Comments Thread For: Arum: We'd Take Up Hearn On Beterbiev-Bivol On ESPN

[CaptainWalrus]

Well done if they make it. Beterbiev by tko.

[MDPopescu]

don't tell that to the Russians.

... fix it for you...

[MONGOOSE66]

He could have fought GGG a few years ago - in 2015 there talks if I'm not mistaken. He was talking about his body not being ready. That's avoidance. At least he was sort of honest about it. Its impossible to pit fighters at their prime against each other when they are 8 years apart. It's just biological limitation: one isn't ready while the other is over the hill. There was no one of GGG level in 160lb division, but now he is going further and further away from his prime while the new guys are in their prime. Pit 32 year old version of GGG against any of them- those fights wouldn't have been so close.

Plus Canelo has special meat, let's never forget that and pretend like it never happened.

I agree, as far as the meat thing. I dont discount he did it but “meat” without “talent” means NOTHING.

[_Rexy_]

... "Bivol, who was born in Kyrgyzstan, is half Korean".

... and half Moldovan ( which is, in fact, Romanian)...

I've heard it was Korean and Wallachian...which would make him part Dracula.

[MDPopescu]

I've heard it was Korean and Wallachian...which would make him part Dracula.

Did you ever checked the Net in order to find out just where Wallachia was/is located?...

[_Rexy_]

Did you ever checked the Net in order to find out just where Wallachia was/is located?...

Nope! I'm just an old horror nerd and I assumed it was near Romania

[MDPopescu]

Did you ever checked the Net in order to find out just where Wallachia was/is located?...

Nope! I'm just an old horror nerd and I assumed it was near Romania

... OK... in fact, Wallachia was/is Romania (plus some other territories "near" Romania)... But never mind...

[_Rexy_]

... OK... in fact, Wallachia was/is Romania (plus some other territories "near" Romania)... But never mind...

Sounds about right. Looks like I have some reading to do.

[MDPopescu]

Sounds about right. Looks like I have some reading to do.

... do not over react... it doesn't matter that much...

[alexjust]

I agree, as far as the meat thing. I dont discount he did it but “meat” without “talent” means NOTHING.

No, it does not mean "NOTHING", it actually means quite a bit. If drugs meant nothing, they wouldn't have been banned. PEDs make you perform better. It will not turn you into Ali, but it might help you land a punch, which would send you opponent to a death bed. A punch which would have been avoided had you not had the energy to fight like a bunny on prozac in the 12th round and what you did because of PEDs. Sometimes, a split second or a tiny increase in force is what can make all the difference in an already risky sport. Drugs increase the risk of injury to your opponent, they create an uneven playing field even though they don't turn Gabe Rosado into Marvin Hagler. Does this really need to be explained?