Dmitry Yuryevich Bivol (Russian: Дмитрий Юрьевич Бивол; born 18 December 1990) is a Russian professional boxer who has held the WBA light-heavyweight title since 2017. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 2013 World Combat Games in the 81 kg weight category. As of May 2022, Bivol is ranked as the world's best light-heavyweight by BoxRec, and second by The Ring, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and ESPN. Early life and amateur career Dmitry Bivol's father was born in Moldova and grew up speaking "Moldovan" (Romanian), while his mother was ethnically Korean, born in Kazakhstan and later raised in Kyrgyzstan. Dmitry's parents moved to Kyrgyzstan after graduating and marrying.Dimitry Bivol took up boxing at the age of 6. Mr Bivol was a naturally bigger kid and he weighed a lot compared to the average size kid. He explains how he would gain much confidence when he started to win over much older guys in his amateur bouts. Bivol was a decorated amateur, winning 2 world championships at the junior (U-17) level, as well as a bronze medal at the 2008 AIBA Youth World Boxing...