Dmitry Bivol is placing within the work, coaching within the snow for his rematch in 68 days in opposition to undisputed gentle heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev on February twenty second, 2025, in Riyadh.
Bivol, 33, should enhance his punch output within the rematch and never a lot across the ring as a lot as he did within the first battle. It regarded to many followers like he was operating from the battle, and that gave the looks that Bivol was in survival mode from the complete 12-round contest.
What Bivol Should Do In Rematch
- Keep within the Pocket & Have interaction
- Enhance punch output
- Don’t maintain and run
- Present bravery: This space was lacking from Bivol final time.
Bivol’s Minimalist Strategy
In his loss to Beterbiev, Bivol appeared to be attempting to get an affordable win by doing the minimal and hoping the judges would give him the victory based mostly on his minimalist strategy.
The previous WBA 175-lb champion Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) misplaced to Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) by a 12-round majority determination two months in the past on October twelfth. The judges scored it 115-113, 116-112 for Beterbiev, and 114-114.
Resulting from fan curiosity, the promoters, Eddie Hearn at Matchroom & High Rank and Turki Alalshikh, Bivol is getting a rematch he doesn’t deserve. He ought to need to earn the rematch as a result of he failed to point out bravery of their first battle final October.
He fought identical to Shakur Stevenson, who makes use of the identical model and is booed out of arenas. Bivol wants an entire makeover.
Within the video clip, Bivol makes use of quite a lot of feints and strikes his higher physique to keep away from the imaginary blows coming at him from Beterbiev on February twenty second.
Have interaction To Win
Hopefully, Bivol involves battle this time as a result of he confirmed no willingness to interact with Beterbiev as soon as he began pressuring nonstop from the sixth spherical. It was arduous to observe final time.
Bivol has been aggressive when combating lesser fighters, however he regarded frightened in opposition to Beterbiev. We noticed comparable conduct from Bivol when Lyndon Arthur harm him within the eighth spherical of their battle on December 23, 2023. Bivol received on his bike and stayed on the transfer for the ultimate 4 rounds to win a choice. He regarded afraid of Arthur.
❄️🥶🔙🔜
🎥 @bivol_d | #BeterbievBivol2 | #RiyadhSeason | Feb 22 | Stay on Dazn | @Turki_alalshikh pic.twitter.com/Oh6SD0laxL
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) December 16, 2024
