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Dmitry Bivol downplays Artur Beterbiev’s punching energy, saying it wasn’t tougher than a few of the different fighters he’s confronted throughout his profession. Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) says Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) doesn’t load up on his pictures and solely focuses on touchdown them.
The previous WBA mild heavyweight champion Bivol, 34, was clearly bothered by the nonstop strain that unified champ Beterbiev placed on him of their first combat on October twelfth. The strain and his worry of Beterbiev broke him. He refused to face and combat.
Ache Aversion
Bivol is a fighter who hates being hit and can exit of his strategy to keep away from taking pictures. That’s why he struggled towards Lyndon Arthur after getting clipped, and the identical occurred to him in his combat towards Beterbiev. He runs when attacked.
It’s going to doubtless occur once more on Saturday. Dmitry has abilities however lacks the toughness to face up to ache. That’s the distinction between him and Beterbiev. The latter is keen to take pictures to ship his personal, however Bivol received’t. He’ll run to flee the flame. We see it in warfare. Troopers go on the battlefield and retreat after they begin getting shelled or taking rounds from the enemy.
The brave ones observe their orders to assault. Bivol confirmed in his first combat that he’s the kind of soldier who flees when below assault, which is why he misplaced. He’s not constructed for warfare in the best way that Beterbiev is. Bivol is the worst sort of soldier as a result of he received’t hold coming ahead to combat.
Psychological Fragility
The psychological {hardware} isn’t there for battle, so he’ll run once more when Beterbiev unloads. It doesn’t matter if his pictures aren’t as highly effective as these of different fighters. The strain overwhelms his opponents, and it mentally broke Bivol final time.
“It didn’t feel heavier than other boxers. I remember the first time I got hit by a right hand, and it was not nice, of course, when you’re getting punched,” mentioned Dmitry Bivol to The Ring, revealing that Artur Beterbiev’s energy isn’t pretty much as good as he thought beforehand, and never higher than a few of the different fighters he’s fought.
“It’s strong [Beterbiev’s punches], but not stronger than anybody else whom I thought had heavy punches like [Jean] Pascal or Joe Smith. He doesn’t put too much effort to reach his power. He’s just throwing punches, and they’re hard,” mentioned Bivol.
