Heavyweight Derek Chisora thinks WBA 175-lb champion Dmitry Bivol will “run away” tonight to keep away from the ability pictures from Artur Beterbiev in Riyadh. Chisora thinks that he’ll begin operating as soon as Bivol acknowledges that he lacks the ability to match Beterbiev, however he’ll nonetheless win.
The 33-year-old Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) will probably be on the transfer, retaining out of vary of IBF, WBC, and WBO champion Beterbiev (20, 20 KOs) of their struggle for the undisputed gentle heavyweight championship on the Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh.
“Bivol, my cash is on Bivol as a result of I feel Bivol goes to field. He’s going to comprehend he can’t match the ability, and he’s going to field and run away. He’s going to win the struggle by a break up resolution,” mentioned Derek Chisora to High Rank Boxing, predicting a victory for Dmitry Bivol tonight over Artur Beterbiev.
“I’m leaning towards Artur Beterbiev merely due to that energy and the schooling behind it’s so nice,” mentioned commentator Andy Lee. “12 rounds is a very long time being in with him. So, I’m leaning in direction of Artur by possibly a late stoppage.”
“That is legitimately a 50-50 struggle, possibly 55-45 for Bivol simply because Beterbiev is coming off of knee surgical procedure,” mentioned DAZN commentator Todd Grisham. “I don’t see the way you guess in opposition to Bivol. Not solely is he undefeated like Beterbiev, however Bivol hasn’t even been touched, actually. He’s dominating. He wins virtually each spherical of each struggle apart from Canelo, however you take a look at the judges.”
“I feel Bivol could possibly be up on the playing cards; Possibly he’s doing effectively early. Beterbiev began catching as much as him and beating him down somewhat bit. The pictures begin hurting somewhat bit extra, and Bivol begins slowing down. He begins standing and having to commerce somewhat bit greater than he’d like. Earlier than you already know it, it’s spherical 10, spherical 11; all of it will get to be an excessive amount of. Bivol takes too many. The referee says, ‘Sufficient,’” mentioned Dev Sahni of Queensberry Promotions.
If Beterbiev can get to Bivol early together with his strain, the struggle is not going to make it to the tenth or eleventh rounds. Bivol’s skill to resist the ability of Beterbiev will show to be no higher than Callum Smith final January. He’d by no means been knocked out earlier than combating Beterbiev.
