A couple sprint to mind for me:- "The Dictator" : essentially Bivol seems to always dictate every aspect of fights he is in through his execellnt footwork and distance management. Go back and watch the first 30 seconds of Arthur, Zurdo and Canelo. Bivol dictates the engagement from the get go very early in the fight, and very rarely lets his opponent change things much. "Cruise Control" : a bit of a backhanded compliment this one, as Bivol always seems to be coasting - and I'm sure he isn't, it just comes across that way due to his effortless & fluid style
From November 2014. Dmitry Bivol: A Kold Wind Blows From Kyrgyzstan-The Light Heavyweight Tokmok Buffalo.
Dmitry "The Win is More Important Than KOs" Bivol Dmitry "Stick To The Gameplan" Bivol Dmitry "Fans Can Suck My Eggs" Bivol
Bivol's title defences which went the distance Pascal - best LHW chin of his generation. Fought everyone only stopped x 2, by a prime murderous punching Krusher and he finished on his feet both times and has only been dropped a couple of times Chilemba - fought everyone, only been stopped once in his career, on arm injury against Gvozdyk. Think he's only been dropped by Kovakev and Vlasov Joe Smith Jr. has only legitimately been stopped once by the murderous punching Beterbiev Clenelo, Zurdo, Salamov, and Richards have never been stopped or even dropped AFAIA There are only five combined stoppage losses on all those fighter's records Two of them were injury related: Broken jaw, arm injury So there are only three legitimate stoppage losses on all those fighters records ie. not injury related and all three of them came at the savagely powerful hands of prime Krusher and Beterbiev Rivera has subsequently been stopped by Callum Smith and Arthur had been previously stopped by Yarde who is a massive LHW and a very big puncher. Bivol did floor both of them but couldn't stop them. Arthur only turned up to play defence and survive and he threw very few punches Bivol 181 - Pascal 188 Bivol 184 - Chilemba 189 Bivol 180 - Agnew 186 Joe Smith weighed 188 against B-Hop Zurdo weighed 196 and 204 for LHW fights Salamov looked massive compared to Bivol Richards looked a weight class bigger So did Arthur to me Pretty much all of them were or looked bigger sans Clenelo So whilst it's true that Bivol hasn't scored a stoppage win in a long time it's a bit deceptive because he's fought a lot of very tough durable men who either haven't been stopped before or very rarely have been and when they were it was at the hands of some of the hardest punchers in the sport or very big punchers and almost all of them were heavier or much heavier than Bivol too It's not like he's on the back foot and running and holding all night or only throwing a handful of shots per round. He's very aggressive, busy and he throws a lot of shots