Dmitry Bivol believes he has the facility to knock out undisputed mild heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev of their rematch on February twenty second in Riyadh.
It will make for an attention-grabbing struggle if Bivol selected to struggle extra aggressively within the rematch, as he was principally operating and holding the final seven rounds in his loss to Beterbiev two months in the past on October twelfth in Riyadh. Therefore, the judges gave Artur victory. It seemed like Bivol was attempting to get an inexpensive victory by doing the minimal.
Bivol just isn’t an enormous puncher and will put himself in danger if he makes an attempt to go searching for a knockout towards Betrbiev, who ranges above him within the energy and toughness division. Dmitry is extra of a health fighter who makes use of his boxing expertise to win fights. He tried that method towards Beterbiev however wilted when beneath assault.
Bivol’s New Method
Former WBA 175-lb champion Bivol should change his combating model 100% to knock out Beterbiev. The Matchroom-promoted Dmitry was too defensive and didn’t present any want to face and have interaction with Beterbiev.
Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) says he’s been finding out the video of his 12-round majority resolution loss to Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) from October twelfth and searching for areas the place he can enhance for the rematch in 75 days. The scores had been 115-113, 116-112 for Betterbiev, and 114-114.
“I’m attempting not to concentrate to what folks say. I’m attempting to concentrate to what I really feel after the struggle and what I have to do,” mentioned Dmitry Bivol to Secondsout about how he’s tuning out followers’ feedback as he heads into his rematch with Artur Beterbiev on February twenty second.
“After all, I felt I’ve sufficient energy. We’ve a saying, ‘Even a stick [gun] annually can shoot.’
“It makes you weaker in case you discover some excuses. He desires to struggle him,” mentioned Bivol about Terence Crawford desirous to struggle Canelo Alvarez.
It’s exhausting to take Bivol severely together with his speak about believing he can knock out Beterbiev as a result of he seemed too frightened to do something however survive as soon as Artur ramped up his offense into full gear after spherical 5.
Conquering Doubt
Bivol had a glance in his eyes of an individual being chased by an offended bear, and he had no struggle in him. It was pure terror. To even win the rematch by resolution, Bivol have to be keen to danger getting knocked out, by standing and fascinating with Beterbiev, as a result of he failed to do this final time.
Furthermore, we noticed the identical factor from Dmitry when he fought Lyndon Arthur final 12 months on December twenty third. Bivol acquired harm by a tough physique shot from Arthur within the eighth and was on the run from that time on. When Dmitry will get hit exhausting, he offers up the struggle and appears nothing like a world-level fighter.
What was hilarious and off-putting was how Bivol’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, was complaining afterward concerning the resolution, feeling that Dmitry had gained. Hearn selected to not take the excessive street by being gracious in defeat and yapping concerning the scoring.
He ought to have admitted that Bivol gave away the struggle by operating from rounds six via twelve. After all, if Hearn confessed that Bivol confirmed no coronary heart beneath the warmth of battle, there would have been no level in a rematch.
Hopefully, the Beterbiev-Bivol rematch will shut the chapter on this rivalry as a result of it’ll be extra entertaining for the followers to see Beterbiev struggle the winner of the February 1st battle between David Benavidez and David Morrell. These two have way more fan-friendly types than Bivol, who has a Shakur-esque model.
