doesn't end like this. No excuses, I lost today; he is a great boxer ... I felt his power. He comes in and he goes out. He manages his distance really well." This was also Álvarez's first professional loss since 2013 and was on a 16-fight unbeaten streak. He felt Bivol only won 5 rounds.
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Dating & Relationship Status
There is no publicly available detailed information regarding Dmitry Bivol’s dating or relationship status in the provided sources.
Weeks after defeating Chilemba, Bivol's manager, Vadim Kornilov, revealed Bivol would likely return to the ring in December 2018. With the other light heavyweight titleholders already scheduled to make defences, Kornilov stated, "We're trying to get the biggest name we can to get Dmitry more exposure fighting top guys." In September, there were rumours circulating that Bivol would defend his title against Joe Smith Jr. in December. A month later, TVA Sports and The Montreal Journal reported that former unified champion Jean Pascal (33–5–1, 20 KOs) was in talks to fight Bivol on 24 November 2018. The news came after it was also reported that Smith was reportedly closing in on signing a deal to fight IBF champion Artur Beterbiev in December. Pascal was one of the frontrunners to fight Bivol in August 2018. Only a few hours later, the fight was announced to take place on HBO at the Etess Arena in Atlantic City. Before talks emerged, Pascal was originally scheduled to fight Canadian cruiserweight champion Gary Kopas in Canada on 9 November, however the fight was cancelled in early October after Pascal needed time to attend his father's funeral.
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Net Worth
Specific figures regarding Dmitry Bivol's net worth are not detailed in the provided search results. However, given his status as an undisputed world champion with multiple title defenses and high-profile fights, including bouts against top-tier opponents like Canelo Álvarez and Artur Beterbiev, his net worth is likely substantial within the professional boxing world.
It was announced on 25 February 2022 that Bivol would be making the fourth defense of his WBA (Super) title against 4-division world champion Canelo Álvarez on 7 May in a bout that would be televised as sports streaming service DAZN's first pay-per-view offering in the United States and Canada. The fight was able to take place because while in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine three of boxing's world governing bodies had blocked championship fights involving Russian and Belarusian boxers, the World Boxing Association (WBA) chose to allow the fight to proceed. Despite coming into the bout as an underdog, with most odds-makers having him a +400 underdog,
According to Dan Rafael, the PPV did 520,000 buys worldwide generating between $35 million to $40 million in revenue. The PPV numbers were much lower than the 1 million they had forecasted. According to reports, Álvarez was to take home a $15 million base up, rising up to $53 million. Bivol was guaranteed $2 million base up to $5 million, depending on PPV revenue, his highest career purse.
Social Network
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With the WBA's other two titles being vacated, interim champion Bivol was elevated to full champion. He was scheduled to fight Trent Broadhurst on an optional defense on 4 November 2017 at the Salle des Etoiles. As interim champion, Dmitry Bivol was ranked No. 1 by the WBA when the fight was announced, while Broadhurst was ranked No. 11. The announcement was met with incredulity by the media, due to many fighters ranked above Broadhurst being available. The WBA's No. 2 contender, Sullivan Barrera, took to Twitter to express his displeasure at being overlooked. The WBA's president, Gilberto Mendoza, later clarified that the winner of the bout will be ordered to fight the WBA's top contender within 120 days. Bivol won the fight by knockout with a clean right-handed shot at the end of the first round. The live broadcast of the fight averaged 341,000 viewers on HBO, while a same-day replay averaged 289,000 viewers.
Next Bivol faced the toughest test of his career on 3 March 2018 and dominated Sullivan Barrera (21–2, 14 KO) and stopped him in the 12th and final round. Bivol was able to outbox and out-punch Barrera throughout the fight, then exploded suddenly with a massive right hand that put the Cuban down halfway into the final frame. Barrera did get up, but referee Harvey Dock stopped the fight for the TKO at 1:41. Bivol received a cut over his right eye early in the bout, and a haematoma that developed over his left eye as the fight went on. Both came from accidental clashes of heads. The fight was part of a doubleheader which saw Sergey Kovalev successfully defend his WBO title against Igor Mikhalkin. The card was confirmed in December 2017. After the fight, Bivol said through a translator, “I felt a little bit like an amateur tonight, it was a really great opponent. Barrera showed me a lot of things tonight, and I have to work on a lot of things. Thanks, Sullivan. I was a little bit reserved. I was thinking how much I need to go the rest of the fight, but in the 12th round, I knew I could knock him out. I stepped on the gas, and the knockout came.”
