Hot take: Stevenson would have stopped Beterbiev.

[QueensburyRules]

I'm going to be perfectly honest: I really don't know what the rest of you see in Beterbiev. To me, he's a slow, crude plodder with poor defense.

- -Step away from U mirror Goldilocks!!!

[kidbazooka]

I'm going to be perfectly honest: I really don't know what the rest of you see in Beterbiev. To me, he's a slow, crude plodder with poor defense.

Facts!!!

But you have to realize ppl here are obsessed with Eastern Europeans yet this guy buttbive is so basic sloppy wild(he’s been dropped several times by weak compe)he’s slow and his defense sucks.

I guarantee if his name ended with Lopez, Johnson or something along those lines he would be viewed here as a younger(albeit 35)Alfredo Angulo or James Kirkland because he resembles those guys to a T difference is he’s in a ****ty division while Angulo and Kirkland were in more talented divisions.

Guarantee that.

[LetOutTheCage]

How well did Adonis do against Baduo? Jack had a lot of success against Adonis putting pressure and at times walking him down. Beterbiev is a mucher better fighter than Jack. He would brutally stop Adonis

[kidbazooka]

How well did Adonis do against Baduo? Jack had a lot of success against Adonis putting pressure and at times walking him down. Beterbiev is a mucher better fighter than Jack. He would brutally stop Adonis

Lol

That was a 41 yr old Stevenson not 35.

A crude w wild guy like Beterbiev gets countered and KOed cold by Stevenson.

[Eff Pandas]

He obviously had the power to do it & I'd never suggest he couldn't have won, but I think Beterbiev was still not as close to his fresh by date when they woulda fought so I'd lean towards Beterbiev winning maybe 70/30ish.

[Eff Pandas]

I'm going to be perfectly honest: I really don't know what the rest of you see in Beterbiev. To me, he's a slow, crude plodder with poor defense.

With destructive power & good recovery ability. He's kinda got that "killer robot" Tito Trinidad style with better pop & sh^ttier defense.

Obviously the guy has flaws & will never be mistaken for some serious p4p contender, but it's also easy to see why he hasn't lost yet & has beaten arguably guys with more &/or better overall attributes.

[youbeight]

It was because they had an HBO contract in the works and the fight was an impossibility because Stevenson had already signed with SHO while Kovalev was under contract with HBO. It's not that hard to grasp this.

Fckn Kovalev called him a piece of sh#t on syndicated cable TV for fcks sake! How much more of a call out do you need?

Stevenson wanted none of that and wound up almost dying from a non-puncher. Now what do you think Kovalev would have done to him? He would not have recovered is what.

GTFOH

thats cute and all but i distinctly remember kathy duva, kovalevs promoter, saying the fluctuation of the russian currency was the reason they could not take part of a purse bid after they asked to be a mandatory for the title.

[Boxing Goat]

thats cute and all but i distinctly remember kathy duva, kovalevs promoter, saying the fluctuation of the russian currency was the reason they could not take part of a purse bid after they asked to be a mandatory for the title.

You can look up the dates friend

Lying about it would get me nowhere

[Boxing Goat]

Bivol is very predictable and can be timed, Joe Smith Jr is very slow and timed him eventually and almost got him outta there if it wasn’t for the bell that saved Bivol!

Beterbiev will make it his type of fight down the stretch and put Bivol in that dark place he’s never been before!

Nonsense. Very, very untrue and nobody has done it yet.

[DreamFighter]

sorry but no, i cant see him stopping the Beef.
Besides which he was way past his prime when he stopped Chad.
Better chance when he was prime but that wasnt much chance either.

Sorry Adonis fans if there are any.

more likely the reverse. Prime Beef puts Stevenson on the floor.
Mind you Kov would have krushed them all.