You cannot give this guy any opportunities. If Kovalev decides to fight this guy, he's going to have to be extremely cautious and approach this guy like he approached Hopkins. He should be non-committal, always keeping his distance and stepping away. If Kovalev's pride gets the best of him, Bieterbiev will knock him out. Fortunately, Kovalev just dealt with a faster opponent who throws from more unpredictable angles, but whose approach during the Kovalev fight was all wrong. I don't think that Bieterbiev has the speed to utilize the approach that Pascal should have used the entire time, but his body attack is impressive. If Kovalev can keep his distance and box this guy smart for 12 rounds, he'll win a decision, but if he lets his ego get the best of him, he gets knocked out. Stevenson has the tools to beat Bieterbiev, but Stevenson seems to have stamina problems and doesn't really have much in his ****nal outside of his left hand. If Bieterbiev can take Stevenson's left hand and/or adjust to it, and attack Stevenson's body, he should win by KO. If Stevenson works on his conditioning and boxes Bieterbiev, in a mostly non-committal fashion, he wins too. However, I think Beiterbiev has a better chance against Stevenson than Kovalev. Although, it wouldn't surprise me if both Bieterbiev and Kovalev beat Stevenson. Still, I'm not completely sold on Kovalev's chin and can see a Stevenson left hand putting his lights out.
Stevenson has ZERO chance against Kovalev, and its quickly looking like the same goes for a fight with Beterbiev. He really doesnt belong in the conversation with these two, other than which one is going to knock him out If Kovalev was that concerned about getting hit from Hopkins then you can bet your ass he would be fighting Beterbiev. Hed be catious as hell and doing a ton of moving against what seems a pretty predictable straight lined trudging forward opponent We dont know about Arturs chin. Hopkins chin is granite, and his defence is phenominal..... what about Arturs? Too many questions at present time
I think Artur needs a few more fights to raise his profile more before there is a mega fight between the two. Let him climb the rankings and kovalev unify and then we can talk about a fight happening between the two. Artur is still raw and not been tested yet so it's hard to say how he would need with Kovalev who has more experience at pro level. Nevertheless It's great to see two fighters who both bring it, in the same division.
Beterbiev is slow and has no defense, that's why I think Kovalev and Pimp knocks him out, but I'm almost sure beterbiev would finish ward, I don't think semi-featherfisted ward would be able to keep beterbiev off him for 12 rounds without getting hurt.
Once you taste the power its over and hes got good technical skills hence the decorated amateur background This guy will beat Kovalev easily if he gets a shot
