Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev vs Oleksandr Sergeevich Gvozdyk next Friday!

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Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

  1. Beterbiev Decision

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  2. Beterbiev KO

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  3. Draw

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  4. Gvozdyk Decision

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  5. Gvozdyk KO

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  1. twopiece

    twopiece Pugilistic Ambassador Full Member

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    What a fight this one has the potential to be. My one wish is that the winner receives his rightful credit as being one of the very best in all of professional boxing.

    I like them both a lot... but I'm expecting a Gvozdyk win (via UD or late TKO) for various reasons. This fight will tell us whether Beterbiev's previously inactive stint has served as a derailment. Both fighters are very good at what they do, but it just seems like it might be The Nail's time.

    A Beterbiev victory would put him in position to call out the Kovalev-Canelo winner (which hopefully ends up being Sergey)... then the winner of that fight vs Bivol would be the last obstacle en route to Undisputed. Of course, it won't end up being that simple.
     
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  2. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    'After the Usyk fight I was back in Canada for one night and then straight on to Philadelphia to work with Artur Beterbiev and his team for his light heavyweight unification fight against Oleksandr Gvozdyk, which takes place on Friday.

    I've heard that this fight isn't even being screened on UK TV and I tell you something, I just don't get that. Sometimes the boxing world just baffles me.

    Here you have two undefeated world champions in a unification fight - it's exactly the sort of fight the critics of boxing say doesn't happen. And when it does happen it just isn't gaining the traction you would expect. I have no idea why. Why would anyone not want to watch this fight? I mean it's a guy with a 100 per cent KO ratio against a guy with 14 KOs out of 17 fights. Why would you not want to broadcast this fight? It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. I'm at a loss to explain how this can happen.

    It's a dangerous fight for Artur. Gvozdyk is a helluva fighter, a skilled technician. His win against Adonis Stevenson was massive. Beterbiev will be on a seek and destroy mission like he always is and this fight has the makings of a riveting fight. It could be a short fight but one of the most explosive of the year - it has that potential.

    We're confident that Beterbiev has the edge in the power department and that could be crucial. If you compare the two fighters by all the various boxing criteria then Gvozdyk might come out ahead in a lot of them, but that crushing power Beterbiev has is a great equaliser.

    We arrived on Monday and Beterbiev is ready. Getting his weight down without any trouble is the last hurdle and then we're ready to go. Everything he has worked on in his training camp will hopefully come into play on Friday night and I can't wait!'

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    Serge, Oct 17, 2019
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  3. Serge

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  4. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What channel is this gonna be on in the UK?
     
    Minotauro, Oct 17, 2019
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  5. CST80

    CST80 Liminal Space Autochthon Staff Member

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    Is it just me, or does Beterbiev look a little gaunt?
     
    CST80, Oct 17, 2019
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  6. CST80

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    Regular ESPN.
     
    CST80, Oct 17, 2019
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  7. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    thanks, weird its not coming up on my tv guide.
     
    Minotauro, Oct 17, 2019
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  8. Serge

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    He does. I think they'll probably both weigh about the same in the ring tomorrow night but Gvozdyk looks healthier there.
     
    Serge, Oct 17, 2019
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  9. Goose

    Goose Russian oligarch Full Member

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    So not on ESPN+ app?
     
    Goose, Oct 17, 2019
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  10. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Usyk v Gassiev mark II? Or Gassiev v Dorticos mark II? Or neither?
     
    Liquorice, Oct 17, 2019
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  11. CST80

    CST80 Liminal Space Autochthon Staff Member

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    Nope. Regular ESPN at 10pm US ET.
     
    CST80, Oct 17, 2019
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  12. Angler Andrew

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    I thought the same about em both.I'd love to know their weight on fight night?
     
    Angler Andrew, Oct 17, 2019
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  13. Angler Andrew

    Angler Andrew Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Probably neither although you never know as Beterbiev has always struggled to get big fights as a pro and I guess it's possible the Nail makes him look a little one dimensional?
    Gassiev was fancied against Usyk but ran into a stylistic nightmare.
     
    Angler Andrew, Oct 17, 2019
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  14. Angler Andrew

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    This fight is for the purists imo.Skill wise this ought to be one of the boxing highlights of the year.
     
    Angler Andrew, Oct 17, 2019
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  15. drenlou

    drenlou Tres Delinquentes Full Member

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    Going with the nail on this one! This is an excellent fight for sure!
     
    drenlou, Oct 17, 2019
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