Comments Thread For: Dmitry Bivol Very Interested in Facing Artur Beterbiev

[Slowhand]

Bivol´s jab and movement will be key. Bivol by clear UD, with scary moments for both.

[YoungManRumble]

I've been wanting to see this for a minute. I think Bivol will take him the 12 and win an 8-4, 7-5 kind of fight. Maybe an exchange of flash knockdowns to really amp up the excitement. I don't know, just pure speculation from this drunk chump.

[JohnCastellanos]

Very su****ious time for Bivol to be saying this because he knows Betterbieve can’t and won’t commit to a fight right now since his ribs are broken. It was all about skipping Betterbieve and moving down to fight Canelo 6 month’s ago

[Kiowhatta]

This is a fight that has been long anticipated. It needs to be arranged before the end of next year and is one of the biggest fights that can be made in boxing right now in terms of the skill level of both fighters.

If Bivol can box smartly, control the range, keep his defence tight, then he could win a decision - however, Beterbiev is a crafty fighter who is very imposing with very heavy hands, and not a bad boxer too, so this one is edged slightly by Beterbiev because of his defeat of Gvozdyk.

Will we ever get to see this fight? Only when the time has almost run out, interest is still piqued and the purse is huge.

The LHW division is still so deep in terms of talent I'm disappointed that there aren't more interesting matchups coming out more regularly.

[Wamb]

Bivol stops him late

[Hnnnggg]

Very su****ious time for Bivol to be saying this because he knows Betterbieve can’t and won’t commit to a fight right now since his ribs are broken. It was all about skipping Betterbieve and moving down to fight Canelo 6 month’s ago

Bivol has been on record saying he wants to unify with beterbiev back in October last year. Not sure why it hasn’t come to fruition, unifications should trump mandatory defenses, deines and/or Meng aren’t interesting fights

[Silver Spear]

I think Bivol has the better fundamentals and better defense. Bivol would have to use a similar game plan that he used against heavy hitting Smith. As long as he does not let his guard down and make a mistake then he should have on problem getting the victory.

I doubt Canelo is going to jump up to 175 again anytime soon before earning some nice paychecks at 168. If he fights at 175 then he will never go back down to 168 much less 160.

[BaguMka]

Very su****ious time for Bivol to be saying this because he knows Betterbieve can’t and won’t commit to a fight right now since his ribs are broken. It was all about skipping Betterbieve and moving down to fight Canelo 6 month’s ago

Artut is recovered and training for his fight against some bum in Russia. Hopefully he will unify with Bivol next year

[Superbee]

Beterbiev is gradually aging so a top 175 pounder with a pop can cause a surprise.

Ok.... Only problem is Beterbiev hasn't shown anything like slowing down lately... As for Pop, well Bivol isn't a "Poppy" dude... He wins decisions and sadly for him so far Artur hasn't allow that much...

As I said several times, I always ranked Gvozdyk higher than Bivol, so for me it should be a no brainer... Power, Relentlessness, Precision, Overwhelming... Bivol won't be able to sustain that more than Gvozdyk did...

Like Bradley says: "That's pain !!!!..."

Must do fight though...

[Timur78]

Joe Smith is more physically imposing than Beterbiev now?

Yes, I think so. Both under 6 foot, but Smith has 5 years youth advantage.
Don't know what each one re-hydrates to, but Smith always looks very big and very strong.