What does Bivol need to do to win a rematch?

Bivol fought the perfect fight and still came up a little short. In the rematch there isn't much he can do better. There is little room for improvement here. Bivol didn't get caught clean with a hard shot all night long and yet he was STILL being brutalized and pushed back for the majority of the fight.

The power differential is just too much to overcome. Bivol landed a couple of absolute bombs and Beterbiev hardly moved. Had almost no effect on him. Meanwhile grazing and blocked punches were hurting Bivol.

 

LMAO Beterbiev scorers have such creative imaginations.

 

Bivol’s defense and movement was excellent but was still wilting from the body shots and pressure that Beterbiev brought down the stretch. It’s hard to b100% perfect against a guy like Beterbiev who will always find ways to slow down a fighter and do damage no matter how little it looked. Thats why it would only suit him more to fight fire with fire and become the bull the next time they meet. Canelo did the same where he decided to come forward and push GGG in the rematch and ended up getting the nod.

 

I think there are some things he could rectify / improve on - especially in a couple of places were he over-committed, got greedy and sparked Artur into activity. He head-hunted too much and neglected the body, and didn't vary the jab enough there.

I think much of the rematch will come down to whether Bivol was nervous/intimidated (he seemed twitchy to me and I think that had a bad effect on his stamina - though Artur has to get credit on it as well), and whether he can rectify it in the return. I think if he can be more consistent with a varied jab, avoid over committing, then he could continue to disrupt Artur and fight more at his own tempo and distance.

All maybes, as one has to take into what the other fighter allows the other fighter to implement!

 

This video does a good example of explaining why fighters are so twitchy and use so much energy against AB. They are afraid of his power. They get nervous.

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Yeah I get that, but was more meaning whether having gone the distance removes some of those nerves and maybe keeps him more focussed on holding centre ring and jabbing 1/2 more effectively and less in spurts

 

Eh imo just become more risky: he become overly cautious in the championship rounds and gave too much respect to Artur.
Obv it's easier to say than execute but imo it was that that costed him the fight in front of the last judge (even if i got him winning a close fight/draw)

 

Too much respect for the old man need better legs to survive one punch could finish him.

 

Have a change of location for the fight....with different judges. I am all for helping any one with a disability.....but using the "Blind referees R Us"
is a bit much.

 

Wait he was fighting in a friendly place the crow and the prince were rooting for him I think the Saudi Arabia is safer for him.

 

It was so safe that he got robbed. LOL

 

LOL. Bivol literally said that he was hurt after Beterbiev punched his guard so hard into Bivol's face that it hurt him. He actually said that.

 

He never looked anywhere close to being hurt at any point in the entire fight

 

That's not what Bivol said.

 

Bivol was being courteous. He was clearly never hurt. Why are you trying to lie and act like he was? Thats so pathetic and cheap