Artur Beterbiev vs. Tavoris Cloud

Reported. Enjoy your vacation. lol

 

Artur Beterbiev has made short work of Tavoris Cloud on Saturday. The career of the pugilist is managed by Anna Reva, a bright young woman who speaks five languages.

It's obvious that I do not understand everything. In fact, apart from "spassiba" and "dobro" I have nothing before that told Artur Beterbiev. Or rather, with the same sign language employed by Mark Ramsey plus some English Artur has learned over the past year, it is still included on certain points, which revolved around women and boxing. And we laughed.

In fact, search me somebody, I'm not expecting it at all, we had a black fun.

Because if Artur Beterbiev is a serious killer in the ring yesterday in the Cantina, he kept talking, laughing, vivid and sparkling eyes. Fireworks.

Honestly, its manager Anna Reva, a bright young woman speaking five languages, could not keep pace with his translations. Artur met for three or four minutes at a question and the answer was 10 words. He laughed in speaking and translation was not fun.

Then, after a quarter of an hour, Andre Kulesza mingled conversation. Kulesza, former physical trainer Lucian Bute, is Polish. He speaks very good Russian. I was in business. A piece translated by Mrs. Reva, a piece by Kulesza, a few words of English and French for the whole season and a story taking shape.

Chechen OF DAGHESTAN

Artur Beterbiev is of Chechen origin even though his family lives in Dagestan, a neighboring republic. He is very proud of its origins. Dagestan, as Chechnya is Muslim. Religious rules are more stringent enforcement in Chechnya, where women have to go out veiled and dressed in black are present in the public square.

Beterbiev is a practicing Muslim. It is an open man, cultured, but follows strict rules. No meat if it is not halal.

Indeed, yesterday's Cantina, he ate pasta with tomatoes. And of course, he has not touched alcohol.

"This year in Montreal, Ramadan began in July and ended in August. So the sun rose at 3:30 am to go to bed around 8:00 45 No food and no water. Nothing, it's Ramadan, "said he said.

Andre Kulesza took over: "Even an athlete as talented Artur can progress under such conditions. He was training to 18 hours in the hope that it will not suffer too much from dehydration. But it is very strict. "

(Sunday morning, I wrote that Ramadan was in September in Montreal. Apologies).

"I spent a lot of time in the country" continues Beterbiev. My parents wanted me to grow up in the fresh air, "he said.

He discovered boxing. He is talented, he has a taste. But his father did not like the desire to fight in a ring. He prefers it to become a well-educated gentleman.

Boxing will allow Artur reassure his father. At 15, he won the Cadet Championship in Moscow.

"My father died five months later in a car accident. He was a driver in a company of messengers. Before he died, he said he was happy to see me try my luck in boxing. It was precious to me, "he says.

MOSCOW AND CHECHNYA

He finds himself at the University of Moscow during the terrible war between Russia and the "terrorists" Chechens. That's the only question he did not want to make a response. No politics, he repeated.

In fact, I understand he likes Vladimir Putin. Russian President imposed a form of peace in Chechnya.

"Yeah. He just shaved. It remains a living "be retorted Andre Kulesza. Both tease and explain quickly between them is absolute respect for political and historical beliefs.

But Kulesza makes a point to remember that traditionally, the Poles feel little sympathy for the Russians. Must say that over the centuries, Russians spent on Polish soil like a carpet.

The 2000s are devoted to studies and boxing. Besides, he has one year to complete his law studies at the University of Moscow. He hopes to find time to devote to these studies within a year.

Lucian Bute has a master's degree in sports marketing at the University of Bucharest following his progress via the Internet.

"So it can be done," he said, smiling.

- How did you live? Income of amateur boxing?

- At first I was not married. After meeting Medina, I married and we had our children. Even though I was an amateur, I received money from the Russian Boxing Federation and good scholarships for my important victories in the big tournaments. Enough to get by.

CALL FOR ANNA

Following is a bit complicated to tell. The beautiful Anna Reva lived in Montreal for a dozen years. It is the commercial building. In other words, it buys large buildings, then improves and sells them. This is an aspect of its business. Then she became interested in boxing. As she had good contacts in Russia, relatives and parents, she has inquired of some connoisseurs in Moscow. They all told him that the best of the best was Artur Beterbiev.

I defer to Yvon Michel.

"Sometimes, to dream, Marc Ramsey, Bernard Barré and I wrote the names of the best amateur boxers in the world, a list of Sidney Crosby if you want. And when we compared our lists, it was always Artur Beterbiev who was at the top, "says the developer.

When Anna Reva called him to ask if GYM was interested Artur Beterbiev he gasped.

"They said he was offered a one month trial. But we knew that Top Rank, Golden Boy and the Europeans were on the spot if they had known. When Artur moved into the gym and he started banging on the sandbag, we immediately knew we had the most incredible exceptional to us, "he recalls .

A few days later, GYM offered a contract to Anna Reva, who became the manager of Beterbiev.

A SMALL QUEBEC

It's been almost a year. Initially Artur lived alone in Montreal. Medina and his wife joined him with her two children. A boy who will be four years in November and a girl of one year and nine months.

"And then three months ago, my wife gave birth to our third child. A beautiful little girl. It's a Canadian. A Quebec, "he said, smiling. Very strong.

Beterbiev is happy with his family and get used to Montreal and America.

