In a coaching clip for WBA mild heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, he’s specializing in throwing straight punches together in preparations for his undisputed contest towards three-belt champ Artur Beterbiev on October twelfth in Riyadh.
Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) can be placing himself susceptible to being countered by the heavy-handed Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) by throwing hooks to the pinnacle and physique of their headliner on the Kingdom Area.
Beterbiev’s final opponent, Callum Smith, tried to hit him with hooks, and that technique failed badly. Beterbiev broke him down shortly, scoring a seventh-round knockout. Bivol and his coaching workforce have clearly been learning Beterbiev’s fights and need to keep away from the errors that his previous opponents made.
It’s going to be tough for Bivol to win if he stands and punches Beterbiev on this combat as a result of he doesn’t have the facility or the chin to carry up below these sorts of battle situations.
Bivol’s best choice is to make the most of the hit-and-move strategy that he used to defeat Canelo Alvarez and Gilberto Ramirez in 2022. That was two years in the past, and Bivol isn’t fairly as mild on his ft as he was again then. He seems to be like he’s visibly aged, and that might be one motive he’s extra stationary now.
“I’m prepared now, trying ahead to October twelfth. I’m able to combat,” mentioned Dmitry Bivol to DAZN Boxing on X, letting followers know he’s ready for his conflict towards Artur Beterbiev in Riyadh.
Beterbiev, 39, has regarded indignant all through the promotion of the occasion and seems to be able to take Bivol aside. He’s not joyful that he’s needed to wait seven years to face Bivol, as he needed this combat in 2017.
Some followers consider that Bivol has purposefully dragged it out to age Beterbiev to extend his possibilities of success as a result of if that they had fought years in the past, he would have been no match for him.
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