Whats next for Dmitry Bivol: Beterbiev (3), Canelo (2), or Benavidez

Canelo has no chance.

 

His KO reel literally says otherwise and Benavidez has NO KO's at 175 at all

 

I posted a fact so nothing can say otherwise.

 

Bivol has one punch knockouts at light heavyweight. David Malignaggi doesn't even have any knockdowns at light heavyweight.

 

You moved the goal posts. I said he only stopped 1 out of his last 12 opponents.

 

lol. It will be Beterbiev. Turki was already starting on it the moment the fight ended.

they’re both going to get another 9 figure offer for a rubber match. Who can turn that down?

after that, Benavidez.

 

The goalpost is Bivol hits harder than Benavidez at 175. Show me Benavidez knocking out a light heavyweight cold with a single right hand like Bivol KO'ed Sullivan Barrera.

 

He has only had 2 fights there. Bivol has only had one knockout in the last 7 years.

 

Bivol is a defensive boxer. If he wanted to just hunt for knockouts and throw defense out of the window he could do that. Thats not because of a lack of power. Gvozdyk is the only career light heavyweight Benavidez has ever punched and he was reacting to the punches of Benavidez like as if a fly was landing on his face. You can't compare that to Bivol who actually has a nice looking KO reel at 175.

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Even at 168 Benavidez was mostly combo punching guys out of there not showing concussive power like this.

 

IMO that should be up to Beterbiev - IF Artur wants the chance to get his revenge (regardless on whether folks think he is a favourite or not) then he deserves his chance.

An underdog, written-off Beterbiev looking for revenge is a dangerous proposition that we have never seen before, evn 6-12 months from now IMO.

What would it do for Artur's legacy to reclaim supremacy at 40+ when everyone thinks he's done?

 

Thats magical thinking though. Beterbiev didn't show anything tangible in this fight that he can deal with how Bivol fights.

 

Quite possibly - but a LOT of people were positing that Bivol couldn't do any better against Beterbiev than he did in the first encounter and that ended up being wrong. He mentioned being looser and having not as much pressure; maybe Artur was tight and feeling the pressure this time around and it affected his showing, feeling like he needed to get the KO etc.

I'm not saying it's likely with Biev another 6-12 months older, but it is possible if he has a lighter camp, and puts all his energies into one last huzzah; it only takes really great body shot or hard right at the point that Bivol is starting to look like wilting (which he did in BOTH fights) for Artur to be able to capitalize.

Key thing for me is it should be up to Beterbiev. Maybe he will not fancy it, but it doesn't seem in his nature.

 

^ This.

I'll be very surprised if it doesn't happen.

 

3rd fight.