Dmitry Bivol will face the largest puncher of his profession in his gentle heavyweight undis[ited championship fight against unified champ Artur Beterbiev in 19 days on October 12th in Riyadh. Beterbiev might have too much power for Bivol, who likes to throw combinations and leaves himself open. Getting countered by Beterbiev will be bad for Bivol.
WBA champion Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) is known for his movement and boxing skills, which he’s used to defeat the likes of Canelo Alvarez and Gilberto Ramirez. He’s not faced anyone like IBF, WBC and WBO champion Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs), though.
Bivol hasn’t fought anyone like Beterbiev, and we don’t know if he’ll be able to use his in-and-out attacking style effectively against this kind of puncher.
Canelo, a natural middleweight in size, was too small to fight at light heavyweight against Bivol in 2022. Zurdo Ramirez was slow and limited in his fight against Bivol in November 2022. Bivol might not be as good as some fans had thought, and Beterbiev may expose that.
“When I think of what is a machine? It’s Beterbiev more than any other boxer in recent years,” said Ade Oladipo on his YouTube channel, talking about unified light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev ahead of his fight against Dmitry Bivol on October 12th.
“Some thought Callum Smith was going to go to Canada and take the titles from him. Beterbiev destroyed him. That’s when I thought this guy is the real deal. Then there’s Dmitry Bivol. I think he’s poetry in motion.
“You have someone [Beterbiev] that may break you down, and you’ve got somebody that’s poetry in movement. Bivol doesn’t have that stand out resume of Beterbiev,” mentioned Ade.
Beterbiev’s greatest wins:
– Oleksandr Gvozdyk
– Callum Smith
– Callum Johnson
– Marcus Browne
– Anthony Yarde
– Joe Smith Jr.
Bivol’s greatest victories embrace beating Joe Smith Jr., Canelo, and Gilberto Ramirez. His resume is just like Beterbiev’s however not fairly nearly as good.
“Bivol shut Canelo down. You may’t sleep on that efficiency. This was a Canelo on the lead as much as that battle was on a run.”
“On the time, I didn’t suppose it was something out of the odd, however clearly was. Wanting again, he’s hitting me on the arms and knocking me throughout,” mentioned Callum Johnson to Secondsout about his battle towards Artur Beterbiev in 2018.
“Will his age have an effect on him? Sooner or later, it’ll. Will the knee surgical procedure have an effect on him?” Johnson requested about Beterbiev.
The current knee surgical procedure that Beterbiev places a query mark about whether or not he’ll be capable to stand as much as the stress of going through a mover like Bivol. Not simply the motion. Bivol might select to lean on Beterbiev throughout the clinches to put on down his knee and weaken him.
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