FILE PHOTO: Boxing - Artur Beterbiev v Billy Bailey - Light Heavyweight - Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Canada - 30/11/13 Artur Beterbiev (L) in action against Billy Bailey Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Peter Cziborra E
LONDON (Reuters) - Light-heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev is set to fight as a Canadian after boxing bodies barred Russians following the invasion of Ukraine, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said on Wednesday.
The WBC, IBF and IBO have said they will not certify fights involving boxers from Russia or Belarus.
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