Comments Thread For: As Good As He Is, Artur Beterbiev Is Still Not As Good As He Wants To Be

[Citizen Koba]

He has a law degree? Damn. I like the he plays chess though... few of my other favourite fighters do too.. Bud, Usyk... obvs Pirog in his day. Ain't the reason I start to like a fighter but when I find out they're chess players it usually makes me like em more.

[KillaMane26]

........which is scary for anyone who decides to get in the ring with this monster

[ruedboy]

"He (Smith) sends you a fax before he throws a right hand."
Joe's got heart, but he had the perfect style to make Beterbiev look unbeatable.
Since a fighter is only as good as his last fight, I guess Artur's "the Man" for now.

[mawoodhouse]

I think if the undisputed fight happens, Bivol beats him on points.

[Oregonian]

As long as Beterbiev and Bivol are champs, Canelo won't be going near the light heavyweight's. He proved that by not exercising his Bivol rematch clause. A true warrior takes the rematch. He had the option, rematch Bivol or 40 yr old GGG for his next fight. He wisely chose GGG.

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“A true warrior takes the rematch” … would you call Ricky Hatton a true warrior if he had the option to rematch Manny or Floyd? Or do you somehow believe “a true warrior” can win the rematch?
Canelo knows he can’t beat Bivol. That is a smart guy. He got beat by the better guy and he’s moving on. No shame in that at all. He came up short, period.

This “true warrior” narrative is the silliest narrative floating around boxing.

[Boricua181]

his non action is due to promotional legal problems more than anything else

You must be clairvoyant to a certain extent, because I just read on another boxing platform that Beterbiev is fighting Anthony Yarde on 10/22/2022.