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Saturday’s rematch between undisputed gentle heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol has up to now didn’t generate that spark to get followers as excited in comparison with their first struggle final October in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The struggle isn’t getting the identical buzz.
There’s an absence of drama lacking between Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) and the previous WBA 175-lb champion Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) within the build-up to their rematch this Saturday, February twenty second on the Kingdom Area.
Lacking Spark
– Bivol’s non-crowd-pleasing efficiency within the first struggle– No controversy– Lack of trash-talking– Too many compelling fights on the undercard
The earlier struggle was fairly boring as a result of Bivol wouldn’t stand and struggle and was on the run from the seventh spherical on. Beterbiev was chasing Dmitry across the ring and was held continually at any time when he obtained shut. It was a boring struggle to observe, however not due to Beterbiev.
Bivol’s Type
It might have been higher if Turki Alalshikh had nixed the thought of a Beterbiev-Bivol rematch and as an alternative matched Beterbiev towards David Benavidez or David Morrell. Both of these guys would generate much more pleasure from followers than utilizing Bivol once more, who fights quite a bit like Shakur Stevenson. That’s not a mode that followers need to see.
Many boxing followers don’t get pleasure from watching fighters who refuse to have interaction and maintain quite a bit. That’s how Bivol fought for the final seven rounds. In interviews for the rematch, Bivol says he needs to maneuver extra. Listening to that makes it unimaginable to get excited a couple of second struggle. Some individuals like watching defensive fighters, however not sufficient, sadly.
“Even when we were on the national team, we didn’t talk too much. We were in different weight classes, but we were not like friends or something,” mentioned Dmitry Bivol to Boxing King Media about whether or not he might be pals with Artur Beterbiev after they struggle on Saturday evening. “We had a unique group of pals. I revered him as a result of he was #1 on the Nationwide crew.
“I was looking at how he was training because he was older and he was #1,” mentioned Bivol.
