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God damn that was a brutal beatdown
Talk about a masterclass performance... It was like the Boxing coach giving lessons on sparring for the beginners classGod damn that was a brutal beatdown
No doubt it was. Smith looked huge in the ring, too. Bigger than I thought he'd be.Talk about a masterclass performance... It was like the Boxing coach giving lessons on sparring for the beginners class
Full Highlights.... of Beterbiev doing lite heavybag workNo doubt it was. Smith looked huge in the ring, too. Bigger than I thought he'd be.
Smith looks terrible here. How anyone thought he could go the distance is beyond me.
That's true the jump from 68 to 75 is a significant one. Like you said Bivol is the only guy with a real shot at beating Artur at and around the weight. He'd still have to box a perfect, or damn near perfect, fight to win. Benavidez gets wrecked bad. He could've already had that fight since the WBC previously offered him the top spot in their LHW rankings. He'd rather play weight bully down at SMW.Not just that people under estimate Betebiev but 168 to 175 is a big Jump , I think back to when Canelo thought that he was going wear Bivol down and he got routed even to the pointed when Canelo tried to egg Bivol to slug with him and Bivol just kept feeding him Jabs. Beterbiev is clearly the most impressive fighter at 175 and I don't know if Bivol can figure perfectly for 36 mins , but he is the only fighter in that division I'd give a shot.
I also read here and on other Boards of David Benavides having a shot , I don't buy that either since Benavides is easy to hit
Catching up on this fight, Beterbiev is incredible. Smith never had an opportunity to get into the fight from the opening bell. When Beterbiev turned it up in rd 1 it just seemed a matter of time from that point.
Bivol is in for a very rough night.
I honestly think be could have poured it on and ended it anytime beyond the first round. Absolute clinic of destruction.Catching up on this fight, Beterbiev is incredible. Smith never had an opportunity to get into the fight from the opening bell. When Beterbiev turned it up in rd 1 it just seemed a matter of time from that point.
Bivol is in for a very rough night.
Yeah that and Smith's recent comments really fired him upTo me it looked like Beterbiev took that people were using the Yarde Fight as proof of his decline personally. He immediately took any chance at Smith establishing himself and never let him get comfortable to use a jab or range.
Agreed. Bit of teaching Smith a lesson about running his mouth.I honestly think be could have poured it on and ended it anytime beyond the first round. Absolute clinic of destruction.
To me he's too Cerebral to just pour in on like a mad man early , he was started quicker than usual but he it's like he was taking his time making Smith feel it.I honestly think be could have poured it on and ended it anytime beyond the first round. Absolute clinic of destructRange.
Yup. Much more calculated and skilled than he gets credit for.To me he's too Cerebral to just pour in on like a mad man early , he was started quicker than usual but he it's like he was taking his time making Smith feel it.
That's true the jump from 68 to 75 is a significant one. Like you said Bivol is the only guy with a real shot at beating Artur at and around the weight. He'd still have to box a perfect, or damn near perfect, fight to win. Benavidez gets wrecked bad. He could've already had that fight since the WBC previously offered him the top spot in their LHW rankings. He'd rather play weight bully down at SMW.
Yup. Much more calculated and skilled than he gets credit for.
The only way Biev loses is when his age catches up to him. He is a level above Bivol, if not several.Beter a grown ass man boxing with boys.
In boxing it’s often physical attributes that take the top stars the furthest, combined of course with years of discipline and thought out training regimines and camps. Sometimes I look at these champions of our current era and ask myself if I’m watching the true best or if someone with better attributes just didn’t decide to box.
Every time Artur fights I think to myself the right kid with the right fists, right bone structure, right physical stature, the right skills and opportunities, the right mindset and training habits, and maybe even the right nationality possibly just happened to lace em up and become one of the fiercest and outright nightmarish matchups any LhW could face at this time in boxing.
I don’t think anyone beats him.