Dmitry Bivol’s workforce has reportedly filed a protest to the 4 sanctioning our bodies [IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO] to have a right away rematch ordered towards undisputed gentle heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev.
This pointless transfer on Bivol’s workforce’s half as a result of His Excellency Turki Alalshikh has already stated he needs to make the Beterbiev-Bivol rematch. Beterbiev says he’s open to a second struggle. It’s as much as Turki if he needs to do the struggle.
If he needs Beterbiev to struggle another person subsequent, like Canelo Alvarez or David Benavidez, that’s what’s going to occur. Workforce Bivol submitting a protest gained’t have an effect on what occurs subsequent.
Turki will resolve. U.S. followers wouldn’t complain if Beterbiev faces Canelo or Benavidez subsequent. These can be much more entertaining fights for the boxing public than watching Bivol run laps across the ring for 12 tedious rounds with Beterbiev chasing him all evening.
In keeping with Jake Donovan, Bivol’s workforce’s attraction is predicated on their perception that “most viewers” thought Bivol gained the struggle towards Beterbiev final Saturday evening in Riyadh. Workforce Bivol additionally has requested to overview decide Pawel Kardyni’s 116-112 scorecard.
It looks as if a waste of time. Even when the rating was narrowed to 115-113, Bivol nonetheless misplaced the struggle. There’s no achieve on Workforce Bivol’s half by having it a barely narrower defeat.
It’s unclear the place Workforce Bivol will get the data to show that the “majority of viewers” had Bivol profitable. That looks as if guesswork than something. How on the earth do you show that almost all of the viewers had Bivol profitable?
The judges scored the struggle for IBF, WBC, and WBO gentle heavyweight champion Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) by a 12-round majority choice with scores 114-114, 115-113, and 116-112. Bivol was ineffective after the sixth spherical, principally transferring across the ring after being harm within the seventh.
Beterbiev stalked Bivol across the ring throughout the second half of the competition, tagging him with heavy pictures every time he might catch as much as him. Bivol was virtually operating within the final six rounds, and he seemed drained and mentally defeated throughout that portion of the struggle.
Bivol seemed like he mentally checked out of the struggle after the seventh spherical, and the remaining 5 rounds noticed him in 100% survival mode. He was simply attempting to not get knocked out, and it wasn’t entertaining for the typical fan.
He’d fought effectively throughout the first 5 rounds when Beterbiev was tentative about attacking him, however after the fifth, it was all downhill for Bivol. Promoter Eddie Hearn spoke after the struggle, saying that Bivol had gained both 4 of the primary 5 or all 5 in his view. He had Bivol profitable 8-4, which didn’t match the struggle that transpired.
“Advised that Dmitry Bivol’s workforce has filed a protest with all 4 sanctioning our bodies searching for a right away rematch with Artur Beterbiev. The premise for attraction is the assumption that almost all of viewers had Bivol profitable. Grievance attracts parallels to Lewis-Holyfield I,” stated boxing insider Jake Donovan on X.
It makes Bivol’s workforce appear like bitter losers as a result of they do want to do that for a rematch to occur with Beterbiev. A second struggle will occur, however it’s as much as Turki whether or not he needs it subsequent or after Beterbiev fights somebody extra common. There are a number of fighters that followers worldwide would like to see Beterbeiv struggle subsequent over a boring rematch with Bivol.
Choices for Beterbiev
- Canelo Alvarez
- David Benavidez
- David Morrell
- Joshua Buatsi
“There are individuals who suppose Beterbiev gained the struggle, however most really feel that Bivol gained it,” stated Eddie Hearn to Matchroom Boxing about his perception that almost all followers suppose Bivol gained the struggle towards Beterbiev final Saturday. “He could need to put it proper in all people’s thoughts, however we’ll see what kicks up within the subsequent couple of weeks and communicate to His Excellency and see how that struggle may match into Riyadh Season’s schedule and go from there.
What ought to occur is that Bivol has to earn the rematch towards Beterbiev as a substitute of getting it given to him on a silver platter by defeating Morrell, Benavidez, or Buatsi. If Bivol can beat one or two of these fighters, he deserves a rematch. I don’t suppose Bivol has the chin, offensive firepower, or psychological toughness to defeat any of them. Buatsi would knock out Bivol.
