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Dmitry Bivol hopes to avenge his loss this Saturday when he challenges Artur Beterbiev for his undisputed gentle heavyweight championship of their rematch on February twenty second on the Kingdom Area in Riyadh.
Followers imagine there shouldn’t be a rematch as a result of Bivol confirmed that he didn’t have the center to battle in his loss to Beterbiev on October twelfth. A rematch is pointless and solely offers Dmitry a second payday. The followers will see the identical uninteresting battle, with Bivol wanting like a wolf chasing him for 12 rounds.
Bivol’s Inflexibility
With no completely different mindset, I don’t see Bivol being able to displaying the bravery wanted for him to defeat Beterbiev. He’s received the bodily instruments to win, however the whole lot else is lacking. That’s what’s going to maintain Bivol from profitable on Saturday. If Bivol can keep within the pocket, he can win. I don’t see it occurring.
What their earlier battle confirmed final October is that Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) should present some bravery beneath hearth, not run and maintain when he’s put beneath stress by Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs). It appeared so apparent to anybody watching that Bivol, 34, lacked the psychological hearth to win and was trying to be gifted by the judges with an affordable win.
Bivol is ready in his methods, rigid, and resistant to vary. He’s ALWAYS fought defensively all through his skilled and newbie profession, and he gained’t change for the rematch on Saturday evening. He’s a typical particular person that can’t change.
Throughout interviews, Beterbiev gave the impression of a decided fighter who deliberate to assault Bivol from the soar to drive him to battle or run, which might most likely be the latter. Until the judges worth Bivol’s timid lack of engagement, they’ll give Beterbiev the win, which is able to shut this ugly chapter.
Turki Al-Sheikh ought to have positioned the Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Israil Madrimov undercard battle as the primary occasion and moved the Beterbiev-Bivol 2 rematch under two or three locations. It’s not almost as thrilling a battle because the Ortiz Jr-Madrimov matchup for the typical followers, and that’s not Beterbiev’s fault. Bivol is the issue.
“As an athlete, all athletes don’t like to lose. They want revenge, always when they lose. They want to find what they did wrong. I want to find what I did wrong and I want to fix it,” mentioned Dmitry Bivol to DAZN Boxing, speaking about his deal with fixing the errors from his earlier defeat in opposition to Artur Beterbiev on October twelfth final 12 months.
“I really believe he understands what needs to be done, what that little extra part that was missing. He’s trying to add that on in this camp so that this time there’s no questions,” mentioned Bivol’s supervisor, Vadim Kornilov.
Out for revenge subsequent Saturday 😤
