Dmitry Bivol is engaged on growing his energy forward of his undisputed gentle heavyweight struggle towards unified three-belt champion Artur Beterbiev on October twelfth on the Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh. The Beterbiev-Bivol struggle shall be proven dwell on ESPN+, whereas the undercard shall be broadcast on DAZN PPV.
Bivol’s Problem: Taming the Knockout Artist
The WBA 175-lb champion Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) is a finesse fighter with out a lot energy. He should discover a method to hold the knockout artist Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) off him to win a 12-round determination.
He should keep on the transfer for the whole struggle to maintain Beterbiev from working him over with heavy pictures. The true drawback is that Bivol is a real tremendous middleweight, and he doesn’t possess the scale or the punching energy to take care of guys like Beterbiev.
The 33-year-old Bivol was harm by Lyndon Arthur final December and would have been knocked out in that struggle if the British fighter had extra mobility to chase him down after staggering him.
Bivol received’t be capable of knock Beterbiev out as a result of he stops his opponents by touchdown an accumulation of blows all through a struggle. He can’t try this towards Beterbiev with out getting caught by considered one of his huge pictures and knocked out.
The Perils of the Ropes
The way in which Bivol has shelled up towards the ropes in current fights towards Malik Zinad, Lyndon Arthur, Gilberto Ramirez, and Canelo Alvarez will put him in danger if he makes use of the identical tactic towards Beterbiev.
Fighters don’t final lengthy once they retreat to the ropes towards Beterbiev. We’ve usually seen that with guys like Callum Smith, Anthony Yarde, Marcus Browne, and Joe Smith. That’s how Bivol fights, and he most likely received’t have the ability to withstand backing up towards the ropes towards Beterbiev, considering he can block all of the pictures from him.
The perfect Bivol can hope for is strengthening himself sufficient to make Beterbiev assume twice about pressuring. That’s simpler mentioned than completed as a result of Beterbiev has knocked out guys lately with much better energy than Bivol, like Anthony Yarde, Callum Smith, Joe Smith Jr., and Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
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