His Excellency Turki Alalshikh didn’t agree with the choice the three judges turned in for the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol combat on Saturday night time, and he desires to place collectively a rematch between them in the event that they agree.
Turki felt that WBA gentle heavyweight champion Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) deserved the victory by a few rounds. Bivol stopped preventing in rounds 10, 11 and 12. That was the distinction within the contest. Beterbiev wished it extra down the stretch, and the judges seen.
A rematch would most likely go worse for Bivol as a result of Beterbiev may have extra time to strengthen his lately surgically operated proper knee, and he’ll have realized from this combat.
What Beterbiev confirmed is that Bivol caved in below his stress within the final half of the combat, yielding and having nothing to combat him off on account of his lack of energy. Within the rematch, Beterbiev will push the tempo of the combat proper off the bat and put on Bivol down sooner.
Beterbiev will probably comply with the rematch as a result of his choices for large fights are restricted. His purse for his combat tonight was rumored to be $10 million. If he can get related cash in a rematch with Bivol, he’ll take it.
The judges gave it to IBF, WBC, and WBO champion Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) by a 12-round majority choice by the scores have been 114-114, 115-113, and 116-112.
It’s straightforward to see why. Beterbiev was the aggressor in the course of the combat, landed the more durable pictures, and regarded like he wished it extra down the stretch in rounds 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. The final six rounds have been all Beterbiev.
Bivol used his jab, brief mixtures, and footwork to win among the rounds within the first half of the combat. Beterbiev was too cautious in rounds one by six to win greater than three. Some followers felt that Bivol gained 5 of the primary six rounds, however that might have been ignoring a variety of the laborious pictures that Beterbiev was touchdown to get the higher of him.
“It’s one of many best fights I’ve ever seen within the final 20 years, however I don’t assume the result’s truthful,” stated Turki Alalshikh to the Stomping Floor, speaking about Artur Beterbiev’s win over Dmitry Bivol on Saturday night time.
The judges scored the combat logically. They felt that Beterbiev landed the more durable, cleaner pictures and confirmed extra initiative. Bivol eased off totally in rounds 7 to 12 when he began getting hit laborious by Beterbiev. I’m undecided if that’s one thing that Bivol can change within the rematch with out getting knocked out.
“I believe Bivol win two rounds extra. I don’t know why the result’s like this, however I’ll attempt to do the rematch. They deserve it. In the event that they settle for, we are going to do it,” stated Turki.
Bivol deserves a call if one takes away the superior energy and cleaning-landing pictures that Beterbiev was hitting him with. In the event that they have been each throwing with the identical energy, Bivol deserved the win. However on condition that Beterbiev’s punches have been so much more durable, he was the one urgent the motion, and Bivol regarded stressed, it’s a must to give Artur the win. It was nonetheless an in depth combat, however Beterbiev did extra.
“That’s as much as His Excellency. He stated, ‘Flawed choice. I’ll do the rematch,” stated Eddie Hearn to Charlie Parson’s Stomping Grounds.
The judges made the suitable choice. What was unsuitable was Bivol’s sport plan to maneuver, jab, and maintain. If he had tried preventing Beterbiev within the heart of the ring, it might need been a distinct consequence. As an alternative, Bivol performed it protected, hoping the judges would give him a win primarily based on his minimalist strategy, and he came upon the laborious method that they don’t worth that model.
