Comments Thread For: Artur Beterbiev Batters Tavoris Cloud For 2nd Round KO

[ИATAS]

Still up on tube,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kySTo0FcUik

I keep rewatching in semi disbelief - I thought Artur would win but but I was expecting a late rounds breakdown. Guy's a damn beast.

Yeah man I seen it myself since my last post. I know Cloud is a very limited fighter but I always thought he was a pretty durable strong guy. A win over Cloud isn't that impressive but the way he did it, damn. Just annihilated him

[Citizen Koba]

That's more my thinking as well. I don't think Haymon will want anything to do with Beterbiev, so HBO will pick him up pretty soon, and GYM wouldn't want to match him up with Stevenson or Pascal either. Adonis would demand a career high payday to fight a guy with 6 fights total.

It's a tough one. GYM were traditionally more closely linked with HBO, but the Stevenson / Haymon switch dropped them in SHOs camp - but now?

If Hopkins wins it's hard to say, if Kovalev wins LHW pretty much belongs to HBO.. but now we've suddenly got a very pretty potential Beterbiev - Stevenson fight that GYM can sorta do 'in house' - guess we've just got to wait and see which way they jump.

Man ... I've been saying LHWs gonna turn into a burning hot division, but no-one coulda foreseen just how hot and how fast...

[Hougigo]

bidding war for Beterbiev and I bet HBO will get this guy. Monster match in the making for Kovalev. Stevenson has another guy to avoid. Pascal needs a fight, and there is also Fonfara, Campillo and Agnew (Agnew still deserves to be on an undercard) who are all just as familiar as Cloud. Braehmer needs a showcase fight like this one and he can be in the mix as well. With Dawson and Shumenov looking to pick themselves back up and other guys climbing the ladder, the LHW division is stacked. Andre Ward has another super six if he wants it at 175. Awesome stuff!!!

I think HBO will try, but GYM will bring him to Showtime.

[Foreign Soil]

I think GYM will let him go with the highest bidder, and that'll probably be HBO.

It's a tough one. GYM were traditionally more closely linked with HBO, but the Stevenson / Haymon switch dropped them in SHOs camp - but now?

If Hopkins wins it's hard to say, if Kovalev wins LHW pretty much belongs to HBO.. but now we've suddenly got a very pretty potential Beterbiev - Stevenson fight that GYM can sorta do 'in house' - guess we've just got to wait and see which way they jump.

Man ... I've been saying LHWs gonna turn into a burning hot division, but no-one coulda foreseen just how hot and how fast...

I really don't see Adonis accepting that fight. And I'm not sure how interested GYM is in pitting Artur against their stable. It seems to me like they'd rather HBO pick him up.

Yeah, this division went from crap to the goods real quick.

[MDPopescu]

With Beterbiev so familiarized with "roughhouse" I suspect that Andre Ward will seriously consider to stay at 168 for good -- is he is to stay anywhere in boxing...

[BoxingJunkie]

Another one that joins Juanma...

[BoxingJunkie]

With Beterbiev so familiarized with "roughhouse" I suspect that Andre Ward will seriously consider to stay at 168 for good -- is he is to stay anywhere in boxing...

These type of aggressive styles are taylor made for Ward. Unlike Cloud, Ward won't stand there flat footed and looking like a human punching bag.

However, Ward is not a 175 pound fighter. He would be seriously at a disadvantage unless these guys are willing to fight at a catch weight which would mean no belts would be on the line. Rigondeaux is in a similar situation, he will not move up to give his opponents a significant weight advantage. Both guys recognize that they belong where they're at.

Like Paulie Malignaggi said about Broner before they fought, "There is a reason why we have weight classes". Broner found that out the hard way and immediately moved back down to 140 where he belongs.

[Hougigo]

I think GYM will let him go with the highest bidder, and that'll probably be HBO.


I really don't see Adonis accepting that fight. And I'm not sure how interested GYM is in pitting Artur against their stable. It seems to me like they'd rather HBO pick him up.

Yeah, this division went from crap to the goods real quick.

Will HBO bite though? They just spent a buttload of money on Canelo, and the HW division espinoza wanted to invest in is now gone with Hopkins over at HBO.

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Poor Cloud... He's shot as hell. However all my respect to Beterbiev I wouldn't think that he win after what I saw him from his first few fights. Now he is in the top 10 in LHW. I'm curious that he will be a champion soon or not.

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MAybe.....I worked with a Russian dude and he was kinda small. He was like 45 at the time but he wasn't some freaky strong guy. You have Kovalev, GGG, This dude that are running through opponents. Then there are Wlad and Vitali as well. I think Americans are getting weaker from all the crap we put in our food, synthetic chemical "preservatives".

Nah... However I don't think they are on PED I also don't think that it's because the foods. In Russia or Ukraine there are Mc'Donalds and other fast foods too. + they drink a lots of vodka, whiskey, etc... which isn't that healthy.
If it would be because of foods than Bradley with his extra healthy foods would be the biggest puncher on Earth.
I think these guys strong mainly because genetics...