The speaking is nearly over for Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol, who meet in a rematch on Saturday in Riyadh.
They made their grand arrivals in Saudi Arabia right now as the sunshine heavyweight stars put together to run again their October struggle, which noticed Beterbiev win a slim contest on the scorecards.
Beterbiev, the unbeaten and undisputed champion, is 21-0 (20 KOs) and Bivol is the primary man to take him to the scorecards.
“Not dangerous,” mentioned Beterbiev, when requested how he was.
Then, Beterbiev was questioned concerning the first struggle.
“We discovered some various things, like we all know what to enhance and what to appropriate,” he mentioned.
“There’s many issues and plenty of points I can enhance myself, we are going to see. I believe they [Team Bivol] have a distinct technique or one thing.”
Beterbiev mentioned he was nicely preserved at 40 due to his expertise and since he has stayed in good condition for a very long time.
Bivol, of the primary encounter – which he’s watched again three or 4 occasions – mentioned: “I noticed good moments and dangerous moments. I simply should be higher in all positions. I should be quicker, I should be tougher, smarter, every thing higher.”
Requested about classes discovered from final October’s battle, Bivol – 23-1 (12 KOs) – mentioned: “Not an excessive amount of discovered however I discovered about myself, that I don’t prefer to lose and I have to push myself tougher.”
What is going to he do in a different way?
“It means extra punches and extra endurance,” mentioned the 34-year-old challenger.
