Dmitry Bivol’s filed a protest with the 4 governing our bodies, hoping to get a rematch ordered with Artur Beterbiev after shedding to him by a 12-round majority determination final Saturday evening on October twelfth on the Kingdom Area in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Bivol’s workforce argues that the “majority of viewers” noticed him as the true winner of the battle. Sadly, there’s no method of proving that almost all of viewers noticed Bivol because the winner, in order that’s a foolish argument to make. I ponder who on Bivol’s workforce got here up with that one.
A second battle is sensible if that is the one choice for Beterbiev. If Canelo Alvarez or David Benavidez can be found, these can be extra interesting fights for Beterbiev than Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs), who has a Shakur-esque about him.
If there’s going to be a Beterbiev-Bivol rematch, it must be in a smaller ring to restrict Bivol’s operating room.
A rematch is predicted to occur anyway, however the protest is an effective technique to assist increase Bivol’s standing with the ultra-hardcore followers.
It wasn’t a very entertaining battle to observe because of the motion that Bivol used all through the 12-round, and he clearly give up making a battle of it after being shocked within the seventh.
“Informed that Dmitry Bivol’s workforce has filed a protest with all 4 sanctioning our bodies in search of a right away rematch with Artur Beterbiev. The idea for enchantment is the assumption that almost all of viewers had Bivol successful. Grievance attracts parallels to Lewis-Holyfield I,” mentioned Jake Donovan on X.
This transfer makes Bivol and his workforce seem like poor losers as a result of the judges noticed Beterbiev because the winner. To make a fuss about it now seems to be weak, reminding some followers of a sure American fighter who couldn’t deal with a loss. If Bivol needed to win, he shouldn’t have run across the ring for the final half of the battle towards the 39-year-old Beterbiev.
“When Beterbiev got here to life, you thought, ‘This may very well be the tip right here,’” mentioned Gareth A. Davies to talkSport Boxing, reflecting on how Beterbiev took over from the eighth spherical.
“Bivol has by no means been bullied like that earlier than. I’m utilizing that phrase as a result of that’s what I witnessed. I mentioned I gave Bivol the seventh, however I could have given him the ninth. I believed he was bullied within the final three rounds. It might have gone for 20 with him being bullied.”
Bivol undoubtedly bought bullied from the seventh on by Beterbiev, and he seemed like he was near being knocked out in a number of of the rounds. Followers surprise why Bivol didn’t battle more durable within the twelfth. The reason being easy. He was afraid to get knocked out as a result of Beterbiev was coming like a locomotive, operating him over, and Bivol couldn’t run any longer. That’s why he was holding a lot within the last spherical.
“Some folks may need mentioned that Bivol was utilizing his toes to get away. I believed Beterbiev was going after him, reducing off the ring from eight onwards,” mentioned Davies.
Beterbiev was truly reducing off the ring from the sixth spherical on. There a flurry of pictures from Bivol within the seventh, however he was clipped throughout that change by Beterbiev. The rest of the seventh, Beterbiev beat the stuffing out of Bivol, and the battle was one-sided from that time on. Bivol ran the ultimate 5 rounds to outlive.
“This was the primary time I used to be dwell for a Beterbiev battle. That energy is actual,” mentioned Barry Jones. “He hits so laborious that you just’re watching, and also you maintain your breath. Beterbiev stayed calm and stored attempting to nook him down. Within the final two rounds, it seemed like he was getting dividends for that work. He simply couldn’t get the ultimate end.”
