Bivol isn't P4P #10

Agreed, 175 is no place for Canelo. I applaud him for taking the challenge and I didn't drop him on my p4p list after losing at 175 for that reason. But I'm not giving Bivol a ton of credit for beating a guy he had no business losing to and I said he would beat easily years ago.

Similar to my feelings on Spence. He was never top 10 p4p for me. His has a very similar resume to Bivol.

 

With all due respect, it's based on whatever the person ranking boxers chooses to base it on. P4P is all fanfic at the end of the day. I have Bivol in the top 5-10 based on what he looks like when he's fighting. Are we going to pretend Bud isn't up there too, because his resume is a little thin? Or that Pacquiao was top 5 P4P when he retired because of his achievements?

 

Throw this ****ing idiot out
His name ain't down
So how the **** as he got in

 

Bivol is for sure in the top ten P4P.

 

Bivol has beaten Canelo, Ramirez, Smith, Pascal, Chilemba & Barrera in 21 fights... with ease.. hes every inch p4p... scoff at LHW Canelo all u want .. I have my criticisms but he has the balls to challenge himself unlike Crawford who walks around as a f****** CW.. Canelo weighs over 190lbs.. to say he's too small is a lie, short yes but more than capable of looking ripped & being a world class LHW fighter.. Hed brutalise weight grifter Spence.. They aren't even comparable those wins.. Canelo was ranked p4p #1 & the favourite to win.. his career shits all over Spence.. who isn't even the same Spence these days anyway... in fact there's actually not much size difference between Bivol , Spence and Crawford yet two of em are f****** WWs.. i know which one I would consider more the essence of p4p..

 

Beterbiev beat better guys than Bivol at 175. Bivol can't be P4P before Beterbiev.

 

The way he dismantled Zurdo was impressive tbh. Who’s done Zurdo like that?

 

From the Ring perspective? There is no way he is outside of it. Canelo was the pound for pound #1 at the time Bivol beat him, having just unified the 168 with relative ease. Bivol dismantled him on foreign soil, and he is by no means a big light-heavyweight, being comfortable coming down to the super-middle to take Saul's belts. Some okay wins in Pascal, Barrera, Smith, and adding the surgery on undefeated Zurdo (a colossal southpaw, essentially a cruiserweight; failed to make weight by an outrageous amount in his next fight) sealed the deal.

Without the Beterbiev win, there is no talk of him contesting for higher spots, but him being in is fair. A lot of P4P resumes outside of the big trio in Crawford, Usyk, and Inoue (Bud's is a little bit shaky as well) falls apart under scrutiny.

 

Canelo is garbage at 175. Zurdo is garbage period and looked like it in his previous fights, slow with no defense. Smith is average and Pascal was 40. Bivol is good but he is still a basic euro stiff. A real high level fighter will beat him imo. Benavidez will fold him in half in the next few years if Bivol dares fight him. Apparently he got beat up in sparring by David.

 

Bivol had a fine year last year schooling both Ginger and Zurdo. I love watching him fight - so slick.

But he's inactive. And might not even fight this year so has certainly fallen down p4p.

Activity is important.

 

this really the correct answer Bivol getting a lot of hyped mainly due to Canelo having the most haters, but Beterbiev is the guy with the better resume the 100% KO ratio and unified 3 titles he should be p4p top 10 over Bivol easy

 

Bivol and Beterbiev are both top 7 p4p