I think Beterbiev is a handfull for every LHW out there, although I favor Bivol on points. Kova and Bivol are the only 2 LHW's I favor over him, and I even start to doubt if current Kova still beats him. Beterbiev would probably have disposed of Barrera much earlier as Bivol did, as it is a bad style matchup for Barrera.
At this point (let's assume that Beterbiev now is as good as he was a couple of years ago) I would say Beterbiev wins. But Bivol has been improving with each fight, so time is ticking for Artur.
What about the Nail? Nail's performance against Chilemba and Ghonzalez were probably more impressive than Barrera(only watched highlights). Though I do rate Barrera over them but not by that much.
Yeah, he nailed them and I'm impressed. But against popular opinion I think Gvozdyk isn't among the top3 atm.
I like the Nail. He is a bloody good fighter. I don't he beats the Kov-Bet-Biv trio. That says something about the division when he is the 4th best fighter..and arguably not even that. They have to WBSS that sheit.
Chilemba>Barrera>>Gonzalez Gvozdyk was the only fighter to beat Chilemba and look impressive doing so.
Beterbiev has been way too inactive, his career has been wasted................it would still be on hell of a fight..............