Comments Thread For: Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol locks in Hall of Fame immortality for ... someone

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[SouthpawRight]

Biv victory would have wins over

Bet
Alvarez
Zurdo
Barrera
Smith Jr
Arthur

Bet victory would have wins over

Biv
Gvozdyk
Callum Smith
Smith Jr
Browne
Yarde
Tavoris

[SteveM]

Gvozdyk was a great win - he was seen as the 2nd best in the division when Artur beat him to unify and Bivol was 3rd best at the time

[pedrito]

Biv victory would have wins over

Bet victory would have wins over

Tavoris

Tavoris Cloud?
You can't be serious. The guy was a never even good in the first place. His best win a robbery decision vs Campillo, which he lost clearly.
And when he fought Beterbiev he was coming off 2 losses (3 really with the Campillo fight).

There's like 5 fighters on either Bivol's or Beterbiev's record which are better than Cloud and which you didn't list.

[SouthpawRight]

Tavoris Cloud?
You can't be serious. The guy was a never even good in the first place. His best win a robbery decision vs Campillo, which he lost clearly.
And when he fought Beterbiev he was coming off 2 losses (3 really with the Campillo fight).

There's like 5 fighters on either Bivol's or Beterbiev's record which are better than Cloud and which you didn't list.

Gvozdyk was a great win - he was seen as the 2nd best in the division when Artur beat him to unify and Bivol was 3rd best at the time

upon closer look at their records

Biv is kryptonite for Latinos

while Bet is a problem for euros

[Bro. Steve]

The problem with using the resume is that a lot of A-list fighters won’t get in the ring with a guy who is a serious threat. That leaves some truly excellent fighters with a record of knocking out a bunch of B-list people, and then the comment boards fill up with critics saying, “Yeah, he looks good -- against all his mediocre opponents.” They’ll even get accused of cherry-picking easy wins. A lot of people thought Canelo fought Bivol because he thought Bivol would not be difficult for him.

[JeBron Lamez]

At this point, someone should probably tell boxeo that less is more.

[Haka]

Whats the fuss about Bivol ? Only because he beat Canelo ? Canelo has cement feet and mediocre cardio. Bivol is all cardio and movement and bigger. It was just a great stylistic matchup for Bivol but he's no HOFer.

[richardt]

Whats the fuss about Bivol ? Only because he beat Canelo ? Canelo has cement feet and mediocre cardio. Bivol is all cardio and movement and bigger. It was just a great stylistic matchup for Bivol but he's no HOFer.

You missed the point!!! They weren't talking about Bivol, they were talking about the WINNER of this fight and the winner is clearly HOF material.

[Knuckle sandwich]

Beterbiev will have to walk through helicopter blade punches to land his big shots, but he only needs one shot to the back of the head to discombobulate his opponents and send them to splattsville.

I can see bivol getting a razor tight decision, maybe controversial.....