Pascal lost by wide unanimous decision. Bivol’s right hook was established early in the fight, repeatedly hitting Pascal and knocking him off balance. Bivol saw this taking a toll on Pascal and became even more aggressive, landing body shots and leaving Pascal attempting to defend and not throw back. The home-crowd tried to cheer on Pascal. He had a good fourth round, but Bivol quickly reasserted his dominance. The judges scored the bout 119–109, 119–109, 117–111 in favor of Bivol. This was HBO's final event of the "World Championship Boxing" series, as they announced their exit from boxing. A crowd of 3,853 attended the event. CompuBox showed just how diminant Bivol was in landing 217 of 678 punches thrown (32%), and Pascal landed only 60 of 357 his thrown (17%). When asked who he would like to fight next, Bivol replied, "Doesn't matter to me. I'll fight anybody. I am ready to fight against Alvarez or Kovalev or Badou Jack. I'm ready. Let's make the fight." Pascal rated Bivol as the best in the division. According to Bivol, Pascal's power carried throughout the 12 rounds. Bivol was aware of this after the two sparred in 2016. The fight peaked 537,000 viewers and averaged 467,000 for HBO's final boxing telecast.
Bivol was too quick and sharp and dominated Smith over the 12-round distance with scores of 119–109, 119–109 and 118–110. Bivol even came close to stopping Smith in the final round. Despite the pre-fight plan to match Bivol's work rate, Smith found it difficult landing meaningful shots, due to the impressive footwork and movement from Bivol. The pro-Smith crowd chanted in the later rounds to try and lift his spirits. It wasn't all straight forward for Bivol. He was buzzed in round 4 following a right hand to the head. He quickly found his rhythm again soon after. Smith threw Bivol to the mat in round 9 after being tangled. Referee Gary Rosato rightfully gave him a warning for this. Smith did not stay for the post-fight in-ring interviews as he made his to the local hospital, which was only precautionary.
There was a crowd of 9,073 who attended the event. These were mostly Ukraine strong, in support of Usyk, who headlined the card. Bivol dropped Castillo in the sixth round with a counter right hand en route to a convincing unanimous decision victory, with scores of 119–108, 119–108, and 120–107, in what some described as a slow pace fight. Throughout the fight, Bivol kept control with his strong jab and strong counter right hands. Boos were heard from the crowd as the fight ended, suggesting the crowd were not happy with the lack of action or urgency. Bivol was asked why he fights conservatively, to which he replied, “Of course, I want to give a good fight for boxing fans, but if I listen to fans, I can lose. I have to listen to my coach, who told me, ‘You have to be patient. Don’t lose your concentration, and you have to box like you can. You have to keep your belt to get a bigger chance for a big fight for who really wants to give a good fight against you." According to CompuBox, Bivol landed 188 of 652 total punches, connecting at a 29% rate, compared to Castillo, who was 98 of 429 (23%). Bivol was waiting patiently for results in the next month. He wanted to fight the winner of the unification battle between Artur Beterbiev and Oleksandr Gvozdyk or Saul Álvarez vs. Sergey Kovalev, who were set to fight for the latter's WBO title.
Bivol called out his fellow light heavyweight champions for a title unification bout in the post-fight interview, stating: "It doesn't matter who wants to fight me, I'm open for everyone from the light heavyweight division".
