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Revealed: PPV Buys For The Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol 2 Last Crescendo Card

Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol 2 Last Crescendo card PPV buys comes to light.
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Dmitry Bivol fought Artur Beterbiev in a rematch on February 22. The undisputed light heavyweight title fight, won by Bivol, headlined the star-studded Last Crescendo card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Apart from the two amazing Russians, Joseph Parker vs Martin Bakole, and Shakur Stevenson vs Josh Padley were among other notable fights. Parker viciously knocked out Bakole in the second round of the contest, while Stevenson earned a ninth round stoppage win against Padley.

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Other results include Carlos Adames vs Hamzah Sheeraz, who fought out a split draw, while Vergil Ortiz Jr defeated Israil Madrimov. Agit Kabayel stopped the experienced Zhilei Zhang, and Callum Smith earned a grueling decision against Joshua Buatsi.

Overall, it was a fantastic event and the card was built up as one of the best boxing events in recent history.

A report from The Ring Magazine has now revealed that the pay-per-view event did 340,000 buys worldwide. The PPV price in the United States was $25.99.

Riyadh Season's Turki Alalshikh has staged some huge boxing events recently, and The Last Crescendo was perhaps the most high profile card arranged by Riyadh Season. The main event was a showdown between two extremely skilled Russians and their second fight was just close as the first. Only this time, the decision swayed in Bivol's favor, meaning the series is now 1-1, with a trilogy likely on the horizon.

Riyadh Season is set to put on another giant card in May, set to take place in Times Square, New York. Ryan Garcia vs Rolly Romero, Devin Haney vs Jose Ramirez, and Teofimo Lopez vs Arnold Barboza Jr are signed on for the event.

Turki Alalshikh
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Apratim Banerjee
APRATIM BANERJEE

Apratim is a Boxing and Soccer reporter for On SI. He has been in the industry for five years, having also worked for The Sporting News, Sportskeeda, EssentiallySports, and more. After coming from an engineering background, he started pursuing a career in sports media. Apratim also holds an MSc. Sport Marketing degree from Loughborough University London and is a keen practitioner of social media and digital marketing. In his spare time, Apratim likes to play an array of sports and practice calisthenics. He is also an avid enthusiast of improving his martial arts skills.