Sounds like Bivol agreed to VADA and Lara-Hurd in April

Right now I'm thinking barrea by decision I hope so. Especially after Vlad came in here with all his eastern euro holiday knowledge.

Wait for, "see how average Bivol is without PEDs", after this fight, despite that he's taking a big step up in comp. Always happens. Guy steps up and suddenly he's either old, clean, etc etc excuse for him looking great against weak opposition. And if he looks great against Barrera it will be because of them Russian PEDs.

Bivol winning by early round KO is my pick. I think he will win every round. He is a calm calculating killer in the ring.

Good. Orthodox Christmas was yesterday, which is the dominant religion in Russia, just like December 25th was in North America and elsewhere in Europe, so now he and his team/management are probably back from vacation. To all the ignorants here saying he was stalling testing, that probably explains the delay that Barrera was crying about.It was a delay nonetheless. It is Christmas, not a vow silence. Maybe he just "cycled". At the end we will watch the fight. That is all I care. A clean and fair fight.

Right now I'm thinking barrea by decision

Luckily it's happening early in his career. If he ran through more bums before this fight it would have gotten really bad. I'm not sold on Bivol but I'm picking him to win. Same. Bivol looks very well rounded but I don't see the spooky power of a Kovalev or Beterbeiv, or the scientific precision of The Nail. I think Barrera is very well rounded to but just half a step behind Bivol in most categories. I do like this fight. Bivol by UD. No surprise if Barrera takes a decision though.

Wait for, "see how average Bivol is without PEDs", after this fight, despite that he's taking a big step up in comp. Always happens. Guy steps up and suddenly he's either old, clean, etc etc excuse for him looking great against weak opposition. Luckily it's happening early in his career. If he ran through more bums before this fight it would have gotten really bad. I'm not sold on Bivol but I'm picking him to win.

Wait for, "see how average Bivol is without PEDs", after this fight, despite that he's taking a big step up in comp. Always happens. Guy steps up and suddenly he's either old, clean, etc etc excuse for him looking great against weak opposition in the past.