What is Artur Beterbiev religion?

Russian-Canadian professional boxer Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev was born on January 21, 1985. He has held the IBF championship since 2017, the WBC title since 2019, and the WBO belt since 2022, making him the undisputed light heavyweight champion.

What is Artur Beterbiev religion?

Beterbiev is a Muslim.

Beterbiev competed as an amateur and earned medals in the light-heavyweight class at the 2007 World Championships, 2008 World Cup, 2009 World Championships, 2006 European Championships, and 2010 European Championships.

In the heavyweight division at the 2012 Olympics, he also advanced to the quarterfinals.

In the round of 16 of the 2008 Olympics, he controversially lost to local boxer Zhang Xiaoping, who went on to win the gold medal, after defeating Kennedy Katende by a score of 15:3. He won the light heavyweight division at the 2009 World Championships by defeating Elshod Rasulov of Uzbekistan and young Jose Larduet of Cuba.

He was defeated by eventual champion Oleksandr Usyk by a score of 13–17 in the quarterfinals of the 2011 World Championships. At the 2012 Olympics, he narrowly defeated Michael Hunter but fell to Usyk again by a score of 13–17. These two competed in the heavyweight class.

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