Comments Thread For: Dmitry Bivol Has Few Issues in Outboxing Joe Smith Over Twelve

[Boxing Logic]

Fury is more entertaining because he is awkward and taunts his opponent but bivol is a beast! He is like a robot haha

?????

You mean like an extremely mobile, skilled, fluid, flexible, but not super strong, robot?

So like, a fluid boxer, more than a robot, really?

[KrusherStan]

Oh right, Knockouts don't count if they come in the 12th round.


And exhaustion was why he was bleeding from the mouth, eyes glassed over, stumbling into the ref as he struggled to get up at 9.

To be the first one to stop Barrera doesn't say anything to me. Didn't stop Smith (who's been ko'd before), Valera, or a shot Pascal, Chilemba.

[Boxing Logic]

Bivol gets enough hype, and that performance was chitty. He got hurt more than he hurt his opponent. Read back over the threads in the build up, this was supposed to be a masterclass from the supposed master Bivol.

It was though. Bivol got hit with 3 good punches from the outside all night, and one good punch on the inside. The first 3 hurt him. So maybe his chin deserves criticism, maybe Smith just hits that hard and the size was an issue at 175, but his chin, and the lack of concentration for those 3 moments and the mistakes that got him hit, are what you should be questioning, not talking about it was supposed to be a masterclass. It was. About 200 good punches landed to 4. It's just that the 4 hurt him more than his 200 hurt Smith, so again is that chin, size, lack of power, those are fair questions, but in terms of boxing skills, he lived up to the hype and more.

[Boxing Logic]

lol dazn trying to poop on his performance. Bivol school'd him. Bivol would beat Beterbiev the same way.

What did they say? I appreciate fairness but why would they go out of their way to criticize a DAZN fighter after a good performance? Criticize the mistake he made getting hit or whatever but overall it was an impressive performance.

[_Rexy_]

To be the first one to stop Barrera doesn't say anything to me. Didn't stop Smith (who's been ko'd before), Valera, or a shot Pascal, Chilemba.

A "shot" Pascal who has only ever been knocked down once in his career, by a prime Kovalev. A Valera who has never been dropped, or Joe Smith Jr. Who has never been dropped. and a Chilemba who's only been dropped once, also by a Prime Kovalev, and who's "KO loss" was his corner throwing in the towel because his hand was badly broken.

If you knew anything about boxing other than looking at Boxrec you would know that.

[Boxing Logic]

Had to take a **** after the cards got read. Bivol call anyone out?

"All the champions at 175 or 168, I don't care who. I want unifications, or any champion at 168." Something like that. He did give the worrying initial answer "I just fought I just want to rest right now," but then he moved on on his own to saying "but I want all the champions," so hopefully that was just his genuine reaction and feeling after getting hurt vs a big puncher, and not a premeditated line to make a Callum Johnson fight or something else less interesting than fans want for the summer.

[_Rexy_]

"All the champions at 175 or 168, I don't care who. I want unifications, or any champion at 168." Something like that. He did give the worrying initial answer "I just fought I just want to rest right now," but then he moved on on his own to saying "but I want all the champions," so hopefully that was just his genuine reaction and feeling after getting hurt vs a big puncher, and not a premeditated line to make a Callum Johnson fight or something else less interesting than fans want for the summer.

I'll give him some leeway on the response due to language barrier and the noise. You could tell in Ajagba's interview he couldn't even hear the questions (though he was about two feet above the womans head)

[MulaKO]

I'll give him some leeway on the response due to language barrier and the noise. You could tell in Ajagba's interview he couldn't even hear the questions (though he was about two feet above the womans head)

Ive seen other interviews with Bivol and he is a very humble guy
Maybe even young and naive
I thought it was pretty manly when asked about going for the ko , he said ( not sure of himself ) the reason being experience
I found tonight Bivol wasn’t letting himself go in the ring
Not throwing those five six shot combos

[_Rexy_]

Ive seen other interviews with Bivol and he is a very humble guy
Maybe even young and naive
I thought it was pretty manly when asked about going for the ko , he said ( not sure of himself ) the reason being experience
I found tonight Bivol wasn’t letting himself go in the ring
Not throwing those five six shot combos

he seemed more hesitant when he got caught by that bomb at the bell.

Learning experience though. he won't let his guard down until after the bell now.

['b']

A "shot" Pascal who has only ever been knocked down once in his career, by a prime Kovalev. A Valera who has never been dropped, or Joe Smith Jr. Who has never been dropped. and a Chilemba who's only been dropped once, also by a Prime Kovalev, and who's "KO loss" was his corner throwing in the towel because his hand was badly broken.

If you knew anything about boxing other than looking at Boxrec you would know that.

Brutal troof