On October twelfth, WBA and IBO World Gentle Heavyweight champion Dmitriy Bivol will meet WBC, WBO, and IBF World Gentle Heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev in a unification match. They had been to fulfill months in the past, however an harm in coaching by Beterbiev postponed it.
Beterbiev having stopped all of his twenty opponents, 20-0, clearly is the heavier puncher of the 2 with 20 stoppages. At 39 he’s six years older than Bivol.
Beterbiev’s newbie file just isn’t fairly recognized. It’s been reported at 102-13 and 295-5. He has misplaced in each the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
Bivol’s file within the amateurs is 268-15 and by no means competed within the Olympics however has gained two Russian Nationwide championships in 2012 and 2014.
Bivol turned skilled, stopping eleven of his first 13 opponents. He then gained 9 straight by determination earlier than stopping his final opponent, Malik Zinad, 22-0, in June.
In 2012 Bivol was “Fighter of the 12 months” defeating then unified tremendous middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, 57-1-2, in Could and former WBO tremendous middleweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez, 44-0, in November. Fairly an accomplishment.
All of Bivol’s opponent had successful data. Beterbiev’s opponents had sixteen with and 4 with out successful data. Bivol has confronted the higher opponents total.
It is a pure match-up of a puncher in Beterbiev and a boxer in Bivol pertaining to their data. Beterbiev was born in Russia and resides in Montreal, Canada. Bivol’s nationality is Russian, although born in Kyrgyzstan and resides in Indio, California.
This author is wanting ahead to this match and is leaning towards the youthful Bivol by determination. Beterbiev coming off an harm is a significant factor.
I’m wondering if Bivol’s punching energy is underrated. Being his opponents within the second half of his profession are significantly better than Beterbiev’s might have one thing to do with it. What do you readers and followers suppose?
