Comments Thread For: Dmitry Bivol has no desire to find out how hard Artur Beterbiev hits

[Toprope]

throw a few pennies to your kids u stingy russian scumbag

Did you fact check, maybe the wife is lying or greedy, I don't know but...any thoughts on the winner since this story is about the match up...I'm saying Bivol, who you got, Beterbiev since you believe everything you read?

[Oregonian]

Desire or not, I think he's about to find out.

A possible BoxingScene article title:

Big Brutal Battering By Beterbiev Befalls Bivol

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Nah, Bivol is too quick and elusive. This will be a much better victory than the thwacking he laid on Canelo the Draft dodger.

[Oregonian]

Bivol beat a smaller Canelo, and this made his stock rise exponentially. Bivol was cherry picked by Canelo for a reason. I'm not calling Bivol overrated because that would be unfair. I will say beating a smaller Canelo has, however, overstated Bivol's value. Beterbiev is going to beat Bivol in brutal fashion.

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You are right, Canelo did cherry-pick Bivol thinking it would be an easy win.
You are wrong about Saturday - Bivol will stop Beterbiev in spectacular fashion. I’ll be here to tell you I told you so or eat humble pie.

[Liondw]

Wise, because Beterbiev hits that hard that he'd hurt many heavyweights.

If not mistaken, he hurt and knocked Usyk down in the amateurs, although he lost on points.

This is not a fight where I could make a confident bet, but I'd say Bivol on points. It could be close, and can't discount Arthur's chances of a win, via points or even tko.

Bivol is tough, but as said, he doesn't want to get hit much by Beterbiev.

[MichaelT123]

Some cherry
Prey tell, what was that reason ?!?!?

It’s true.
Shortly before Canelo vs Bivol arranged Bivol was having articles written about him being a champion ready to be dethroned.

Bivol had had 3 lackluster performances in a row, it was noted he wasn’t a puncher.
He is small at light heavyweight also. Bivol barely measures up as an average sized super middleweight, turning up to the ring at 181-184lbs rehydrated.
He was a cherry pick, but it went wrong.
It turns out Bivol is a fighter who rises to the occasion and put on his best performance vs Canelo, but he wasn’t considered anything like p4p until after that performance.

Beterbiev was widely considered the best in the light heavyweight division then.

But Beterbiev was younger, and hadn’t had quite so many injuries. People seem to forget that Beterbiev is a more accomplished amateur than Bivol; 2 world championship gold medals.
He very nearly beat Usyk, who is an excellent mover himself, and Usyk a greater reach than Bivol.

Beterbiev WAS the man to smash Bivol to bits, but age and injuries must have affected his game. You don’t reach 39 and have the reaction times of a 23 year old.

Bivol has no doubt proved he is elite, and Beterbiev will need to be in great form to beat him. He has the boxing skills, determination and power to do it.
But are his reaction times still up to it?
Can he still explode off his legs the same after knee surgery? That will be the decider in this fight.

There was a reason Bivol didn’t want to fight Beterbiev for years. Beterbiev was trying to get that fight and thought Bivol would never face him. At 39 years old, Bivol may now be too much for him.

We will soon see.

[Lefty0616]

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You are right, Canelo did cherry-pick Bivol thinking it would be an easy win.
You are wrong about Saturday - Bivol will stop Beterbiev in spectacular fashion. I’ll be here to tell you I told you so or eat humble pie.

That's fine. If I'm right with my prediction, I'll look to gloat myself....

[Lefty0616]

Some cherry
Prey tell, what was that reason ?!?!?

He had a belt and he lacks one punch knockout power.

[Smash]

Did you fact check, maybe the wife is lying or greedy, I don't know but...any thoughts on the winner since this story is about the match up...I'm saying Bivol, who you got, Beterbiev since you believe everything you read?

i think i will go with bivol but i dont think he will do as much damage to beter as he did to his poor long suffering wife

[Mic_Rob]

I think it's fair to say Beterbiev has less work on his hands overall to make this his kind of fight- he just has to find and catch Bivol to start rolling up a snowball on him.

On the other hand- I think Bivol has to pitch a perfect game. He's the guy that can do it though.

More I read about the knee stuff for Beterbiev the less I'm expecting it to factor in, but it's still a factor potentially.

Can't wait to see what this looks like- really can't picture either guy losing.

[Verus]

The one comment I heard about this fight that sticks with me is that Bivol is trained in the Soviet/Russian school of boxing and that Beterbiev has spent most of his boxing life fighting boxers trained in that style. Granted Bivol has perfected that style, but Beterbiev will not be facing something that he has never seen before. Unlike others who have never faced that style and could not adapt, Beterbiev should be able to figure out Bivol in short order. We shall see.