David Benavidez insists that former WBA gentle heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol deserved to win his combat towards IBF/WBC/WBO champ Artur Beterbiev on October twelfth final 12 months in Riyadh.
Bivol’s Superiority
WBC ‘interim’ 175-lb champion Benavidez says Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) threw the higher mixtures and managed a lot of the combat. He feels that if Bivol, 34, fights the identical manner as final time, he’ll defeat undisputed champion Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) of their rematch on February twenty second in Riyadh. Their combat might be proven dwell on DAZN PPV.
Some imagine that the explanation that Benavidez is selecting Bivol to win the rematch is his need for him to be victorious as a result of he may lack the boldness to defeat Beterbiev, who’s an enormous puncher. The ‘Mexican Monster’ Benavidez’s combating type entails him placing each ounce of power into each punch he throws to get most energy on his photographs.
David just isn’t an enormous puncher, so he hundreds up on every part he throws to enhance his energy. That type received’t work towards Beterbiev as a result of he throws brief punches with enormous energy, and in contrast to Benavidez, he doesn’t need to wind as much as generate his power.
If Benavidez fights Artur, it is going to be a depressing evening. He couldn’t load up on his photographs as a result of he’d get tagged. Furthermore, David’s rapid-fire mixture punches would go away him open to being countered by Beterbiev and knocked out.
Though Benavidez takes good photographs because of his thick cranium, which has a slight acromegaly-like look, his skill to take photographs to the physique isn’t pretty much as good. He could be harm there. Within the twelfth spherical, Oleksandr Gvozdyk landed a tough proper hand to Benavidez’s midsection, shutting down his offense fully for the rest of the spherical.
He didn’t throw one punch after being harm to the physique by Gvozdyk within the ultimate spherical. Beterbiev is a greater physique puncher than Gvozdyk, and he can have seen that weak spot and deal with that space somewhat than losing punches on Benavidez’s thick cranium.
Rematch Prediction
“I assumed Bivol received that combat. It was a detailed combat. It couldn’t have gone both manner,” stated David Benavidez to the media, speaking in regards to the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol combat on October twelfth final 12 months in Riyadh.
“I really feel that Bivol received a lot of the rounds. He was controlling a lot of the rounds, and his mixture punching was higher,” Benavidez continued. “I believe he [Bivol] does [win the rematch on February 22nd].
“Each of these fighters are high-caliber fighters. To allow them to make changes. I don’t know if it’s going to be the identical combat or not, but when it’s the identical combat, I really feel Bivol wins.”