"I have a good GPS and I travel as I want in the city. I know the malls and I think I'm a good driver. Besides, I've already received a pair of tickets. I gave them to Anna, "he says, laughing.

"Actually, what I find difficult is the language barrier. It frightened my wife, but it's going very well. There is a mosque near our house, we made connections, there is no major problem. People are surprisingly tolerant. (Anna translated as "amazing" the Russian word. Retranslated by amazing I). The funny thing is that my son, who will be four years old, is already doing in English and my daughter who is not yet two years now the French gibberish, "he said.

Do not ask me if he said "jabber" in Russian, to see his face amused and laughing, that must be why he thought telling the story Kulesza ...

And things are accelerating. There is this incredible beating he inflicted Saturday at the former world champion Tavoris Cloud. And promises of fighting hundreds of thousands of dollars began to fall on the table.

- Were you surprised to see him fall Tavoris Cloud in the first round?

- No. I was ready for anything. It's like a box with ribbons. Is known to contain a gift. We do not know what the gift, but when the package is opened, it is not really surprised to discover that there are there inside. I knew that Cloud would fall. I did not know when, but it should fall.

One last word that Andre Kulesza. This guy was coach with the greatest athletes in the world. Including Lucian Bute, a beast of training.

"Phfff, it does not compare. That's what I've seen stronger in my life. It is measured scientifically. The recovery time, strength, relaxation. Artur Beterbiev is in a class by itself. "

All I have to add is Artur should be fighting before the end of the year. Maybe the casino ...

It would be completely farted ... like boxer in front of 500 people!

 

Beterbiev is a good guy out of the ring as well. He's smart too - got a law degree.

Here's another good article on him. Russ Abner speaks very highly of him.


Here's something you don't often, or really ever see, which might have been off your radar this weekend. A 5-0 guy stepped in with a 24-2 guy, a former world title challenger who'd hung right in there with Bernard Hopkins not that long ago. Yep, this doesn't really ever happen, if for no other reason that the risk-reward for the promoter, and the matchmaker who wants to keep his job, isn't stellar. If the Dagestan-born light heavyweight hadn't done what he did at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which was KO Cloud in round two, there would have been repercussions.


So, was a star born Saturday night at the Bell? Or, if not born, was message sent that the 29-year (6-0 with 6 KOs), who won gold at the 2009 World Amateur Championship, is ready for another leap in competition, and might soon find himself in with the division's current elite?
I posed this question to Russ Anber, a trainer who helps Marc Ramsay with Beterbiev, and has worked in the corners of Sergio Martinez, Roy Jones Jr., and Jean Pascal. He drew on his 36 years in the boxing biz, and was straightforward with his appraisal of the Russian, a two-time Olympian.

"Beterbiev is almost too good to be true," Anber told me of the fighter, who resides with his wife and kids in Montreal. "Technically, he's a complete student of the game, old school. He's university educated, understands biomechanics. His style is strength, imposition, but he's complete. He's as strong as a heavyweight, spars heavyweights here, like Oscar Rivas. He's the kind of guy, he comes into the gym, he doesn't turn the music on, he turns it off. He goes to the body, his infighting is good. And he's beaten Sergey Kovalev in the amateurs twice!"

In checking out Beterbiev against Cloud, I noticed his calm, for so few fights. Also, you get the sense that he won't take no for an answer in delivering his offense. A stiff jab dissuades him not at all. Some body work, and then a right hand to the temple sent Cloud, who'd not been knocked down as a pro, down in the first. Left hooks had the Floridian down again, with 20 seconds left in the round. Flurries and a left hook sent Cloud to the mat again, at the bell. He showed his mettle coming out for round two, and a worse ability to handle the power of Beterbiev than he'd shown in his last bout, against Adonis Stevenson (loss, retired after round seven, due to cuts).

Beterbiev doesn't need much space to get maximal effect from his launches. Pressing Cloud into a corner, he sent him down for the fourth time. The American lay on his belly, pondered the futility of continuation, and was counted out.

"This is the most complete boxer I've seen up close," Anber continued. "It's an effin privilege to be with him. His mental approach is that of a spartan. And I mean, he's the sort of guy you'd want your daughter to bring home. It's almost too good to be true."

This fight came about when a Jean Pascal-Tavoris Cloud went off the rails. Ramsay told the matchmaker for promoter Yvon Michel that the 5-0 kid would step up, onto the big stage. No fear, he knows what he has, what Beterbiev is. And what is that? Someone ready for anyone, says Anber. He says all due to respect to that other guy making a successful Knievelesque jump in competition, Vasyl Lomachenko, this guy is doing it in a harder division.

So, are we thinking we could see a Sergey Kovalev-Artur Beterbiev tangle in the near future. Well of course, only a fool sees it a sure thing that Kovalev handles Bernard Hopkins on Nov. 8. But if he does, Anber says that a Kovalev-Beterbiev fight has enormous promise and potential to do bang-up business if we're thinking globally. (Could it be made from a political standpoint is not as much of a sure thing, as Kathy Duva with Kovalev and Michel, with Stevenson and now Beterbiev, are not on solid terms.)

"Outside of anyone against Jean Pascal, in this division, nobody could attract more money than a Kovalev-Beterbiev fight," Anber said.

He is thinking Beterbiev will sneak in a fight before the end of the year. And I'm thinking a couple guys are already adding Beterbiev to their better-to-avoid list...