Artur Beterbiev vs Sullivan Barrera..

[boliodogs]

I am sure Beterbiev will knock Barrera out if he fights him. Beterbiev is a very good fighter with great punching power in both hands. Ward is also a very good fighter but not much of a puncher so he never came close to KOing Barrera

[PK3434]

How the hell does Beterbiev boil down to 175?....He is a huge puncher and just a huge, strong guy in general. He has some glaring weaknesses, but he would give any light heavyweight trouble because of his size and strength. However, soon, the dehydration and starving can take a toll on him.

[Madison Boxing]

Dreadful? That's a bit harsh. Sullivan isn't a top guy or anything, but he's not "dreadful." Everything is relative. At least Barrera goes out there and looks to fight anyone and everyone that's worth fighting. That's a lot more than you can say about most boxers nowadays. Everyone is avoiding everyone else. Now that's dreadful.

yeah fair point, good post.

[mannysavage]

he proved that by beating two shop worn former titlist?


Kovalev and Stevenson would knock him TFO, his balance sucks, he got dropped by a journeyman, and his defense will get him KTFO is he doesnt start moving his head and throwing looping shots

He'd get his ears boxed off by Ward


He has potential but dont get ahea dof yourself

I usually agree with u, but u cant be more wrong here, imo Beterbiev slaughters both Kovalev and Stevenson, the only one that could beat him imo is Ward, and how can you say that the biggest puncher in boxing has poor balance? thats just ridiculous, you cant punch THAT hard if you got poor balance, sure u can have god given inhumane power but balance also adds to the power factor, and no way jose that Beterbiev would punch that hard if he had poor balance, neither Kov or Beterbiev has bad balance, maybe not the best, but definetly not below borderline

Yes i agree Beterbiev has poor defense and head movement but he has good offensive fundamentals and divine power, everybody has a gameplan till they get hit by Beterbiev. Just look at the guys upper body man, hes a freak of nature, aslong Beterbiev has a chin he should be fine.

He violated and battered Ezequiel Maderna who himself has a good chin and was never stopped before, he also lost a MD to Thomas Oostuizen who once was a top10 LHW and lost a pretty close fight to Edwin Rodriguez, so Maderna was atleast a tough journeyman type fighter, and Beterbiev just plowed thru him

[Sancho Puncho]

I`d give slight advantage to Beterbiev, but very competitive fight otherwise.

[Superbee]

Guys want to see fighters like Artur dance around and avoid clashes... That's not his style at all... He's gonna be in your face from the beginning and win the attrition contest busting your inner parts... Best defense for him is power, speed and most importantly fear... No one will want to open up and risk his career, be it his life against him...

Barrera is something that should have happened last year... Let's be done with it and move on... Heaven is near Artur !

[Larry the boss]

Interesting fight

[TheCell8]

I'm fully expecting a huge KO win by Beterbiev.

[NEETzsche]

decent step-up fight for beterbiev. he needs to bolster his resume a bit before getting his shot at a title. campillo and cloud were done by the time he got to them

barrera followed by chilemba should be tell us some more about him

[Kagami Taiga]

Good fight. I favor Beterbiev but let's be honest, he's not exactly ready for elite guys like Kovalev or Ward when he's getting flash KDed by guys like Jeff Page that and the fact that his career has stalled a bit. He needs to get it going.