On June 18 in New York (USA) a boxing evening of the Top Rank promotional company will be held, the main event of which will be a light heavyweight unification fight (up to 79.4 kg) between WBC / IBF world champion Russian Artur Beterbiev (17-0, 17 KOs) and US WBO title holder Joe Smith Jr. (28-3, 22 KOs).
In the midst of preparations for the fight, Beterbiev spoke about his best motivation in the preparatory period for the next entry into the ring.
“I like to work in such a way that each workout makes me better technically or physically,” Arthur noted, “so I set some kind of small goal before each workout. But when the time comes to fight, no additional incentives are needed. A good fight is my biggest motivation.”
Earlier, Dmitry Bivol made a prediction for the Beterbiev-Smith fight.