Comments Thread For: Promoter: Dmitry Bivol Will Dominate at 175, Get All The Belts

[Tweni]

All these sanction bodies will always tell African fighters that you cannot fight for a world title when you come from a loss, but the rules are different for American fighters with the same bodies, Broner coming from a loss, so was Klitschko Kovalev. IBF/WBO/WBA and WBC please don't discriminate

[Lester Tutor]

Eastern Europe should have this division locked down going forward; Kovalev, Beterbiev, Bivol, and Gvozdyk.

He is far east, west Asia doe.

Bivol is Maximilian Golovkin's twin from the 'stan countries steppes and cultures. Look at his face. If he had light brown hair he'd be a Golovkin.

[Boxing Logic]

I'm not so sure. Bivol's reach is not as long as the top guys in the division, his defense is not even as good as Kovalev's or possibly even Adonis', and I'm still not convinced he hits as hard as Kovalev, Beterbiev, or Stevenson. Bivol's advantage is that he's the fastest of the four, maybe Stevenson in his prime was faster but not at 40, and he has the best punch technique of the four. He also has a more well rounded build than Kovalev (he's more jacked in the body, a more similar build to GGG who was able to walk through Canelo and Jacobs body shots), but we haven't seen his chin or stamina tested either.

I just hope these guys all finally fight each other in 2018 and that we find out who the best is.

[Scipio2009]

I can see Stevenson beating all but Kovalev, but I can't see Stevenson wanting to fight any of them. At 40, I'm glad Stevenson's reign is almost over. He's the reason the division has been held back. Once he gets dethroned and we get a champion that seeks out the best, LHW instantly becomes one of the hottest divisions in boxing.

I think you're rating Kovalev too much, but that's just me.

Once there's finally consolidation, all the nonsense of TV barriers goes out the window if folks are truly fighting to be great.

[Scipio2009]

LMAO if you really believe stevenson would fight any one of them. And yes they will ko stevenson. You're not beating these guys from the outside. Ward realized this.

If you only think that Stevenson can fight from the outside, that's on you.

[BrometheusBob.]

Bivol is in for a tough time... I don't know if he's good enough to get all the belts. Not that he's terrible it's just a deep division.

[iNixus]

I'm not so sure. Bivol's reach is not as long as the top guys in the division, his defense is not even as good as Kovalev's or possibly even Adonis', and I'm still not convinced he hits as hard as Kovalev, Beterbiev, or Stevenson. Bivol's advantage is that he's the fastest of the four, maybe Stevenson in his prime was faster but not at 40, and he has the best punch technique of the four. He also has a more well rounded build than Kovalev (he's more jacked in the body, a more similar build to GGG who was able to walk through Canelo and Jacobs body shots), but we haven't seen his chin or stamina tested either.

I just hope these guys all finally fight each other in 2018 and that we find out who the best is.

where you found his reach? tryinng to find it

[_original_]

Eastern Europe should have this division locked down going forward; Kovalev, Beterbiev, Bivol, and Gvozdyk.

do you see Benavidez in the mix? Jack is also there and is a force.

[Pigeons]

do you see Benavidez in the mix? Jack is also there and is a force.

Benavidez is at 168 and has miles to go after his last performance.

[_original_]

Benavidez is at 168 and has miles to go after his last performance.

Yeah for sure, but he'll be at 175 soon enough.