Oleksandr Oleksandrovych "The Cat" Usyk vs. Artur Asilbekovich "The Beast" Beterbiev amateur trilogy

Beterbiev said he weighed 83kg or 83kg something when he campaigned up at HW and fought Usyk so like 183-184lbs and 16-17lbs below the division limit

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But even though he was greatly undersized at that weight, and much better suited to LHW, he still managed to stop a lot of his opponents when campaigned up there

2012 Chemistry Cup (Halle, GER) 1st place 91KG Won against Wang Xuanxuan (CHN) AB 3rd round in the final; Won against Julio Castillo (ECU) 14:5 in the semi-final; Won against Elber Passos (BRA) RSC 3rd round in the quarter-final; Won against Johann Witt (GER) 14:9 in the first preliminary round
2012 International Team Tournament (Almaty, KAZ) 1st place 91KG Won against Aleksey Sevostyanov (KAZ) AB 2nd round; Won against Suliman Abdourachidov (FRA) WO; Won against Manpreet Singh (IND) RSC 3rd round
2011 AIBA World Championships (Baku, AZE) 5th place 91KG Lost to Oleksandr Usyk (UKR) 17:13 in the quarter-final; Won against Djakhon Kurbanov (TJK) AB 2nd round in the second preliminary round; Won against Mario Heredia (MEX) AB 1st round in the first preliminary round
2011 Umakhanov Memorial Tournament (Makhachkala, RUS) 1st place 91KG Won against Jose Angel Larduet (CUB) WO in the final; Won against Abdulkadir Abdullayev (AZE) 11:3 in the semi-final; Won against Reza Moradkhani (IRN) RSCI 1st round in the quarter-final
2011 Russian National Championships 1st place 91KG Won against Abdulkhamid Nurmagomedov (RUS) 15:4 in the final; Won against Arbi Madayev (RUS) WO in the semi-final; Won against Spartak Bakhtiyarov (RUS) AB 2nd round in the quarter-final
2011 Great Silk Way Tournament (Baku, AZE) 1st place 91KG Won against Teymur Mammadov (AZE) WO in the final; Won against Vasiliy Levit (KAZ) 3:0 in the semi-final; Won against Sarkhan Jabbarov (AZE) KO 1st round in the quarter-final
2010 Russian National Championships 2nd place 91KG Lost to Pavel Nikitayev (RUS) 12:3 in the final; Won against Abdulkhamid Nurmagomedov (RUS) AB 2nd round in the semifinal; Won against Pavel Shulskiy (RUS) WO in the quarterfinal

Russ Anber saying that selectors for the Russian national team, and I've heard this before, wouldn't give the Olympic LHW slot to Beterbiev. Hence why he ended up taking the HW one instead

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cMMqynJiUeU

But Usyk is 220lbs now and Beterbiev isn't as big as many believe he is. I would be surprised if he came in anywhere near 200lbs if he fought Usyk at HW. He's not even coming in at 190 at LHW AFAIA

Age is also against Artur here

 

I'd favour him but Beterbiev gave him three really hard fights for a reason despite the weight disparity between them at HW. When Beterbiev fought Michael ''The Bounty'' Hunter Jr., who spent most of his senior career up at SHW battling giants like Fury, Cammarelle, Timuziev among others, Hunter was the one who was looking uncomfortable in the final round trying to deal with his aggression and power and he was the one who holding and spoiling. So it can't be a coincidence that Beterbiev is able to cause all these excellent much heavier fighters so many problems.