Dmitry Bivol is engaged on growing his energy forward of his undisputed mild heavyweight combat in opposition to unified three-belt champion Artur Beterbiev on October twelfth on the Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh. The Beterbiev-Bivol combat will probably be proven stay on ESPN+, whereas the undercard will probably be broadcast on DAZN PPV.
Bivol’s Problem: Taming the Knockout Artist
The WBA 175-lb champion Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) is a finesse fighter with out a lot energy. He should discover a strategy to hold the knockout artist Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) off him to win a 12-round determination.
He should keep on the transfer for your entire combat to maintain Beterbiev from working him over with heavy photographs. The true drawback is that Bivol is a real tremendous middleweight, and he doesn’t possess the scale or the punching energy to cope with guys like Beterbiev.
The 33-year-old Bivol was harm by Lyndon Arthur final December and would have been knocked out in that combat if the British fighter had extra mobility to chase him down after staggering him.
Bivol received’t be capable of knock Beterbiev out as a result of he stops his opponents by touchdown an accumulation of blows all through a combat. He can’t try this in opposition to Beterbiev with out getting caught by one in every of his massive photographs and knocked out.
The Perils of the Ropes
The best way Bivol has shelled up in opposition to the ropes in latest fights in opposition to Malik Zinad, Lyndon Arthur, Gilberto Ramirez, and Canelo Alvarez will put him in danger if he makes use of the identical tactic in opposition to Beterbiev.
Fighters don’t final lengthy once they retreat to the ropes in opposition to Beterbiev. We’ve typically seen that with guys like Callum Smith, Anthony Yarde, Marcus Browne, and Joe Smith. That’s how Bivol fights, and he most likely received’t have the opportunity to withstand backing up in opposition to the ropes in opposition to Beterbiev, pondering he can block all of the photographs from him.
The very best Bivol can hope for is strengthening himself sufficient to make Beterbiev assume twice about pressuring. That’s simpler stated than achieved as a result of Beterbiev has knocked out guys lately with much better energy than Bivol, like Anthony Yarde, Callum Smith, Joe Smith Jr., and Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
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