Effective, skilled, consistent, and content to dominantly cruise. Doesn't have the style to be a star, but will make stars look bad and beat them. Bellew is out of his mind saying Callum Smith would counter Bivol to death.
Good technical fighter but very one note basic euro style. His combinations are just spamming a bunch of punches rather than selective intelligent punch selection. Predominately a head hunter with no body work. I don't think he is elite just pretty good. It looks like he got hurt to the body vs that UK bum, Benavidez breaks him down and stops him.
What straight to the body? You have no idea what a great body puncher is. Its not Bivol. Its about digging to the body, watch Benavidez vs Andrade to understand. Bivol is pretty one dimensional.
Great boxing ability but not a fan friendly style. Lack of KO as well as a desert weight class will prevent him from becoming a star.
Ask Ginger what he thinks about Dmitry Bivol? lol He's the Man that gave him a real schooling in the art of fisticuffs I don't think he thought he was boring
I think he needs to develop his finishing side. All well and good to use his current style to wear out opponents BUT then he needs to plant his feet, select his punches and change the rhythm. Otherwise hes not fan friendly and you don't need to be in the ring longer than necessary.
Bivol is undersized at 175lbs. He looks small for the weight. It's his "fencing" style with high volume jab and quick feet that lets him dance circles around his opponents Tell you what, a few bodyshots from Beterbiev and Bivol will lose that mobility very quickly