Beterbiev vs Foster

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    This is just wishful projection on you part ,Berterbiev doesnt look any bigger than other Light Heavies how big did he look against Yarde?
     
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  2. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Go to his next fight and you’ll get it.
     
  3. mcvey

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    Put him up against Archie Moore and Harold Johnson for physique and he would look decidedly average.
     
  4. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    This is a matchup against Bob Foster, the guy with the questionable resume who got crunched by full sized heavyweights (aka modern cruisers).

    P.S. Yarde is huge and still got knocked out.
     
  5. lepinthehood

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    :ohno who did foster fight that had the same bulk as Beterbiev though at 175lbs. Or Moore, or Johnson.
     
  6. lepinthehood

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    Beterbiev has been dropped and hurt a few times though. Usually then he takes his foot off the pedal and boxes.
    Foster would be able to drop Beterbiev a few times.
     
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  7. Richard M Murrieta

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    Bob Foster would have not let Artur Beterbiev close enough to rip him in half, on the contrary Foster was tall and rangy, he would have kept Beterbiev at bay with his long left jab, then would have ended matters with his dynamite left hook by round 9 after Beterbiev is exhausted from eating left jabs for 8 rounds. Foster by TKO 9.
     
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  8. mcvey

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    Im referring to this."Huge neck, traps, torso, and legs"


    What difference does it make? Its irrelevant.
     
  9. lepinthehood

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    neither it is as simple as that. Gvozdyk got ran over and hes a top boxer with good movrment, and sharp power.

    A Jab alone wont control beterbiev, he will need right hands, left hooks. All of it.
     
  10. lepinthehood

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    Well Beterbiev is clearly a very strong and conditioned fighter. Noneck is clearly saying that its hard to keep him off. Like Moore, like Johnson.

    But this is a Beterbiev vs Foster match up. Beterbiev is a big LHW. And not a blown up one. Its functioning sinew and muscle.
     
  11. mcvey

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    He also ko'd heavyweights.Getting beaten by world class ones is hardly a blot on his record.
     
  12. mcvey

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    P4P Beterbiev maybe the hardest puncher around.He hasn't exactly beaten any great opposition yet though, and at his age, I don't see him getting any better.
     
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  13. lepinthehood

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    See koing heavyweight as a heavyweight isnt that impressive if they arent decent level. Beterbiev would stop alot of cruiserweights. And fighters below 210lbs.
     
  14. mcvey

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    And he had them.
     
  15. NoNeck

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    Mauro Mena, Doug Jones, Ernie Terrel...I'd say Beterbiev is better than all three and bigger than at least two of them. And Foster knocked out nobody at heavyweight who mattered.