Who will Dmitry Bivol 🇷🇺 fight next?
Short answer
Most likely next opponent: Callum Smith🇬🇧 (70%, reported). Next: Artur Beterbiev🇷🇺 (10%).
Confidence: Medium · Updated (UAE time)
Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Dmitry Bivol's next opponent. These are not chances of winning.
- 70%chance next opponentDmitry Bivol beat Michael Eifert on 30 May 2026 (UD). Terms agreed, according to the WBO. A WBO rule on fights in Russia could still block it.12 Dec 2026 · Yekaterinburg, Russia (reported)
- 10%chance next opponentA third fight is being explored for after Bivol-Smith.Spring 2027, Russia (explored)
Field / other: 20%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Last fight
- Win vs Michael Eifert · UD · 30 May 2026
- Confidence
- Medium (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
- Boxing factors
- Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
Dmitry Bivol: frequently asked questions
When is Dmitry Bivol's next fight?
No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026. The leading option is Callum Smith (Yekaterinburg, Russia (reported)).
Who did Dmitry Bivol fight last?
Dmitry Bivol beat Michael Eifert on 30 May 2026 (UD). Source: Wikipedia.
Who is Dmitry Bivol likely to fight next?
NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: Callum Smith (70%), Artur Beterbiev (10%), field / other 20%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.
What is Dmitry Bivol's record?
25–1 (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 30 May 2026, as listed on Wikipedia.
What titles does Dmitry Bivol hold?
WBA (Super) light heavyweight, IBF light heavyweight, WBO light heavyweight, The Ring light heavyweight. Each belt is named with the body that awards it.
Other light heavyweight boxers
- Callum Smith🇬🇧 · WBO interim light heavyweight · next: Dmitry Bivol 70%
- Joshua Buatsi🇬🇧 · No world title listed · next: Willy Hutchinson Booked
- Artur Beterbiev🇷🇺 · No world title listed · next: Dmitry Bivol 10%
More: Light Heavyweight belts and next fights · All boxing
Sources
- Wikipedia: Dmitry Bivol · record and last fight (revision 1377833859)
- The Ring: WBO confirms Dmitry Bivol, Callum Smith agree to fight terms
- BoxingNews24: WBO Russia ban threatens Bivol-Smith title fight
- The Ring: Third Bivol-Beterbiev bout being explored for spring in Russia
- Wikipedia: List of current world boxing champions (revision of 1 Oct 2026) · 1 Oct 2026
Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.