Bivol vs Michalczewski, Hearns, Moorer, Calzaghe, Foster, Kovalev, Ward, Qawi

Kovalev maybe

 

Moorer, too much reach and power same with Kovalez who had a far better jab than Beterbiev has and Calzaghe was simply better than Bivol is.

 

He beats Hearns, Michalczewski, Qawi, Calzaghe, and Moorer. Him vs. Kovalev is a toss-up, and Ward is a tough matchup for him.

 

A majority picked Bivol to beat the whole group with even a HW lineal champion not getting 40% of the vote? Bivols overrated.

 

You set up the poll so one could pick all of them if they want to. So the results mean 60% plus thinks Bivol beats everyone you described.

 

He's an elite fighter. He's gonna win some and lose some here depending on the style match up, just like any other guy on this list would.

 

Beating Zurdo is not an accurate assessment of how he would handle a southpaw Calzaghe.

 

Where is Matthew Saad Muhammad on the list? At his best any LHW fight with him would have been life or death!

 

Moorer would beat him at cruiserweight though.

 

No RJJ on the list speaks volumes,as for the list Bivol would likely take a few losses to those fighters mentioned. Bivol has fought 1 LHW Champion in his whole career and even then he aged that fighter out,now in some peoples eyes he’s up there in the mix amongst the ATG of the Division,seriously !

 

I'd pick him against Michalczewski and probably Calzaghe (not a true 175, although I could see Bivol getting outworked). Maybe I'd think about Hearns (better at the lower weights) and Qawi (style might trouble Qawi) as well.

I wouldn't pick him against anyone else, although of course all of those are competitive fights that could go either way. I do feel people have forgotten how far Kovalev fell off, I'm fairly certain a peak Kovalev would have beaten Bivol.

 

It's a really strong list. Bivol beats about 2/3rds of them imo, he's a great fighter.