Comments Thread For: Sergey Kovalev To Dmitry Bivol: I'm Ready, What About You?

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On Saturday night in Verona, New York, Russia's Dmitry Bivol dominated Joe Smith over twelve rounds, winning by a unanimous decision to retain his World Boxing Association light heavyweight world title for the fifth time. The 28-year-old Bivol won on the scorecards of all three judges at the Turning Stone Resort Casino -- two had it at 119-109 while the other put it at 118-110.
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[thekenneth]

50/50 fight

a year ago it was 60/40 Kovalev

[BIG GUNZ]

This would be a great fight. I’m leaning towards Bivol due to youth but if Kovalev boxes smart he can probably pull it off.

[bulldognyc]

50/50 fight

a year ago it was 60/40 Kovalev

Bivol is really good. Guy is fast and has solid conditioning. What he lacks in size, he makes up with speed and accuracy. But kovalev is still no joke. I thought his last fight was very impressive and he showed growth. He’s a very good champion and hopefully kovalev unifies with either Bivol or Beterbiev soon.

[Squ□redCircle34]

Cracking good fight, hope they make it happen, I got Bivol!

[TheCell8]

Bivol doesn't have the power, but he has the hand speed and Kovalev is getting lit up.

[richardt]

I think Bivol's foot movement in and out would net him a close decision in a fight he gets rocked now and then.

[HarvardBlue]

I like Bivol's footwork but even slow as molasses Joe Smith was able to time him a few times.

Kovalev is a much better boxer than Joe Smith. I'm still not sure who will win this one yet.

I was surprised Smith looked so basic and awful last night. And yet he still had more than a few good moments.

[JimmyD729]

Didn’t Bivol fight Jean Pascal most recently?

[MisanthropicNY]

Beterbiev KOs both and KOs Andre Ward afterwards the same night.