Comments Thread For: Leonard Ellerbe Doesn't View Dmitry Bivol As An Elite Level Fighter: "He's a Solid Guy"

[archiemoore1]

The man has an opinion ọn a fighter and because of that you talk about his beard call him a Gorilla SMH.....Closet gay material.

His opinion is biased and he speaks with a forked tongue. You have to ask what are his standards for being considered "elite"? Anytime u can get in the ring with a highly skilled, experienced guy like Canelo, the so called face of boxing, even if he's having a bad night, and make him miss and make him pay all night long and come out of the ring having taken no punishment at all, if that doesn't stamp Bivol as elite, then what more does he have to do? In addition to that, he has dominated everyone he faced b4 Canelo. He did Canelo just like he did everyone else. If you watch his fights and come away saying he's not elite, you're either ****** or ur biased and have an agenda. And Lizard Elephant most definitely always has an agenda. And in this situation, his agenda is that Bivol gave Canelo a boxing lesson, and the only other person who really did that was Floyd. And Floyd did it to a much younger, less experienced Canelo. Everyone knows how salty Floyd and his team can be- they can't have no one ever making comparisons to Floyd or his performances in any way, so they have to always discredit other guys outside of their influence. They highly praise and brown nose guys they wanna sign, like Boots Ennis, and anyone who doesn't f.ck with them, they say they're just ok. Salty ass mofos

[Boxing2695]

Bivol is a absolute quality fighter and a very hard guy to beat over 12 rounds. He doesn't do anything flashy but it's all solid drilled in Fundamentals in terms of his footwork and the way he's able to throw in combinations and get out of the range of being hit himself and it might not be thrilling to watch but if you're gonna teach a fighter how to box effectively using the Fundamentals you show them tape of a Bivol fight

[Smash]

I'm sure someone asked him a question about Bivol or something that involved Bivol.

These articles often got a vibe of mfers just on a street corner yelling their beefs at the world lol, but 99% of the time its in a interview from 1-5 days ago & boxingscene has broken them up into small lil pieces to max out content that seems like these mfers just said this sh^t this morning after waking up sideways about something with that guy.

lol yeah thats true, its usually a wide ranging interview and bits are typed on here and it can make things look out of context too like the guy is ragging on people when they are just answering questions on the fly often, ive actually seen ellerbe praise bivols style before too so i was a bit surprised by his take this time, hes doing a bit of a fury on him, this way and that maybe, all these guys have their agendas too possibly & also different definitions of what elite is too, he seems to be trying to big canelo up for this fight even tho his past performances are leaving questions about him too, this is a big fight for canelo, he wont be able to blame size as a factor in this one, even tho some canelo fans are saying canelo is still the small guy as he shorter than charlo lol

[Smash]

i think the thing that got people with these quotes is calling bivol a solid ok fighter then a good fighter

i think most people would agree that hes a very good fighter at least and possibly more and some would say certainly more up to elite level guy

then u see why ellerbe might be doing this when its said 'Alvarez simply hasn’t shared the ring with some of the world’s best lately', he alluding charlo is this guy to bring out the best in canelo & making excuses as to why canelo might not have looked his best lately, its all a bit convoluted to me, more likely canelo is just on the slide, seems like that to me anyway, if he looks better v charlo its probably down to charlo himself & not playing too much golf for 'lesser guys' lol

[_Rexy_]

Bivol became a top ten pfp guy by beating a little dude who came up. So Nelo should get credit for beating Charlo....who judging by face off don't look too small

Oh **** off with that. Canelo had already been a champ at 175. How is it possibly the same to fight someone coming up TWO weight classes, and has never fought above his current weight?

[_Rexy_]

The man has an opinion ọn a fighter and because of that you talk about his beard call him a Gorilla SMH.....Closet gay material.

Can I make fun of his 30 year supply of turtlenecks? or is that also gay?

[Floyd is TBE]

I agree with Ellerbee. I need to see more from Bivol before I can crown him.

Beating Canelo just don't mean as much as it did before. Canelo has been boxing since he was 15. He's clearly worn down.

[ShoulderRoll]

Is Leonard Ellerbe a knowledgeable boxing guy to be listening to? Is he even a competent promoter?

How well is TMT doing these days?

Oh **** off with that. Canelo had already been a champ at 175. How is it possibly the same to fight someone coming up TWO weight classes, and has never fought above his current weight?

Canelo was noticeably smaller than Bivol.

Charlo is not noticeably smaller than Canelo. In fact he might be bigger than him.

[tomhawq]

You can't call yourself a fan of the sweet science if you don't appreciate the Russian boxer's style of fighting. He's a classic hit-and-not-get hit fighter, and his prime asset is his foot work. You can't pin him on the ropes, you can't make him to play your game, you have to play his game. It may not be fan-friendly to the casual, but it's what makes him victorious in every fight he's been in. It's a difficult style to beat if you're the opponent.

[Smash]

I agree with Ellerbee. I need to see more from Bivol before I can crown him.

Beating Canelo just don't mean as much as it did before. Canelo has been boxing since he was 15. He's clearly worn down.

charlos trainer has said that if charlo beat canelo then charlo "would have to be considered one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters of all time"

crawfords trainer has also said stuff like that if bud were to beat him, people are still using canelo as a yardstick, rightly or wrongly for their guy