He said that after he beats Bivol, he may move up to CW. I think right now he will beat everybody there, maybe apart from Briedis. ( If he is not aged, we will see in july.) What do you think ?
He would do excellent, as we already know factually that the power would carry up. But there are a couple of good champs in Breidis and Okolie. Apparently Goulmarian is pretty good too. He should unify with Bivol, start with Makabu at cruiser, and have the tough matches later.
Hopefully Okolie will **** off up to heavyweight soon so he can't subject anyone else to his octopus style that corrupt British refs permit. Beterbiev vs Briedis would be a great fight, they are virtually the same age and the size difference isn't that big. Beterbiev would probably feel that he had something to prove and would want to do a better job than Usyk, preserve the KO record. But Briedis is bigger and a top fighter in his own right. Very interesting fight.
He scored a lot of stoppages when he campaigned at HW in the amateurs (HW in the ams = CW in the pros) despite weighing at least a stone below the HW limit. Stoppages are obviously rarer in the amateurs than pros 2012 Chemistry Cup (Halle, GER) 1st place 91KG Won against Wang Xuanxuan (CHN) AB 3rd round in the final; Won against Julio Castillo (ECU) 14:5 in the semi-final; Won against Elber Passos (BRA) RSC 3rd round in the quarter-final; Won against Johann Witt (GER) 14:9 in the first preliminary round 2012 International Team Tournament (Almaty, KAZ) 1st place 91KG Won against Aleksey Sevostyanov (KAZ) AB 2nd round; Won against Suliman Abdourachidov (FRA) WO; Won against Manpreet Singh (IND) RSC 3rd round 2011 AIBA World Championships (Baku, AZE) 5th place 91KG Lost to Oleksandr Usyk (UKR) 17:13 in the quarter-final; Won against Djakhon Kurbanov (TJK) AB 2nd round in the second preliminary round; Won against Mario Heredia (MEX) AB 1st round in the first preliminary round 2011 Umakhanov Memorial Tournament (Makhachkala, RUS) 1st place 91KG Won against Jose Angel Larduet (CUB) WO in the final; Won against Abdulkadir Abdullayev (AZE) 11:3 in the semi-final; Won against Reza Moradkhani (IRN) RSCI 1st round in the quarter-final 2011 Russian National Championships 1st place 91KG Won against Abdulkhamid Nurmagomedov (RUS) 15:4 in the final; Won against Arbi Madayev (RUS) WO in the semi-final; Won against Spartak Bakhtiyarov (RUS) AB 2nd round in the quarter-final 2011 Great Silk Way Tournament (Baku, AZE) 1st place 91KG Won against Teymur Mammadov (AZE) WO in the final; Won against Vasiliy Levit (KAZ) 3:0 in the semi-final; Won against Sarkhan Jabbarov (AZE) KO 1st round in the quarter-final 2010 Russian National Championships 2nd place 91KG Lost to Pavel Nikitayev (RUS) 12:3 in the final; Won against Abdulkhamid Nurmagomedov (RUS) AB 2nd round in the semifinal; Won against Pavel Shulskiy (RUS) WO in the quarterfinal
