Artur Beterbiev says he’ll be completely different in his rematch towards Dmitry Bivol on February twenty second in Riyadh. The undisputed gentle heavyweight champion Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) is predicted to place Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) beneath fixed strain, forcing him to combat or run.
Within the final half of their combat on October twelfth, Bivol suffered a number of injury from Beterbiev’s fixed pictures. Though Bivol had gloves as much as block the punches, the influence from Beterbiev’s arduous pictures traveled by way of his gloves into his face, damaging them. Blocking doesn’t work when somebody punches as arduous as Beterbiev.
No Extra Respect
Beterbiev understands now that he fought the fallacious approach final time. Within the first 5 rounds, he confirmed Bivol an excessive amount of respect by not attacking him relentlessly. Artur veered away from his regular type of preventing, permitting Bivol to win uncontested rounds that he wouldn’t have received if he’d been pressed the entire time.
“The opponent is identical, nevertheless it’s a brand new combat, and I want to arrange completely different. You wish to do every thing completely different,” stated Artur Beterbiev to the George Groves Boxing Membership YouTube channel, discussing his rematch with Dmitry Bivol on February twenty second.
“With my workforce, we’ll study extra with some particulars that I can’t inform you. I did sufficient to win, however I wish to do significantly better,” stated Beterbiev about his first combat towards Bivol on October twelfth. “I don’t know. We’ll see, however my focus is identical,” stated Artur in regards to the rematch.
“No, I don’t care about this,” stated Beterbiev when requested if he was bothered about not getting the knockout in his combat with Bivol.
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The judges gave Beterbiev the victory by a 12-round majority choice of their earlier combat on October twelfth in Riyadh. There was a number of bitterness from Bivol’s many followers and his promoter, Eddie Hearn.
They felt that his boxing within the first half was sufficient to win, however they ignored that he’d given up preventing after 5 rounds and working like somebody being chased by a canine. It’s attention-grabbing how followers type opinions based mostly on what they see initially in early rounds after which shut their minds all the way down to what occurs within the second half of fights. It’s human nature.
Lazy individuals make snap judgments after which shut down their brains afterward. Bivol misplaced the combat within the second half as a result of he failed to face and combat. Worry had gotten to him and dominated his means to combat off Beterbiev.
