I had Bivol up by 2 going into the 11th and 12th. Both of which I scored for Beterbiev. Final score, a draw. To your point, several of the early rounds could have gone either way. Change one round and the outcome is changed.
Harder to score is an interesting concept. I feel like the path to a Bivol victory is much easier than the path to a Canelo victory, which conversely means the Bivol v Beterbiev fight is harder to score. I think. I still need to watch Canelo v GGG 3
I was the original Jabbr AI GGG whooped Canelo https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...otal-punch-stats-unique-punch-scoring.669517/
This! GGG got robbed in the 1st fighting on the front foot, so in the return, he fought beautifully on the back foot - in some ways similar to Bivol, except GGG never went passive and finished the fight much stronger than Bivol did. I had the first fight 116-112 (maybe 115-113 if being generous to Canelo) to GGG, but had the 2nd 117-111.