Followers are divided about who they see successful the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol rematch on February twenty second in Riyadh. Some consider that Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) will duplicate his early success within the first combat final October however proceed to outwork and outbox Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) for the 12 rounds to get the choice.
The way in which Beterbiev talks, he plans to assault Bivol extra fiercely within the rematch than within the first match. Final time, Beterbiev was coming off knee surgical procedure, and he didn’t appear to have the identical assault wheels as normal. So, when Bivol took off working in the whole second half, he couldn’t pursue him how he wanted to pressure him to combat.
Bivol has no probability of knocking out Beterbiev as a result of he doesn’t punch arduous sufficient, and he’s unwilling to place himself ready to attain a stoppage by staying within the pocket. He tried that final time within the seventh spherical and received damage by a tough counter proper by Beterbiev.
That was when the combat circled. Bivol took off working from then on and by no means stopped. The judges famous that he’d stopped attempting to win, in order that they selected the aggressor, Beterbiev.
Arur might be defending his undisputed gentle heavyweight championship towards former WBA 175-lb champion Bivol in Riyadh on February twenty second. The occasion might be proven stay on DAZN PPV. Apparently, this may not be one of the best combat on the cardboard.
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“We will say ‘shut combat’ or something, however I win this combat,” mentioned Artur Beterbiev to iFL TV, reacting to being advised that Dmitry Bivol’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, felt it was an in depth combat that would go both method once they earlier fought on October twelfth.
“Sure, I have to do some issues completely different. Completely different combos, the whole lot completely different. Sure, field. I’m not a boxer,” mentioned Beterbiev.
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