Beterbiev at Cruiserweight.

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  1. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    How do you think Beterbiev would do at Cruiserweight?
     
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    Very well. Briedis would stop him though.

    And a cut like that is going to get BUST UP by a CW.
     
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    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I think he'd wear a bit more muscle well… He has a really thick and dense bone structure .. he'd do well in my opinion , especially seen as cruiserweight is in flux at the moment and just out of a great era.. I could see him picking up a belt there no problem
     
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    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    But I would pay to see that one definitely
     
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  5. Themessiah

    Themessiah El Jefe Full Member

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    He would beat Makabu
     
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  6. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing Aficionado Full Member

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    Beterbiev is not a big light heavyweight, as we saw last night, with Browne being the larger man. Besides, he's getting older.

    There would be no financial sense in him moving up to a division that in North America is less popular than light heavyweight.
     
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    Okolie would knock him out.
     
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    Wouldn't be the man. Outsized and outstrengthed by a few.
     
  9. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Knocks out Makabu. Dorticos fight would end in a knockout either way. Briedis fight would be very interesting. Briedis rough housing style could get him in big trouble if he freely let's Beterbiev work on the inside.
     
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  10. Moonlight

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    Makabu, Briedis, Gassiev all of them knocks him out. He is already a borderline LHW.
     
  11. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I disagree, Beterbiev was clearly outsized by Usyk in the Amateurs and he gave Usyk some of his hardest fights even hurting him with a body shot. We saw that Usyk was big for CW and couldn't be bullied there.
     
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    Yeh what weight was that at. Beterbiev is definitely not a cruiserweight right now. He's as big as he will ever get in his mid 30s, some of the guys at cruiserweight are heavies in waiting. Rehydrate to 210-220lbs. Breidis beats him anyway
     
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  13. CleneloAnavarez

    CleneloAnavarez Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lol. How typical of you. Already hyping him up.

    Bellew already beat him. Beterbiev would flatten him.
     
  14. KiwiMan

    KiwiMan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    In his peak he would have been one of the top cruisers of today's division.

    Now he'd lose to a few of them at least, and he could be upset by a number of others who are not necessarily better than him but have power
     
  15. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    Beats every not named Briedis