Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev vs Dmitrii Yurievich Bivol II & Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Israil Madrimov RBR.

Outstanding fight from both of these two future hall of famers. Can't wait for the third fight.

 

Sky Sports lying through their teeth

Beterbiev didn't refuse to shake Bivol's hand. They were talking after the fight and Bivol and Beterbiev just had a simple exchange and smiled at each other.

 

Personally scored it 7-5 to Beterbiev, but I am so happy Bivol won just to spite that c word. So glad Bivol is up now.

 

Most annoying guy on the screen any time he shows up

 

Bivol boxed very well but I think the biggest shift in the fight happened when Beterbiev couldn't keep up the same pace after round 6. He got tired. I didn't expect that from Beterbiev but at the same time he is 40. Once that happened, Bivol started banking in rounds. Beterbiev tried to come on late but it wasn't enough. Those middle rounds cost him the fight similar to Bivol losing all of the championship in the first fight costing him.

 

He clearly doesn't have the stamina anymore, he had to take several rounds off in this fight to get through it whereas the younger Beterbiev was relentless. He is not the same fighter anymore and should call it a day.

 

Nah. No way Beterbiev won this.

 

You gotta love Beterbiev. He really didn't care about losing his 0. I wouldn't say he's taking the L gracefully, he just doesn't really care. That's amazing considering this era and everyone hanging onto their 0's.

 

Probably not a popular opinion but I do agree. Especially if you're of the opinion, like I am, that Bivol beat Beterbiev twice.

 

WOW
I can’t wait to see this as I backed the wrong guy

 

Is she actually lol

 

honestly, this’ll probably go down as the greatest LHW trilogy battle. Just incredible.

 

High level stuff from Beterbiev too, he's 40 years old and is still an elite fighter.

 

Think about it.. Beterbiev who is Russian knocks everyone out and is considered the "Sledge Hammer" until Bivol another Russian stands in front of him and takes his best shots while still pulling off the win on the judges cards. Great fight! Hats off to both fighters and thanks to Bivol for as of now I'm up some coin.

 

Benavidez. Betebiev vs Bivol has become a "will he get robbed" drama, that's the only interesting thing in the fight. Will bivol be robbed again or not?. Bivol is the better fighter, that's all, it seems pretty clear imho.

Nevertheless, Bivol (one of the best p4p fighters imho) needs every single bit of his boxing IQ and a flawless strategy to win to a 40 yo man. I've see PED users performing physically worse than beterbiev at his 40.