According to CompuBox punch statistics, Bivol had outlanded Álvarez in every round of the fight, for a total of 152 punches landed out of 710 thrown (21%), compared to Álvarez's 84 of 495 (17%). Many media reporters and pundits drew attention to the judges' official scorecards: all three judges had scored Álvarez the winner of the first four rounds, something that was roundly criticized, and described by ESPN reporter Mike Coppinger as "puzzling". Despite the widespread public opinion that Bivol was the deserved winner, Álvarez disagreed with this notion, stating in his post-fight interview: "I don't feel like I lost the fight... Personally, I felt he [Bivol] only won four or five rounds." He went on to express his desire to fight Bivol again: "We want the rematch, and we're going to do better in the rematch."
During the post-fight interview, Bivol stated his desire to face the unified light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev in a title unification bout. He was later named the 2022 The Ring "Fighter of the Year".
On 2 May 2023, the WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman revealed to ESPN that the sanctioning body had declared Bivol ineligible to face the unified light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev due to the ongoing sanctions for Russian and Belarusian fighters following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Despite rumours that he would rematch Canelo Álvarez, Bivol's manager Vadim Kornilov instead revealed on 26 September that his fighter was in talks with Anthony Yarde, Lyndon Arthur, Radivoje Kalajdzic and Jaime Munguía for a planned December bout. Having not had a fight scheduled in 2023, on 2 November Hearn told reporters that he would like to get Bivol back in the ring in January 2024 in preparation to fighting Beterbiev. The two boxes teased a fight with face off during the Tyson Fury-Francis Ngannou fight week. Kornilov stated a fight with Munguia was discussed but failed to materialise. There was also continued discussions for his opponent to be Ahmed Elbiali and Arthur. Reports circulated that David Morrell, the WBA (regular) titlist had rejected an opportunity to fight Bivol. Warriors Boxing executive Luis DeCubas Sr. said they reached out for the fight, but never received a response.
Bivol won the fight by a dominant unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the contest 120–107 in his favor. He knocked Arthur down once, as he forced him to take a knee with a left hook to the body in round 11. Bivol did not take much risk and put on a workman-like performance. In the last round, Bivol looked to go for the stoppage throwing a flurry of punches. He was stopped in his tracks after Arthur caught him with a big shot. Bivol admitted he wanted to go for a stoppage, but did not feel fully confident in his hand after the recent hand surgery.
On 17 October, the IBF ordered Beterbiev to make a mandatory defence against Michael Eifert (13-1, 5 KOs). Angry fans took to social media to voice their disappointment of the news as it would jeopardise a rematch between Bivol and Beterbiev to have all four titles on the line. Bob Arum was also frustrated with the mandatory order. He told a reporter, “It’s totally insane. It’s like a burden to be undisputed. I mean, the idea that you have to fight some non-entity to keep your title after you’ve won the biggest fight of your career seems crazy to me. This is ludicrous. They say, ‘These are our rules.’ Well, change the rules.” Arum only wanted Beterbiev to have big fights. Arum spoke to Dan Rafael on 21 October about the possible rematch. He explained because Riyadh Season ends in February, it meant the rematch could take place in October 2025. This could see both boxers having a fight in the interim.
On 6 March, WBC formally ordered Bivol to make a mandatory defence against interim champion David Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs). Both teams had until 8 April to negotiate a deal. Turki Alalshikh stated he was “no longer interested” in the bout and intended to put on a trilogy between Bivol and Beterbiev. This suggested that Riyadh Season would not be involved in the negotiations. There was rumours a deal was close to being agreed until Sampson Lewkowicz squashed them. He stated he had sent a large offer to Bivol's team and was yet to hear back. On 7 April, Bivol informed the WBC of his decision to relinquish the title, in order to move forward with a trilogy bout with Beterbiev. With this, Benavidez was upgraded to full titleholder. In Bivol's teams' letter to the WBC, it was said that the IBF was supposed to be next in like in terms of the mandatory rotation system set up by the organisations.
Education
After relocating to St. Petersburg, Bivol and his siblings attended secondary school. His parents initially prioritized his education over martial arts training following their move from Kyrgyzstan to Russia. No further higher education details are publicly documented in the available data.
