The exchange between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol's promoter, Eddie Hearn, stole the show at Thursday's otherwise listless final press conference. Beterbiev defends his undisputed light heavyweight title against Bivol in a rematch on Saturday at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Beterbiev asked, "What is Eddie Hearn?" and "Who is Eddie Hearn?" in an interview with DAZN that posted earlier this week when he was asked about his war of words with Hearn at the press conference for the first Beterbiev vs. Bivol fight.

Beterbiev told Hearn, "You talk a lot," at the final conference for his bout with Bivol this past October, to which Hearn responded, "It's my job, you should try it."

Hearn replied to Beterbiev's comments at today's conference with a hilarious anecdote.

"You don't know what to believe these days," Hearn began. "But there are unconfirmed reports that back in Canada, Artur Beterbiev does own a copy of my book. He bought the latest Men's Health magazine with me on the cover and has pre-ordered the Eddie Hearn pajamas that drop in 2025."

"I can say anything [I want] like you [always] say anything [you want]," Beterbiev responded. "What you want [to say], you always [say]."

Hearn suggested that outside of the comical back-and-forths, there is no real animosity between the pair and that they are "very good friends."

"Yeah, of course [we're good friends]," Beterbiev said. "You give me opponents, and I beat them. We do good business. Inshallah [it continues]."

Elsewhere at the press conference, Bivol admitted his previous loss to Beterbiev was burning inside of him and that he was desperate to avenge his only career defeat on Saturday.

"All athletes — we [always] want [to] win. We're like gamblers, and, of course, I wasn't [the] winner last time. It's burning inside of me, and I want to go, and I want to change something because I can see where I was wrong and which points, and I want to change it. As an athlete, I want it so much."

Uncrowned will have live round-by-round coverage of the entire card.