How would you compare Dimitry Bivol to Billy Conn?

I've always felt there were some definite similarities. I think Conn's style had a touch more rawness to it & he was more ready/willing to mix it up, both to his credit & detriment.

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Conn is an all time great...

 

Conn is better than Bivol, that's my comparison

 

Dmitri would school him and beat him.
Dmitri by KO.

 

LOL No disrespect but GOD NO Conn would toy with Bivol.

 

There's slim to none chance Bivol beats him indeed, Conn is a birth child of Marvin Johnson and John Conteh.

 

Well and I don’t want to be the “old timers >” guy in every match up, but boxing in Conn’s day was pretty much as good as it got he had a near perfect environment for building fighters. BILLY CONN does everything, everything better than Bivol he’d treat DB like a cat pawing around with a mouse BIVOL is an Olympian who makes cash in the pros, Conn laughed at Gold watches and was a PRO to his marrow.

 

Source: i saw it in a dream

 

Hey, that's supposed to be my line!

 

The source is my eyes and it looks obvious, Bivol would be slapped around by Bivins, Charles, Conn and Moore NO DOUBT.

 

And you think 10-15 minutes of footage total is enough to say for sure Conn was better then Bivol? Unless you have some footage hidden away in that case I and most of the people here would love to see it!

 

To actually answer the thread and not just poke fun at old timers;
I would say Bivol is much better fighting on the outside much better jab, much better footwork, much better at keeping distance etc. What Conn is better at I would say is fighting on the inside he is much more vicious and was even giving Louis trouble there (before getting caught and knocked out) and much better at typing up and using the clinch which Bivol admittedly is not very good at. Also in terms of defense Conn tends to use footwork and head movement to avoid punches while Bivol uses distance control and his high guard to do that so hard to say what's better I think that's up to personal taste.