Dmitrii Yurievich Bivol vs. Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev

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The Beast or The Beast?

Poll closed Oct 12, 2024.

  1. Bivol on points

    69 vote(s)
    35.2%

  2. Bivol by stoppage

    12 vote(s)
    6.1%

  3. Draw

    1 vote(s)
    0.5%

  4. Beterbiev on points

    6 vote(s)
    3.1%

  5. Beterbiev by stoppage

    108 vote(s)
    55.1%
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  1. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bivol winning by KO or Beterbiev winning by UD also wouldn't be out of the question. It's hard to know how this fight will really end, that's how close of a fight it is. This Saturday can't come soon enough.
     
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  2. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I'm sticking with Beterbiev via late stoppage but the fact he's fighting the fastest and best defensive fighter of his career four months before he turns 40 and Bivol is obviously much younger and fresher and is in the midst of his prime makes this a much more even affair than I previously thought.

    Beterbiev isn't slow but I see this as being very competitive unless Bivol's speed advantage is able to keep him one step ahead all night or unless Beterbiev doesn't have a problem landing with relative consistency in the first half of the fight. If he can Bivol has big problems
     
    Serge, Oct 9, 2024
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  3. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I'm looking forward to this one about as much as I've looked forward to any great match up I've seen, squire

    We sure are.
     
    Serge, Oct 9, 2024
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  4. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    I only see 2 outcomes. Bivol by decision or Beterbiev by KO.
     
    drenlou, Oct 9, 2024
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  5. Arch Stanton

    Arch Stanton When you have to shoot, shoot!, don't talk...... Full Member

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    Throw in the decent undercard too, and it's gonna be a 2-3 bottles rather than 1-2 night for me.


    ;)
     
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  6. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    :lol: Yes, I'm looking forward to some of the fights on the undercard and I might have a little tipple too, squire
     
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  7. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    I picked Bivol on points?
     
    turbotime, Oct 9, 2024
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  8. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Apparently. I used to be able to edit poll end dates (and consequently reopen them) but as of this recent forum update a month or two ago that messed with a lot of user privileges in a variety of glitchy ways - gave some people the ability to see the private mod forum, etc. - that's no longer the case. So you're locked in, whatever you voted prior to its original cutoff date in June. :nusenuse:
     
    IntentionalButt, Oct 9, 2024
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  9. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    I take back the woman beating comments and rolling with it then :ibutt
     
    turbotime, Oct 9, 2024
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  10. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Bivol is far from impossible to tag either. He's been hit with looping shots many times from far inferior opponents to Beterbiev. If he gets caught with those looping temple shots with any real consistency he's screwed.
     
    UnleashtheFURY, Oct 9, 2024
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  11. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    Can someone confirm the actual US start time for the main undercard? Is the ringwalk for the main event really 5pm London time?
     
    FrankinDallas, Oct 9, 2024
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  12. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Glitch is fixed, poll reopened.
     
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  13. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Watching this in the US is so weird. Undercard is on DAZN, main event is on ESPN+. What in the actual ****?

    I have both because that's basically required to watch boxing in the US (seems you Brits have it easier), but, seriously, what kind of weird **** is that?
     
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  14. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    I am so excited. This is incredible. It's actually about to happen soon. I have not been this amped for a fight since the first Kovalev Ward fight. I love Artur Beterbiev, Sergey Kovalev and Manny Pacquiao. This is a big ****ing deal for me.
     
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  15. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    WHAT US TIME IS THE MAIN EVENT!
     
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