DAZN specialists are overwhelmingly selecting Dmitry Bivol to defeat Artur Beterbiev in 11 days to any extent further October twelfth in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The specialists, Darren Barker, Ariel Helwani, Joseph Parker, and Ade Oladipo, like the abilities of the youthful fighter Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs), who’s extra cell and faster than the 39-year-old Beterbiev.
WBA mild heavyweight champion Bivol, 33, is six years youthful and is the favourite with the oddsmakers. He’s in high form and has latest victories over Malik Zinad, Lyndon Arthur, Gilberto Ramirez, and Canelo Alvarez.
Beterbiev’s latest knee damage makes predicting his readiness for this battle tough. Though he’s educated laborious and is supposedly prepared, nobody is aware of if he’s 100%. He’s getting paid some huge cash for this battle, so it’s comprehensible why he would nonetheless undergo with it even when he’s not at his greatest.
“I feel every thing goes to be on Bivol’s phrases. He’s so sensible when he engages and when he lets the flurries go,” stated Darren Barker to DAZN Boxing, selecting Dmitry Bivol to defeat Artur Beterbiev. “Though among the rounds might be shut, I truthfully assume he’s going to win this comfortably. I do assume it’ll be a unanimous determination.”
Barker likes what he sees in Bivol, who has a method much like his previous one. Bivol profitable “comfortably” over Bererbiev is a little bit of a stretch, although, as a result of it’s not form of an opponent for him to do this. Bivol didn’t win comfortably in opposition to Lyndon Arthur, and Beterbiev is ranges above him in expertise.
“I favor Bivol as properly. I really feel he’s extra exact together with his punches and higher footwork. Beterbiev could be very highly effective, however he’s getting previous, coming into his 40s,” stated Joseph Parker.
“He’s at all times regarded previous. It’s not like impulsively, he’s aged in a single day,” stated Barker about Beterbiev. “I like his [Bivol] ft. I feel we’ve seen the most effective of Beterbiev, however I don’t assume we’ve seen the most effective of Bivol.”
“I feel he regained numerous our belief and confidence in the best way he regarded in June,” stated Ariel Helwani about Bivol’s final battle in opposition to fringe contender Malik Zinad. “In some unspecified time in the future, he’s going to be thrown into the fireplace, and that’s the massive query. What occurs when this mountain of a person [Beterbiev] is coming at you with laborious punches? How do you reply?”
You possibly can’t depend Zinad as proof that Bivol might be victorious in opposition to Beterbiev as a result of he was an entire no person who was picked out from close to the underside of the sunshine heavyweight rankings for Dmitry to battle. It’s unclear why Zinad was chosen to battle Bivol, however it was a poor mismatch.
It might have been higher if Bivol had fought Craig Richards in a rematch or Anthony Yarde as a result of beating these guys would have proven whether or not he’s improved since his lackluster displaying in opposition to Lyndon Arthur final December.
“He’s good at eluding these punches and outboxing the puncher, however that’s the massive query going into this battle. ”
“When you take a look at what Beterbiev has accomplished. Whether or not it’s Marcus Browne, Joe Smith, Anthony Yarde, Callum Smith, he’s put numerous our bodies to sleep, good our bodies,” stated Ade Oladipo. “When you take a look at Bivol, Zurdo, sure. I’m nonetheless not fairly positive about Zurdo. Canelo, clearly an excellent win in Las Vegas, however Beterbiev has had the higher physique of labor.”
Beterbiev positively has higher wins on his resume than Bivol, who solely has the Canelo victory that jumps out at one. Canelo shouldn’t have been combating at mild heavyweight in opposition to a fighter Bivol’s measurement.
A greater gauge of who’s going to win this battle needs to be decided by the age of the 2 fighters. Beterbiev’s age and his latest knee damage put him at an obstacle on this battle in opposition to the wholesome and youthful Bivol.
