Coach Greg Hackett feels that Artur Beterbiev is a pure “monster” and goes to be an excessive amount of for Dmitry Bivol of their undisputed mild heavyweight championship on October twelfth.
Hackett sees IBF, WBC, and WBO champion Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) as being “meaner” and too robust for WBA champ Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) to take care of. He thinks Bivol may have his moments early, however Beterbiev will come on within the second half to knock him out.
It’s going to be fascinating to see the place Bivol goes from right here if he loses the struggle as a result of there are all these nice fights that may be off the desk after a loss. He may overlook about combating Canelo Alvarez or David Benavidez. Canelo gained’t need to pursue a fighter coming off a knockout loss, and Benavidez will likely be combating Beterbiev.
“Bivol will look nice early. He would possibly even get Beterbiev to the purpose the place he would possibly cease him, however Beterbiev goes to cease him late within the struggle, between 9 and eleven,” stated coach Greg Hackett to YSM Sports activities Media, giving his prediction for the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol struggle.
Usually, Bivol is superb early, however Beterbiev goes to be on him straight away and gained’t let him rack up rounds like he normally does. There’s an excessive amount of pleasure for Beterbiev to let Bivol dominate the primary two or three rounds. Furthermore, it could be a foul concept for Beterbiev to fall behind proper at first.
“I respect Bivol. I believe he’s a terrific fighter, however I simply suppose Beterbiev is a meaner fighter, a harder fighter, and I believe he’s tremendous decided. That’s what you bought to need to be a champion at something. Bivol is, too, however Beterbiev is only a completely different animal,” stated Hackett.
The ability and the stalking means that Beterbiev has goes to be a nightmare for Bivol, who hasn’t fought anybody like that earlier than. The hardest guys Bivol has fought throughout his profession had been, consider it or not, Craig Richards and Lyndon Arthur. These fighters gave him bother, they usually’re nowhere close to the extent of Beterbiev.
“I seen them each in individual, however Beterbiev seemed unreal. He don’t even look human. I’m not attempting to hype him up. He seemed like a monster. I believe he’s going to catch as much as him and break him,” stated Hackett.
Bivol places himself susceptible to being hit when he comes ahead to throw his mixtures. He’s predictable along with his offense, and really hittable as we noticed in his struggle towards Canelo Alvarez. He obtained hit quite a bit in that struggle, however was in a position to take it as a result of Canelo’s small dimension.
“I’m glad we’re getting this struggle. It’s for the King of the sunshine heavyweights. Beterbiev has been via quite a bit. Accidents, and he’s been lower within the ring. Bivol beat Canelo and put in some actually good boxing matches towards prime guys. Now, we’re going to get these two collectively.
“These are two guys are their greatest. I adore it,” stated Hackett.
Beterbiev, 39, isn’t fairly at his greatest, however the kind that he confirmed in his final struggle earlier this yr towards Callum Smith is greater than ok to cease Bivol subsequent week. The ability that Beterbiev confirmed in that struggle will likely be an excessive amount of for Bivol, who isn’t tremendous human within the chin division.
