Comments Thread For: Dmitry Bivol Respects David Benavidez for Wanting to Face the Best

[Smash]

all benny fans have been drooling over his comments that he kicked bivols ass in sparing & now bivol says they both had good moments, so which is it?

i might have believed benny until he came out with the usual zillion excuses for a performance telling the world he had the worst camp ever with all sorts of stuff going on, but before the fight saying he was going to walk through his opponent and make a statement in very confident tones lol

[MeiXiang]

People read too much into Sparring.

[jackblack008]

Bivol would win by wide UD. like real wide UD

[SouthpawRight]

Benavidez vs Bivol only excites me if Bivol beats Beterbiev and Benavidez beats Canelo.

if Ben beats Alvarez, he’ll have to get through Alvarez twice as there will be a rematch

the earliest Ben-Bivol could happen would be 1H 2026

[Superbee]

Bivol respects Benavidez for endlessly calling out the number one guy in his division. Beterbiev needs to stop ducking Benavidez.

Wait, what ? Benavidez just recently stepped in the LHW Division... He was never on the card for Beterbiev until then ...

Also, Bivol wins on points... He doesn't have the power to impress The Monster, but he will get it chunk by chunk outboxing him ... Beterbiev on the other would absolutely get Benavidez attention as soon as he connects... So, Bivol on points and Beterbiev by the usual submission ...

[SouthpawRight]

People read too much into Sparring.

Listen to the interview

And you realize there’s two types of guys in sparring

fighters like Ben use sparring to practice FIGHTING

boxers like Biv use sparring to practice tactics and techniques

Biv is sparring to work on an area and improve it. Ben is sparring to win in the gym

[Verus]

Bivol respects Benavidez for endlessly calling out the number one guy in his division. Beterbiev needs to stop ducking Benavidez.

Beterbiev is ducking Benavidez??? Are you serious? You base that silly statement on what?

[Boxfan83]

Bivol is not losing any sleep over Benavidez. He’ll gladly take that paycheck.

Take an ass whooping too.

[Boxfan83]

People want to talk sh.t bcuz Benavidez didn't KO a former champ at a new weight class? Lol Bivols a powder puff. Benevidez whoops Moe from ring post to ring post.

[Boxfan83]

Listen to the interview

And you realize there’s two types of guys in sparring

fighters like Ben use sparring to practice FIGHTING

boxers like Biv use sparring to practice tactics and techniques

Biv is sparring to work on an area and improve it. Ben is sparring to win in the gym

Unsure where you are from but in Southern CA, sparring definitely is a fight and imo its the only way to see where your balls are at. You should only "practice" with your team. That's why it's important to have a strong team. Iron sharpens iron.

I will say this though about leaked sparring videos, you never know how far into a workout each guy is in when they spar. And from what I've seen, some guys take pre-workout energy drinks before sparring as well. This is an unfair advantage.