Dmitry Bivol needs to make use of extra motion and counter-punching within the rematch with Artur Beterbiev as a result of he felt he didn’t use sufficient final Saturday night time in his 12-round majority choice loss.
Many followers felt that Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) was utilizing an excessive amount of motion, which is why he in the end misplaced the combat; he wasn’t stopping lengthy sufficient to throw punches from rounds 8 by way of 12. Bivol appeared to tire from his steady motion, which made him simple prey for Beterbiev within the final 5 rounds.
Bivol Influenced by Sugar Ray
Dmitry Bivol says he watched a few of Sugar Ray Leonard’s previous fights earlier than the Beterbiev combat. He mentions watching Leonard’s combat towards Marvin Hagler, and Ray was transferring the complete 12 rounds. He would cease to throw mixtures earlier than transferring once more.
What Bivol fails to notice is that many boxing followers who watched the Leonard-Hagler combat felt that Hagler was robbed by the judges as a result of he landed the larger pictures and that Leonard was simply shoe-shining with speedy mixtures that had little energy.
Utilizing Leonard’s combat towards Hagler as a blueprint to comply with towards Beterbiev on this period was a mistake. Bivol lacks Leonard’s recognition to be given a present choice towards Beterbiev like many felt he received towards Hagler.
“I need to enhance on my motion. I didn’t transfer sufficient. I’ve to maneuver extra and use extra counter-punches. I simply have so as to add extra,” mentioned Dmitry Bivol to Battle Hub TV about what he should do for the rematch with Artur Beterbiev to enhance his recreation. “The tactic was not simply standing in entrance of Beterbiev. Transfer like Ray Leonard.”
If Bivol goes to imitate Leonard’s strategy to combating, he ought to give attention to a few of his fights the place he was sitting down on his punches extra and combating with extra aggression. He’s not quick sufficient to combat like Leonard did in his prime. Bivol can be higher off utilizing an early Oscar De La Hoya as somebody to repeat for his rematch with Beterbiev. De La Hoya was blazing quick when he began his profession. He was an offensive fighter, scoring lots of knockouts.
“He has good conditioning. He was attempting to take the final rounds. That is what I don’t like. I didn’t do these three rounds excellent,” mentioned Bivol about how he did not let his fingers go in rounds 10, 11, and 12.
“They had been telling me, ‘You need to transfer. You need to throw your jab such as you did earlier than. Don’t stand in entrance of him. Don’t be a standing goal,’” mentioned Bivol on what his nook instructed him earlier than the twelfth spherical.
In hindsight, Bivol moved an excessive amount of within the twelfth spherical and gave it to away to Beterbiev. With the combat on the road, Bivol ought to have fought with extra aggression.
“I felt at moments, I might do it, however I used to be [cautious],” mentioned Bivol. “My plan was to maneuver loads as a result of I used to be watching lots of [Sugar] Ray Leonard’s fights earlier than this combat. Leonard-Hagler. In all 12 rounds, Leonard was transferring.
“He would cease, do mixtures, after which transfer once more. He wasn’t standing with Hagler. If he stood and fought with Hagler, it’s not affordable. You may’t combat towards a man that’s stronger than you.
“With Beterbiev, we have now to agree that he’s the strongest puncher within the mild heavyweight division, but it surely doesn’t imply he’s the most effective one,” mentioned Bivol.
Beterbiev beat Bivol, so that ought to imply that he’s the “finest” within the division. Bivol saying that Beterbiev isn’t the most effective one within the mild heavyweight division means that he both thinks he’s nonetheless higher or thinks another person within the combat class is. Bivol has accomplished a very good job of being humble after his defeat, however his above remark about Beterbiev not being the most effective means that he hasn’t accepted his loss absolutely.
