Finding an opponent for Artur Beterbiev will be like trying to locate the Loch Ness Monster

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  1. PolishNavy

    PolishNavy Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    You wont see any top fighter risk it against him anytime soon. Like Kovalev and GGG they will try to let him get a little older before they even dare think about it. Probably the most powerful 175 in the last 15-20 years or maybe ever. Good hand speed, stamina, good jab, good inside game and good fundamentals.

    Love the LHW division right now though, man just think of the possible match ups if Ward came back.
     
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  2. KiwiMan

    KiwiMan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Maybe Kovalev will eventually fight him ...

    It'd be a big grudge match in Russia.
     
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  3. PolishNavy

    PolishNavy Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Hey Parker fought good against AJ. I underestimated him. He's good.
     
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  4. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Especially when the pie is only peanuts and Beterbiev wants and deserves most of the peanuts.
     
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  5. KiwiMan

    KiwiMan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I underestimated him too.
     
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  6. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    It's absurd. His primes been wasted away after such a promising start.

    Boxing fans got robbed that the big fights with him couldn't be made. He's 33 now. With that style and how much of his game is based off his physicality, he's probably only got 2-3 good years left in him.

    Damn shame. I'd have loved to see what an A class promoter could've done with him.
     
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  7. jquest

    jquest Well-Known Member Full Member

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    We'll just have to cope by watching replays of him destroying Cloud and Campillo
     
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  8. PolishNavy

    PolishNavy Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Adonis Stevenson vs Artur Beterbiev is a blockbuster mega fight and you figure any promoter would do everything in his power to get an event like that made in their lifetime. We got Wilder, GGG, Spence we got superstars in this sport. Time for the matchmakers to raise the bar and make their mark in this sport.
     
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  9. slender4

    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    When did GGG have trouble getting fights?
     
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  10. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Steve Feltham might disagree.....
     
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  11. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    But that's because the potential opponents hardly pull much cash either. Pursebids would otherwise remove that issue entirely. It's their own worth that's as much of the problem.
     
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  12. Farmboxer

    Farmboxer VIP Member Full Member

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    Beterbiev is being blacklisted like Povetkin has been for years, Corrie Sanders was blacklisted for years...............their youth was wasted...............
     
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  13. delboy82

    delboy82 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    well to be fair its not hard to locate "nessie" she is in loch ness !!
     
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  14. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    That narrows it down. Means she's not currently occupying the pond in front of my house at least. :lol:
     
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  15. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Beterbiev vs Loch Ness Monster set for June 2018.
     
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