Bivol vs. Beterbiev II: courage or retirement?

Dmitry Bivol says he was afraid of being “Trapped in a trap” In his defeat against the unified semi -weighing champion, Artur Beterbiev, in his previous fight last October.

The former 175-pound champion of the Amb Bivol (23-1, 12 kos) adopted an evasive and security approach against the artist knockout beterbiev (21-0, 20 kos), hitting to make contact in an amateur style and then immediately immediately retiring

Will the bivol change?

That’s why he lost. That style is garbage in professionals, and combatants must sit on their shots to win at this level.

Bivol’s lack of will to assume risks resulted in Bederbiev to take control of the fight and gain a majority decision of 12 rounds. In his revenge on February 22 in Riad, Dmitry will need to show some courage standing in his pocket and fighting Beterbiev instead of recording and fleeing, which is what the entire fight did last October.

You could see how Bivol always had his feet prepared to step back when throwing blows, and that took away the little power he had in the contest. When Bederbiev began to press without stopping from the sixth, Bivol entered into Large -scale retreat mode And he stayed like this for the rest of the fight.

The white flag was prepared for Bivol, since it simply gave up the fight, taking shots on the flank while running from Beterbiev. It was horrible to see how we had surrendered, but we saw the true colors of Bivol with that movement: pure yellow.

The only judge who scored 114-114 was to be too generous for Bivol. He did not win the fight because it was easily scared and not willing to stand and fight. I am sure that Bivol regrets not having done more, but if he will change it is questionable. He is 34 years old, he makes his ways for now, and has always been weak When pressed by perforators.

“On the semi -stated weight, anyone can hit, but the bivol could be a little faster,” said Artur Benerbiev for Dazn boxingDiscussing his fight against former AMB champion, Dmitry Bivol, of October 12 of last year. “I am always looking for mistakes (in their opponents).

“He is like a wall. I did not throw my blows to break this wall, ”Bivol said about what it was to fight Beterbiev. “I was throwing them into the target because with guys like him, if you tried to break the wall, you could get caught in the trap.

“Sometimes I am doing it, and I did it in my previous fight. Sometimes I took some risks, ”Bivol said about standing and trade with Bederbiev rarely in the fight.