Even though I thought Bivol won we must remember Beterbiev is 40 coming off a knee injury

Bivol doesn't make it out of round 9 against a prime AB. Couldn't even beat a 40 year old AB. The difference maker is the power. Bivol doesn't punch hard enough.

 

Had Beterbiev winning anyway but the only reason this was close is because Beterbiev is an old man lol

33 year old Beterbiev vs 39 year old Bivol, just imagine.

 

Beterbiev was off his game tonight, definitely.

 

that may be the case, but bivol did outbox biev TONIGHT.

 

I didn't see the knee affecting him one bit. He was marching forward like usual and fighting like usual.

Bivol has really good defense and didn't allow Beterbiev to land much. And yes, Bivol outboxed him and should have won the fight.

 

I'm gonna go even more far and say he didn't look THAT faded either

 

Only reason it went 12.

 

Beterbiev won anyway, but a prime version without injury would smash him to pieces. He wouldn't hear the final bell

Bivol came close to aging him out. Maybe next year he will finally be old enough

 

beterbiev didnt look much different to me. He looked as good as ever in his last fight against callum smith. He just fought an opponent with stellar defense and movement this time

 

It was the opponent.

 

40 year old Beterbiev outboxed the "master" boxer. Almost more satisfying than a KO would have been.

 

Off his game, nearly 40 and still beat Bivol. And didn't need a KO to do it. Make that make sense.

 

Like I said for years that whole Mayweather stuff only works in the lower weight classes. It's hard to rely totally on your boxing skills at 175 plus. If you can't bang a little bit at the higher weights then you are in trouble against the elites of the division.