All-time nice Roy Jones positive had some nice nights whereas combating at 175 kilos, however for some, RJ, AKA “Superman” (and he was in his heyday), was at his prime finest at tremendous middleweight. In any case, Jones, talking with Boxing Social on the most important gentle heavyweight struggle of current occasions – Artur Beterbiev Vs. Dmitry Bivol, for all of the marbles – spoke some phrases that we should always all take heed to.
Jones – who topped wonderful fighters reminiscent of Montell Griffin, Mike McCallum (a previous his finest model), Virgil Hill, Reggie Johnson, Julio Cesar Gonzalez, and Clinton Woods when boxing at 175 kilos – mentioned the October 12 unification struggle between the 2 unbeaten Russians is “no 50/50 struggle.” Jones has a transparent winner in thoughts.
“No. It’s not a 50/50 struggle,” Jones mentioned of Bivol, 23-0(12) towards Beterbiev, 20-0(20). “One, Beterbiev is way older, Beterbiev has been (knocked) down, Bivol has by no means been down. Bivol has been in there with who, on the time, was the pound-for-pound finest in Canelo Alvarez and made him appear like nothing. So it’s not a 50/50. Beterbiev has obtained all the pieces to indicate me to convey it again to a 50/50 struggle. Proper now, Bivol has the benefit [at] 60/40. Now, Beterbiev is a hell of a man and one hell of a fighter and has superior energy however he has additionally been down and the way in which I see it’s, if another person has knocked you down then I’ve obtained to get you down, you perceive me? Now it’s one hell of a punch to stroll by way of to get him down, so it’s a really harmful sport to play.”
It’s certainly a harmful activity Bivol, certainly any Beterbiev opponent, faces when getting into with the banger who has a 100m p.c KO file. Beterbiev possibly 39, and he might have been decked as Jones mentioned, however he obtained again as much as win, and we should keep in mind, not one single fighter has ever managed to go the space with Beterbiev. However then once more, has Beterbiev ever confronted as expert a boxer as Bivol? Has 33-year-old Bivol ever shared a hoop with a person with something just like the sheer, venomous energy Beterbiev carries?
Questions like these make us all so enthusiastic about this (delayed) struggle. Jones makes some good factors, however for me, it’s Beterbiev by KO, or stoppage, as soon as once more when this struggle rolls round.
Who do YOU like, and the way within the Beterbiev vs. Bivol struggle on October 12 in Riyadh?
