I don’t think Bivol will be able to keep Beterbiev off.

[Mammoth]

Arthur got dropped hard by that British fighter Johnson and was on wobbly legs.

Plus, Smith caught Beterbiev rushing in with a check, left hook. Beterbiev can't afford to make those kinds of mistakes against a guy like Bivol.

Bivol doesn't hit as hard as either of them

[joseph5620]

I don't see anybody beating Beterbiev at 175. That includes every fighter at 168 too.

[Elheath]

At this point I would be satisfied just to see the match actually happen first.

[jaded]

I think Bivol will do very well...but in the end he'll be KO # 21.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Biviol by UD is a safe take. If Artur jumps on him earlier, Bivol by a stoppage.

[BaguMka]

The problem is Bivol fights like Usyk. But even better defensively.


it’ll look like Usyk vs Gassiev

You can't compare Beterbiev iq and boxing skills Vs Gassiev. Artur has tremendous amateur pedigree everyone sleeps on his iq and skills. You can't become world champ in amateur with power only

[satiev1]

I just don’t think he hits hard enough. Still think it’s a great fight and one I really want to see but I favour Beterbiev.

i agree. I'VE ALWAYS FAVORED BETERBIEV. SURE BIVOL CAN WIN 6-7 ROUNDS BUT HE WON'T SURVIVE 12. YOU CAN'T OUTBOX BETERBIEV. YOU NEED POWER TO BEAT HIM. BIVOL DOSEN'T HAVE THE POP TO KEEP BETERBIEV OFF OF HIM AND SURVIVE 12.

[satiev1]

i agree. Bivol is a great boxer but beterbiev is also great boxer but with power. Gvozdyk had some success but it wasn't enough and with bivol it will be similar, i think. But bivol has a great engine and arthur is getting older...

beterbiev had a better amateur record than bivol. He knows the in n out soviet school of system. He just chooses instead to ko his opponents. Bivol is getting stopped.

[satiev1]

Beterbiev is aggresive fighter, coming forward. It will not be so difficoult for Bivol to find him. Beterbiev doesn`t fight back foot.

Arthur and ramirez were in survival mode for 12 round. Beterbiev won`t be. He will try to kill Bivol and Bivol will land on him early.

bivol went 12 with joe smith and was on skanky legs on round 11. BETERBIEV WILL FIND HIM AND TIME HIM AND STOP HIM.

[JakeTheBoxer]

He looked as good as he can tonight, good defense, showed patience in breaking Callum down.

Bivol has speed and stamina, that is his key to outland round by round and win a UD. I pick beterbiev by ko but it's still 40% chance for bivol for me.

Both have good sense of distance, will be interesting to see if bivols faster feet keeps him away. He will have to move all night like usyk vs AJ and betterbiev is more skilled than AJ

Beterbiev will understand he must keep distance himself. If Beter jumps on Bivol, he gets countered, maybe even stopped. Bivol is strong enough to stop somebody that just jumped on him.

It is a tricky fight for Beter. Will he go for a kill and risk? Or will he fight responsibly as he usually does and risk losing by decision?