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

So you think just because he could not KO Bivol, he can't do it with Jai, who is open to be punched ? And what about his size ? Is he bigger than Callum Smith ? Beterbiev was at CW and he is used to fight bigger guys.

Beterbiev needs new challenge and that AUS hypejob is perfect for him.

 

116-112 isnt that crazy

even if bivol won 116-112 that wouldn't have been that crazy.
the judges agreed on 10 of the 12 rounds. Bivol was clearly winning the fight but then lost 3 of the last 4 rounds. I thought he was going to nick it but gave beterbiev the edge

115-113 I felt it was close and the auro of beterbiev winning by ko would have made it too hard for him to win on the cards. if they rematch bivol can adjust

 

I don’t agree, it needs a replay. He can’t leave question marks. Beterbiev v bivol two is absolutely nailed on, I will bet on that and al even sheik on it

 

Keep crying. Beterbiev isn't even a draw lmao. Your narrative is totally ******ed.

 

It's hard to argue with this logic. It definitely had the feel of a "gift" decision for Artur. I wouldn't call it a robbery but I think we can say confidently that AB definitely got the benefit of the doubt.

 

He took rounds off so that he could prepare for rounds 11 and 12.

 

Put it this way, its quite disrespectful to Bivol for this fight to not at least be a draw. Beterbiev dominated the last 2 rounds but to give Bivol only 4 rounds is wild

 

Yeah I didn’t see that either not even close, his stamina was insane

 

He isn't a draw but there's an elephant in the room that we must consider. Artur Beterbiev is a devout Muslim who praises Allah. The fight was in Saudi Arabia home of the birthplace of Islam. You do the math. He definitely had a "religious" hometown advantage. I can't say I'm shocked that he got a decision that many watching thought he lost.

 

He was all over Bivol in the 10th tbf the most dominant round for either fighter in the whole fight

 

^^^Case in point about naive people. As if they were going to let Bivol control all belts for the next several years,

 

I’m not sure that’s what happened here, it’s not a robbery but it’s not the correct decision

 

Saudi Arabia is ultimately cosmopolitan when it comes to major events like this. They had a female fight and provacative Western music, not to mention Bivol is dating an Arab woman currently.

 

Compubox had AB landing only 1 more punch in Round 10 : Beterbiev 10/70, Bivol 9/27. From memory, the 11th seemed to be a more dominant round for AB than Round 10 IIRC.

One thing is clear is that Beterbiev threw a ton more punches than Bivol but at least according to Compubox they ended up landing about the same amount of punches. But the sense I got that was Bivol was working much harder throughout the fight, at least until the late rounds. Due mostly to his movement but also Bivol seemed to be loading up on shots more than Beterbiev was.

 

The casuals and boxing establishment was pulling for Bivol. You are beyond ******ed.