Is the Bivol vs Beterbiev 2 card the best of all time ?

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  1. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I see this post on social media today saying its the greatest card of all time and I honestly can't think of many cards that had a stacked card where pretty much every fight is a fight you want to watch.

    Thoughts ?
     
  2. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    yup. Easily the best card i have ever seen.
     
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  3. BCS8

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    what IS the card?
     
  4. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  7. AdamT

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    In memory yes most definitely
    Probably need to go back to the black and white days to rival it

    Long may this continue, boxing fans have suffered for too long

    I'm a much bigger boxing fan than mma, but like both, but boxing politics had .moved me more towards the UFC

    Funny now that boxing is regaining popularity and I think their product has diminished somewhat in recent years. They rarely stack their cards like they used to.

    God Bless Turki and if you aren't looking forward to this card, I don't know what to tell you.
     
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    There's gonna be a special place in heaven for His Excellency Turki Alalshikh!
     
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  9. Izakaya

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    As a Japanese boxing fan while I personally enjoyed the Inoue-Nery Tokyo Dome fight more due to all the emotional attachment, when disregarding specific region targetted cards like that this most likely is one of the best cards ever that can interest global boxing fans and I'm happy for it too. When the "worst" match on it is Shakur vs Schofield or Buatsi vs Smith, you know the card is good.

    However, the even better part of this is that there is actually a viable chance that a card as good or even better could be made later in the year by the hands of Turki again.
     
  10. senpai

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    It could have been 6 different main events
     
  11. 11player

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    Best card ever, hands down
     
  12. Cafe

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    I remember for some time Showtime/Golden Boy had some insane cards round ~2013-15. This definitely seems the most stacked from top to bottom though.
     
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  13. Dynamicpuncher

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    Another reason why I like all these fights in Saudi is because they're on a decent time aswell it's frustrating I can't see alot of the live fights in America because of the time difference.
     
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  14. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    It’s amazing.

    I’ve started buying the PPV’s again.

    I’ve also read that he’s got 7 events planned for this year, with a huge card in December.

    The cards are stacked, they’re even match ups, they’re really cheap, and the times are great.

    It’s unbelievable.

    I only have one minor gripe. And it can’t really be helped. The only issue, is that whoever fights first, is fighting in an empty arena.

    Most of the fans don’t turn up until 4 fights in. And of course that’s their prerogative. But I just wish that Turki could maybe influence a few people to attend earlier.

    I feel for the fighters. Unless they enjoy it, because they don’t feel under as much pressure. I don’t know.

    But looking at this great card, I would hate to see Callum Smith fight in an empty arena, if he’s involved in the first fight of the evening.

    But other than that, it’s absolutely incredible.
     
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  15. drenlou

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    I have seen some good undercards on solid PPV events, but this one is the best one yet. Some PPV fights I remember that had good undercards:

    Chavez vs Taylor II undercard:
    Felix Trinidad vs Yory Boy Campas-IBF Title fight
    Frankie Randall vs Martin Coggi-WBA title fight
    Gabriel Rueles vs Jesse James Leija-WBC Title fight

    Chavez-Randall II undercard:
    Simon Brown-Terry Norris-WBC Title fight
    McCullan-Jackson-1st round KO*
    Azumah Nelson-Jesse James Leija-WBC Title fight

    Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield I
    Michael Moorer-Francois Botha-IBF Title fight
    Henry Akinwande-Alexander Zolkin-WBO Title fight

    Marco Antonio Barerra vs Rocky Juarez II undercard:****
    Joan Guzman-Jorge Barrios
    Israel Vasquez-Jhonny Gonzalez
    Jorge Paez Jr-Derrick Campos* good little 4 round fight.

    The Barerra-Juarez II undercard is a solid number 2 IMO.