Dmitry Bivol has claimed he's nonetheless ready to be paid for his beautiful win over Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez because of sanctions imposed upon Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
The undefeated 31-year-old turned in a masterful show to defend his WBA light-heavyweight title and turn into solely the second man after Floyd Mayweather Jr to beat pound-for-pound nice Canelo in Las Vegas on 7 Could.
Bivol was set to earn a career-best payday of round $5million, heading into the struggle assured £$2m of the struggle purse with 30 per cent of the PPV gross sales reportedly added on prime of that.
However in an interview with TASS, the Russian information company, Bivol defined how his cash had ‘nonetheless not arrived’ as a result of sanctions imposed on his homeland.
‘I believe it’s very troublesome [to get a fee for this fight],’ Bivol stated.
‘We'll nonetheless take into consideration easy methods to do it. We didn’t assume forward as a result of the state of affairs is altering quickly.
‘I didn’t even give it some thought and stated to my supervisor ‘Vadim [Kornilov], come on, this can be your headache.’
Bivol was born in Tokmak, Kyrgyzstan, however has been a long-time resident of St Petersburg and is a Russian citizen.
Following the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, Russia has been hit with wide-ranging sanctions with Russian sport tremendously impacted.
Three of world boxing’s main governing our bodies – the IBF, WBO and WBC – responded to the Russian invasion by vowing to dam ‘championship fights involving boxers from Russia and Belarus.’
The WBA, the championship which Bivol holds, stopped wanting such measures, nonetheless.
As such, Bivol was free to defend his title in opposition to Canelo however was not permitted to enter the ring together with his flag current, the Russian nationwide anthem was not allowed to be performed and his nation was not be named throughout his ringwalk.
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