Comments Thread For: Dmitry Bivol, Artur Beterbiev headed for trilogy

[BoxingUpdates]

The Russian compatriots will likely meet again after Bivol evened the score with a victory in their undisputed light heavyweight championship fight.
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[SouthpawRight]

We will find out how much power His Excellency has tomorrow

Both could be leaving Riyadh with contracts signed after he makes them an offer they can’t refuse

[boxingitis]

Beterbiev ran out gas by the 6 or 7 round. Either that was Bivol's plan or he lucked that Beterbiev didn't have enough to keep the pressure at that pace.
Seems like for the Trilogy Beterbiev will be more motivated, but let's see if his body is able to respond.

[famicommander]

You can't call them both Russian.

If you're saying Beterbiev is Russian even though he fights under the Canadian flag and lives in Canada just because he was born in Russia, then Bivol isn't Russian. Or vice versa. Bivol's mother is an ethnic Korean from Kazakhstan, Bivol's father is Moldovan (both nationally and ethnically; Moldovans are an offshoot of Romanians and Bivol means ox in Romanian), and Bivol was born in Kyrgyzstan. He moved to Russia when he was 11 and now lives and trains in California.

[JakeTheBoxer]

they are barely Russians

[SouthpawRight]

You can't call them both Russian.

If you're saying Beterbiev is Russian even though he fights under the Canadian flag and lives in Canada just because he was born in Russia, then Bivol isn't Russian. Or vice versa. Bivol's mother is an ethnic Korean from Kazakhstan, Bivol's father is Moldovan (both nationally and ethnically; Moldovans are an offshoot of Romanians and Bivol means ox in Romanian), and Bivol was born in Kyrgyzstan. He moved to Russia when he was 11 and now lives and trains in California.

they are barely Russians

Russian is a nationality and an ethnicity

Both are citizens, speak Russian, and spent most of their lives there

Bivol is a Piter boy from Saint Petersburg who married an orthodox Christian the main religion of Russia

he’s Asian in temperament but Russian in culture

Artur’s case much less so due to Islam

[PRvazquez]

That’s just the way it is……….things will never be the same……..that’s just the way it is…….oh yea

[deathofaclown]

If there's a trilogy, I guess it's back end of the year

Beterbiev will prefer that, this fight was too quick a turnaround to get on his PED cycle.

[SouthpawRight]

If there's a trilogy, I guess it's back end of the year

Beterbiev will prefer that, this fight was too quick a turnaround to get on his PED cycle.

November wouls be perfect

give both time to recover from all of the punishment

[Liondw]

Excellent fight again but I actually don't see the need for a trilogy, as Bivol has looked just that bit better than Beterbiev over 24 rounds.

Benavidez would be an even better fight against either, but of course against the champ Bivol.

Beterbiev can be knocked out if someone backs him up. Bivol could've done that, and Benavidez certainly can, with his style and power.