Dmitrii Yurievich Bivol vs. Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev & Jai Opetaia vs. Jack Massey RBR.

OK, I'll defer to your greater knowledge of the rules.

If I was reffing, it would be a TKO on account of a punch being thrown and the intended target defence being ineffective in preventing the damage.

That's why I would never be reffing.

 

The reason why Eddie and Frank are so upset and got their knockers in a twist at the result is because they know Ginger won't think of going to 175 now and gone are any chance of him fighting on a Riyadh show.

 

LOL you don't get it. I thought there would be more intelligent discourse but I was wrong. Have a good day.

 

Inactive? Bivol landed more and had more crisp shots. He was actually more active. It's not that he did not land but that Bivol doesn't pack a punch.

 

Yeah, never in the history of the sport has a fight been stopped due to a bruised and swollen eye...

 

I don’t think that was running, he was stepping in and moving out, as is his style, but he actually engaged with Beterbiev more than I expected. Credit to both fighters they treated us there. I’m sure this will play back well for both fighters

 

Guys, we have pro boxing and amateur boxing. The pro ranks is the pain game. If you want to tally up landed up punches and score it based on that then maybe amateur boxing is more your speed.

 

LMAO, says the dumb ass, that the guy that landed more punches in a rnd doesn't win the rnd.

 

The problem with that is that literally one jab can **** your face up. I've seen it so many times. It's just in general not a good indicator.

 

This was a win for Chechnya

 

canelo punches arms and shoulders, which hurt opponents, not because they are scoring blows, but because that opens up holes for scoring blows. if nonscoring blows that hurt opponents counted, canelo would never lose.

 

I had it 8-4 Beterbiev with a number of close rounds so I am close to where the two judges were.

I just didn't think that Nicole did enough to win rounds while mostly being in retreat.

If Beterbiev were younger I think he may have won by stoppage. His gas tank limited him.

 

It's hard to determine the hurt a fighter put on another sometimes. Bivol is just a guy who cares more about avoiding punches so he looks like he's "feeling" the punches more. But that isn't necessarily the case. But no sense in going back and forth about it as it's hardly an exact science.

 

If he is truly afraid of Beterbiev then he wouldn´t have fought Bivol either. A few years back I would have said: "Canelo fought Floyd, Lara, Trout, Golovkin and Jacobs; all of whom were supposed boogeymen for him." But it seems like he is just cashing out at this point.
****, someone like Yarde could be the undisputed champ at 175 and I don´t think Canelo would even entertain the idea.

 

Nicole = Bivol auto correct.