Artur Beterbiev vs. Adam Deines: date, time, how to watch, background

Light heavyweight titleholder Artur Beterbiev – 15 fights, 15 knockouts — returns against Adam Deines in MOSCOW

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ARTUR BETERBIEV (15-0, 15 KOs)
VS. ADAM DEINES (19-1-1, 10 KOs)

• Date: Saturday, March 20
• Time: 3 p.m. ET / noon PT (main event later in show)
• Where: Khodynka Ice Palace, Moscow
• TV/Stream: ESPN / ESPN+
• Cost: ESPN+ subscription $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year
• Division: Light heavyweight (175 pounds)
• At stake: Beterbiev’s IBF and WBC titles
• Pound-for-pound ranking: Beterbiev No. 12
• Odds: Beterbiev 17½-1 favorite
• Also on the card: Alexander Besputin vs. Maximilaino Ricardo Veron, welterweights; Azizbek Abdugofurov vs. Pavel Silyagin, super middleweights
• Prediction: Beterbiev KO 5
• Background: Beterbiev’s defense against Deines was postponed twice after the titleholder injured his ribs and then tested positive for COVID-19. The 36-year-old 175-pound titleholder is one of the most-feared men in the sport, having stopped all 15 opponents. That includes his sensational 10^th-round stoppage of Oleksandr Gvozdyk to unify two titles in October 2019, which was his most-recent fight. He’ll be making his fourth title defense. Deines is a native of Russia who is based in Germany. The 30-year-old lost a wide decision to Fanlong Meng in his only fight against an top-tier opponent. He has stopped two journeymen since then, including Yevgenii Makhteienko in September 2019.