Who will you be rooting for: Dmitry Bivol or Artur Beterbiev?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Perkin Warbeck, Sep 25, 2024.


Who will you be rooting for?

Poll closed Oct 13, 2024.

  1. Dmitry Bivol

    40 vote(s)
    26.1%

  2. Artur Beterbiev

    62 vote(s)
    40.5%

  3. Neither, I'm just hoping for a good fight

    50 vote(s)
    32.7%

  4. I'm not interested in this one

    1 vote(s)
    0.7%
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  1. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Come on now. We both know you have an strong dislike towards him. I'm not so sure that you would stand up for him (and the edit of your post is strong indicator towards this being the case)
     
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  2. IntentionalButt

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

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    Nope. This has absolutely nothing to do with automatically believing all women sight unseen (which I don't, btw - but as you probably full well know that isn't even meant to be taken literally like that...much as BLM is supposed to mean "black lives matter too", not "... matter exclusively" as many of the idiots on that side of the fence pretend to misconstrue it as. The point of #BelieveAllWomen is that claims shouldn't be dismissed and swept under the rug as the matter of course automatic default as it was for generations. Of course merits of accusations should be analyzed on case by case merit and of course there are lying manipulative shrews, but the point is that enough victims over the years have been intimidated into silence that the assumption shouldn't be that a given guy is innocent if it's his word against hers, as it used to be under the good ol' boys club / women shouldn't talk back era. In a he-said she-said, there should be at least a 50% assumption of the possibility of good faith on her side, which historically wasn't the case)

    I've followed the whole thing from the beginning, following both Dmitry and Ekaterina on all their socials, viewing their stories, translating articles from Russian...

    She is very credible, IMO.
     
    IntentionalButt, Oct 12, 2024
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  3. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    When the reality is, nobody knows what actually happened, I dont see why someone would invest too much into the notion that Bivol is some scumbag abuser.

    Without more solid proof, just seems to make sense to file it under 'who knows' and continue on judging him for the character we do have proof of.

    Also that reminds me, the only video Ive seen that the woman manages to capture of Bivols 'abuse' is him trying to leave the house while shes persuing him and their son is clearly looking at her like shes the problem, imo.

    Who knows.
     
    kirk, Oct 12, 2024
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  4. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    I like both fighters.

    I had $1k on Bivol so was rooting for him, hes also younger and likely would provide the sport with more, than AB will, going forward, so in a sense feel it would be better for boxing had he won.

    So I was rooting for Bivol.

    I wont bet on the rematch though, and now that AB has won this Id like for him to retire undefeated, so will be rooting for him in the rematch.
     
    kirk, Oct 12, 2024
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  5. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    Yes. Bivol comes across as a honorable man of strong character. Perhaps the woman is lying, or was provoking him at the time. We should not judge him.

    She comes across as a not-so-nice woman:

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  6. NullaLexInk

    NullaLexInk Sometimes a fella's just gotta be movin' on Full Member

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    Oof. Sorry for the loss man. Got some other good stuff coming up though, hope you can recoup it soon :thumbsup:
     
    NullaLexInk, Oct 12, 2024
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  7. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    Hey thanks man. :beer-toast1:
     
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