Dmitry Yuryevich Bivol vs. Gilberto Ramírez Sánchez & Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov vs. Zelfa Barrett RBR.

I'm an expert. I also put pride aside and I'm able to admit that as of right now Bivol is probably too much for Beterbiev.

 

Great post, especially your last point is spot on. Usyk and Bivol are great in every aspect - footwork, combinations, IQ, chin, heart, engine. Masters of the craft.

 

I'd rate Beterviev-Bivol over Spence-Crawfish as the fight l'd like to see.

Beter can beat Bivol...if he gets a clean punch in, he can KO anyone.

 

and one for not needing good luck

 

You could make an argument for that! I thought Zurdo won that 10th, but I guess if you really wanted to you could give it to Bivol

 

It's had a great run... But It will fall to a Caucasoid from the Caucasus in 2023.

 

@tinman, given your criticisms of Lomachenko, and while I'm hardly a cheerleader for the guy, you have to award him at least some credit for trying to put it on Teó in the second half of their bout after the tame showing Zurdo offered in 7–12 tonight (when the onus was squarely upon him to try to change the direction of the fight).

 

In that part of the world they love Olympic and amateur glory.

Hopefully it changes now they see how much money they can make in the West by spanking the best fighters the West has to offer

Lomachenko
Usyk
Bivol
Beterbiev

Look what they all achieved in less than 20 fights.

Incredible

 

I gave Zurdo 3 rounds. And I'm not ashamed to admit it. The 2nd and a couple others, but none
beyond the 8th.

 

An expert doesn't see this. Beterbiev showed he was still in excellent form against Smith. Nothing changes based on tonight. Beterbiev is still the clear favorite.

 

Zurdo so slow that my grand-ma could get past him when he thrown his punch...

 

What? That was a pick'em. Maybe there was a Gvozdyk lean on these pages, I don't recall, but Beterbiev was hardly some big underdog.

 

he was mostly underdog like 40/60 because back then he got no big wins.