And he would have given Usyk another great fight had they crossed paths at CW. a pity politics prevented Beterbiev from unifying LHW sooner.
That doesn't make him more skilled. Beterbiev has a better jab, better balance, more lateral movement, shown more counter punching and can cut the ring.
Apart from Bivol and Gvozdyk , Beterbiev's resume is trash. He was rated p4p with his best wins being gvodyk and joe smith.
You don't know anything about boxing. He chased Bivol around for 24 rounds and couldn't cut him off and he is not a counter puncher at all.
Bena hype reminds me of Spence hype. Same promo company, same weight bully stuff. Only thing I can say is Bena tried fighting Canelo, Bivol, and Beterbiev unlike Spence who hid behind promo companies.
The only fan boys here are Beterbiev ones who think he is more skilled than Benavidez. I have just spat facts.
That is a better question. Who woukd win In their primes? Beterbiev woukd win by destructive knock out, although I strongly suspect David woukd never take that fight.
If they fought today I would make Beterbiev the favourite. Benavidez is chilling on holiday and ballooning up in weight while Beterbiev hasn't taken a day out of training ever since the last Bivol fight. Different mindset. Beterbiev is always ready to go.
Beterbiev is ranked higher than Benavidez P4P and has been consistently for the last few years. Let's ignore the experts and overwhelming amount of people giving their opinion and go with the Benavidez Fan Club
Benavidez could have fought Beterbiev in November instead of Yarde. Beterbiev was free and dropped out from the card due to XYZ but he was not injured and was ready to go. There was no politics involved - just a swerve by Team Benavidez
Hah thank you for this. Now that you mentioned it I totally recall that. Bena is even more like Spence than I thought XD
Beterbiev hits hard every punch with precision. Benavidez just winds up and hits as hard as he can catching gloves most of the time.