beterbiev has the best chance of the krusher upset IMO

[bojangles1987]

Too slow, too one dimensional. He has a puncher's chance and nothing more.

[ARENA]

This fight interests me more than Kovalev-Stevenson actually.

[Eff Pandas]

Beterbeiv got injured in training though and after only 9 pro fights he's been out of the ring for 7 months with no opponent scheduled. So we can probably assume that it was a fairly serious shoulder injury which needed a lengthy recovery time. There is a chance he might not be the same fighter when he returns.

Idk about all that. Believe he fought in June, had a fight scheduled for late Oct. when he injured his shoulder. I believe he had surgery in November & his promoter has him lined up now to fight in March/April. I mean any surgery is serious, but this wasn't an overly long recovery or seemingly THAT serious of a surgery.

[dan_cov]

Is this the same slow, plodding Beterbiev who was decked by some journeyman and outboxed for lengthy spells in his last fight? A punchers chance at best.

I don't even rate Beterbiev in fact he is one of the weakest Eastern Euro's in the division. He is decent at mid-range I don't see much else.

[kiaba360]

Beterbiev has a long way to go before he gets to Kovalev. I want to see Beterbiev vs. Fonfara. Maybe they can feed Bika to him.

[NEETzsche]

beterbiev would get diced up. kovalev is too dynamic

kovalev will be beaten by bivol... or age

[FlatLine]

Idk about all that. Believe he fought in June, had a fight scheduled for late Oct. when he injured his shoulder. I believe he had surgery in November & his promoter has him lined up now to fight in March/April. I mean any surgery is serious, but this wasn't an overly long recovery or seemingly THAT serious of a surgery.

Ah really? I thought he got injured in July, must have got wires crossed. If the surgery was in Nov and he's looking to return around Mar/Apr then you're right it's probably not a very serious injury, possibly a tendon related issue. I thought it might be severe rotator cuff, dislocated shoulder or clavicle etc.. but by the sounds of it probably not that bad so he might be back to 100% quicker than expected.

[-PANDA-]

right now I don't see it, he could be another pulev or chakhiev if he doesn't improve. the former also had impressive amateur resumes and had great power and good speed but are flawed pros

[sicko]

No not right now, I think Kovalev uses hims length early, work from the outside and then stops him late.

Need to see Beterbiev after his Shoulder Injury and also he really hasn't been tested yet. Cloud and Campillo are decent names but neither tested him.

[BKM-]

To beat Kovalev first of all you need great footwork.