If Beterbiev beats Joe Smith in June

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  1. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Do you think Bivol will make the unification match with Beterbiev before Canelo GGG 3 happens?

    Perhaps the strategy from Team Canelo is to fight GGG in September to allow Bivol vs Beterbiev to occur before he rematches Bivol, so by the time he rematches Bivol (maybe not until next May now) it could be for Undisputed at LHW and he wouldn't have to fight Beterbiev to become Undisputed at LHW.

    If Bivol beats Beterbiev then Bivol would be coming off a war and it may be eaiser for Canelo to beat a wounded Bivol.
     
  2. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    So you're aware of the potential chess playing Canelos team is doing with his match making and you aren't ashamed ?
     
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  3. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I don't know. What do you think? Is it smarter for Team Canelo to fight GGG in September and wait to rematch Bivol until perhaps after he unifies with Beterbiev. Because Bivol has made statements after the Canelo fight saying that he wants to fight Beterbiev more than he wants to rematch Canelo. So if Beterbiev is victorious vs Joe Smith, would you expect Bivol vs Beterbiev to be signed before Canelo GGG happens in September?
     
  4. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    You'll still be scoring the second round by Sept anyway
     
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  5. drenlou

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    I hope so, but Greedy Bob may get in the way of that.
     
  6. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I just don't get the sense that Bivol really wants to move down to 168 and challenge Canelo for Undisputed at SMW, at least not until he fights Beterbiev at 175 which seems to be his priority now. But the longer he waits and stays at 175, then probably the harder it will be for him to make 168. In 1 or 2 more years Bivol may be more of a full fledged 175-lber than he is now.

    In which case the Canelo Bivol rematch will have to at 175 and for Undisputed, so what this means is that Canelo may have an easier path to Undisputed at 175 than he would have, and he wouldn't have to risk his Undisputed SMW Titles vs Bivol at 168.
     
  7. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think Bivol would definitely rematch Smith if he were to take out Beterbiev but I'm not so sure he just wouldn't wait for the Canelo rematch if Canelo beats GGG which he should.
     
  8. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    I think Bivol fights Beterbiev before you finish scoring the Bivol Canelo fight.
     
  9. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    Hey, man. I usually disagree with you on most things Clenelo, but I do agree that Clenelo could have easily been up 3-0/4-0 against Bivol.













































































    Note: this is an April Fool's joke from the future (4/1/23)
     
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  10. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Is it that important that I score Canelo Bivol? I mean what's the point of scoring it just to score it? If I score it and give rounds 2-4 to Canelo, you'll just disagree with me over it and claim that I'm biased. I'm not sure if it's worth it to go through it again, it could become very time consuming and lead to more pointless arguments especially if we disagree and want to argue over if certain punches landed.

    I'm pretty satisfied at where I left Round 1 at, I feel no real need to go through the other rounds unless you can convince me why I should.
     
  11. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Are you a time traveler?
     
  12. exocet76

    exocet76 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What if Beterbiev beats Bivol?
    Does Canelo have the stones to take on Beterbiev?
    I think he stays at 168....
     
  13. Cletis VanDamme

    Cletis VanDamme Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bivol was so dominant and Canelo so poor that even the corrupt judges couldn't give him more than 5 rnds. Give it up already.
     
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  14. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Is it worth it to argue with people like you who say he was so dominant about rounds 1-4? Probably just a waste of time, you can't fix stupid.
     
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  15. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    It doesn't take longer than 3 minutes per round.

    If you're going to comment on the scoring of the fight, you should atleast score the fight.
     
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