Briton Smith signed a contract to fight Bivol

Briton Callum Smith has signed a contract to fight against Russian Dmitry Bivol in Yekaterinburg, according to the website of the Russian Boxing Federation.

The fight is scheduled to take place on December 12 at the RCC Boxing Promotions tournament. The official announcement will take place after receiving approvals from the World Boxing Organization (WBO), the World Boxing Association (WBA), the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and The Ring magazine.

“Today we have completed long negotiations with Callum Smith’s team, all the necessary documents for organizing the fight against Dmitry Bivol have been signed. The organizer of the title fight is RCC Boxing Promotions, and in December we will make this fight in Yekaterinburg,” said General Director of RCC Boxing Promotions German Titov.

In July, the WBO ordered Bivol to defend his championship against Smith. The athletes met at the amateur level in February 2012, the Russian won.

In the professional ring, 35-year-old Bivol has 25 wins and one loss. The Russian last entered the ring on May 30 in Yekaterinburg, when he defeated German Michael Eifert by unanimous decision in the fight for the WBA Super and IBF light heavyweight world titles. The WBO title was not at stake in that fight, since the organization did not sanction the championship fight in Russia. On July 23, Bivol underwent surgery on his elbow.