{"id":635717,"date":"2026-04-29T05:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/635717\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T05:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:27:09","slug":"wbo-title-not-on-the-line-for-dmitry-bivol-michael-eifert-on-may-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/635717\/","title":{"rendered":"WBO title not on the line for Dmitry Bivol-Michael Eifert on May 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

That decision has been made due to the ongoing conflict with Ukraine, per a letter from the organization\u2019s president Gustavo Olivieri, obtained by The Ring<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The WBO won\u2019t strip Bivol though, and will recognize the contest as a non-title bout. The WBA and IBF titles will be on the line along with The Ring championship at 175 pounds from UMMC Arena in Ekaterinburg, Russia.<\/p>\n

Bivol<\/a> (24-1, 12 KOs) will be fighting for the first time since undergoing surgery to repair a herniated disc in his back. The operation was performed in August<\/a> and was followed by a six-week rehabilitation program. Bivol, 35, lives in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He is The Ring\u2019s No. 5 on its pound-for-pound list and last competed last February in Riyadh, when avenging defeat by Artur Beterbiev<\/a> in a thrilling rematch to claim undisputed status. <\/p>\n

In March 2022 at a press conference for his fight vs. Canelo Alvarez, Bivol called the conflict \u201creally sad for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

“I have a lot of friends in Ukraine. I have a lot of friends in Russia. My family is in Russia. Every day I wake up and read the news and I hope it will stop.”<\/p>\n

Beterbiev defeated Bivol via controversial decision when they met in October 2024.<\/p>\n

Eifert<\/a> (13-1, 5 KOs) is the IBF\u2019s mandatory challenger. The 28-year-old German scored his most notable win in March 2023 when he outpointed former champion Jean Pascal.<\/p>\n

Bivol\u2019s last fight in Russia was in December 2021, a successful title defense against Umar Salamov. <\/p>\n

The Ring is awaiting comment from the WBO and Team Bivol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That decision has been made due to the ongoing conflict with Ukraine, per a letter from the organization\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[72640,703,184736,711,49,48,17574,82,1134,2939],"class_list":["post-635717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-object-object","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-articles","tag-boxing-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-light-heavyweight","tag-sports","tag-the-ring","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}