The undisputed gentle heavyweight championship combat between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol is three weeks away, on October twelfth, on the Kingdom Area in Riyadh.
Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs), the IBF, WBC, and WBO 175-lb champion, remains to be seen by many followers because the underdog towards WBA belt-holder Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs).
Followers consider that the 33-year-old Bivol’s youth, hand velocity, and mobility give him the sting towards the 39-year-old Beterbiev. Bivol will nonetheless want to alter his common mixture punching strategy to win this combat as a result of he will get hit when he throws his combos.
Beterbiev has knocked out everybody he’s confronted and seemed glorious along with his latest wins over Callum Smith, Anthony Yarde, Joe Smith Jr., and Marcus Browne.
Keys to Victory for Beterbiev
– Catch Bivol in between combos
– Goal physique
– Minimize off the ring effectively
– Combat by means of clinches
Bivol is predicted to make use of extra motion on this combat towards the large punching Beterbiev than he often does as a result of he’s not geared up to face and brawl with a man like this. The fighters that Bivol has been feasting on haven’t had the sort of energy that Beterbiev possesses.
Bivol’s finest profession win got here towards the 5’8″ Canelo Alvarez, however he’s nowhere close to the scale or energy of Beterbiev. Canelo moved up from 168 to problem Bivol for his WBA title two years in the past, and he didn’t have the scale.
The winner of the Beterbiev vs. Bivol combat may face WBC interim champion David Benavidez subsequent. He’s subsequent in line to combat the winner. Nevertheless, Canelo Alvarez stated he needs to combat Bivol if he’s victorious over Beterbiev on October twelfth.
Canelo misplaced to Bivol by a 12-round unanimous choice in 2022, and he needs to avenge that loss. Combating him for the undisputed at 175 would make it extra significant for Canelo, as it will enable him to avenge his defeat and turn into a two-division undisputed champion.
