Dmitry Bivol’s staff has reportedly filed a protest to the 4 sanctioning our bodies [IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO] to have a right away rematch ordered in opposition to undisputed gentle heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev.
This pointless transfer on Bivol’s staff’s half as a result of His Excellency Turki Alalshikh has already stated he desires to make the Beterbiev-Bivol rematch. Beterbiev says he’s open to a second combat. It’s as much as Turki if he desires to do the combat.
If he desires Beterbiev to combat another person subsequent, like Canelo Alvarez or David Benavidez, that’s what’s going to occur. Staff Bivol submitting a protest received’t have an effect on what occurs subsequent.
Turki will resolve. U.S. followers wouldn’t complain if Beterbiev faces Canelo or Benavidez subsequent. These could be much more entertaining fights for the boxing public than watching Bivol run laps across the ring for 12 tedious rounds with Beterbiev chasing him all night time.
In line with Jake Donovan, Bivol’s staff’s enchantment is predicated on their perception that “most viewers” thought Bivol received the combat in opposition to Beterbiev final Saturday night time in Riyadh. Staff Bivol additionally has requested to assessment choose Pawel Kardyni’s 116-112 scorecard.
It looks as if a waste of time. Even when the rating was narrowed to 115-113, Bivol nonetheless misplaced the combat. There’s no achieve on Staff Bivol’s half by having it a barely narrower defeat.
It’s unclear the place Staff Bivol will get the knowledge to show that the “majority of viewers” had Bivol profitable. That looks as if guesswork than something. How on the earth do you show that almost all of the viewers had Bivol profitable?
The judges scored the combat for IBF, WBC, and WBO gentle heavyweight champion Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) by a 12-round majority resolution with scores 114-114, 115-113, and 116-112. Bivol was ineffective after the sixth spherical, largely transferring across the ring after being harm within the seventh.
Beterbiev stalked Bivol across the ring throughout the second half of the competition, tagging him with heavy pictures every time he may catch as much as him. Bivol was virtually operating within the final six rounds, and he appeared drained and mentally defeated throughout that portion of the combat.
Bivol appeared like he mentally checked out of the combat after the seventh spherical, and the remaining 5 rounds noticed him in 100% survival mode. He was simply attempting to not get knocked out, and it wasn’t entertaining for the typical fan.
He’d fought nicely throughout the first 5 rounds when Beterbiev was tentative about attacking him, however after the fifth, it was all downhill for Bivol. Promoter Eddie Hearn spoke after the combat, saying that Bivol had received both 4 of the primary 5 or all 5 in his view. He had Bivol profitable 8-4, which didn’t match the combat that transpired.
“Advised that Dmitry Bivol’s staff has filed a protest with all 4 sanctioning our bodies in search of a right away rematch with Artur Beterbiev. The premise for enchantment is the assumption that almost all of viewers had Bivol profitable. Criticism attracts parallels to Lewis-Holyfield I,” stated boxing insider Jake Donovan on X.
It makes Bivol’s staff appear to be bitter losers as a result of they do want to do that for a rematch to occur with Beterbiev. A second combat will occur, nevertheless it’s as much as Turki whether or not he desires it subsequent or after Beterbiev fights somebody extra widespread. There are a number of fighters that followers worldwide would favor to see Beterbeiv combat subsequent over a boring rematch with Bivol.
Choices for Beterbiev
- Canelo Alvarez
- David Benavidez
- David Morrell
- Joshua Buatsi
“There are individuals who assume Beterbiev received the combat, however most really feel that Bivol received it,” stated Eddie Hearn to Matchroom Boxing about his perception that the majority followers assume Bivol received the combat in opposition to Beterbiev final Saturday. “He could wish to put it proper in everyone’s thoughts, however we’ll see what kicks up within the subsequent couple of weeks and converse to His Excellency and see how that combat would possibly match into Riyadh Season’s schedule and go from there.
What ought to occur is that Bivol has to earn the rematch in opposition to Beterbiev as a substitute of getting it given to him on a silver platter by defeating Morrell, Benavidez, or Buatsi. If Bivol can beat one or two of these fighters, he deserves a rematch. I don’t assume Bivol has the chin, offensive firepower, or psychological toughness to defeat any of them. Buatsi would knock out Bivol.
