Would dmitry bivol be a bad matchup for Joe Louis

Bivol would be better than a good amount of the "bum of the month" club level guys and he'll most likely have some moments in the fight. He still loses though.

 

Louis averaged about 202lbs, at weigh in, at his best, which would be around 205lbs by the time he got in the ring (I'm a similar weight and typically weigh c.3lbs more in the evening than the morning).

Bivol claims here - https://www.boxingnews24.com/2023/11/dmitry-bivol-interested-in-moving-down-to-168/ - that 185lbs is the highest he's weighed on fight night. He claimed he was 183lbs in the ring vs Canelo, which, iirc, is in line with his previous documented fight night weights.

 

WTF?

 

I stand corrected on Bivol's weight. Thank you for that link.

 

Bivol is a terrific fighter but in my opinion he was on his way to losing to a forty year old Beterbiev until he started to fad ... I dont see him surviving a prime Louis ...

 

Bivol KO10

 

If an old AB could stagger then so could Louis. Louis by brutal ko.