Dmitry Bivol needs to make use of extra motion and counter-punching within the rematch with Artur Beterbiev as a result of he felt he didn’t use sufficient final Saturday evening in his 12-round majority choice loss.
Many followers felt that Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) was utilizing an excessive amount of motion, which is why he in the end misplaced the battle; he wasn’t stopping lengthy sufficient to throw punches from rounds 8 by means of 12. Bivol appeared to tire from his steady motion, which made him straightforward prey for Beterbiev within the final 5 rounds.
Bivol Influenced by Sugar Ray
Dmitry Bivol says he watched a few of Sugar Ray Leonard’s outdated fights earlier than the Beterbiev battle. He mentions watching Leonard’s battle in opposition to Marvin Hagler, and Ray was transferring the complete 12 rounds. He would cease to throw combos earlier than transferring once more.
What Bivol fails to notice is that many boxing followers who watched the Leonard-Hagler battle felt that Hagler was robbed by the judges as a result of he landed the larger pictures and that Leonard was simply shoe-shining with speedy combos that had little energy.
Utilizing Leonard’s battle in opposition to Hagler as a blueprint to comply with in opposition to Beterbiev on this period was a mistake. Bivol lacks Leonard’s reputation to be given a present choice in opposition to Beterbiev like many felt he acquired in opposition to Hagler.
“I wish to enhance on my motion. I didn’t transfer sufficient. I’ve to maneuver extra and use extra counter-punches. I simply have so as to add extra,” stated Dmitry Bivol to Struggle Hub TV about what he should do for the rematch with Artur Beterbiev to enhance his recreation. “The tactic was not simply standing in entrance of Beterbiev. Transfer like Ray Leonard.”
If Bivol goes to imitate Leonard’s strategy to combating, he ought to deal with a few of his fights the place he was sitting down on his punches extra and combating with extra aggression. He’s not quick sufficient to battle like Leonard did in his prime. Bivol can be higher off utilizing an early Oscar De La Hoya as somebody to repeat for his rematch with Beterbiev. De La Hoya was blazing quick when he began his profession. He was an offensive fighter, scoring numerous knockouts.
“He has good conditioning. He was making an attempt to take the final rounds. That is what I don’t like. I didn’t do these three rounds excellent,” stated Bivol about how he did not let his arms go in rounds 10, 11, and 12.
“They had been telling me, ‘It’s best to transfer. It’s best to throw your jab such as you did earlier than. Don’t stand in entrance of him. Don’t be a standing goal,’” stated Bivol on what his nook advised him earlier than the twelfth spherical.
In hindsight, Bivol moved an excessive amount of within the twelfth spherical and gave it to away to Beterbiev. With the battle on the road, Bivol ought to have fought with extra aggression.
“I felt at moments, I might do it, however I used to be [cautious],” stated Bivol. “My plan was to maneuver so much as a result of I used to be watching numerous [Sugar] Ray Leonard’s fights earlier than this battle. Leonard-Hagler. In all 12 rounds, Leonard was transferring.
“He would cease, do combos, after which transfer once more. He wasn’t standing with Hagler. If he stood and fought with Hagler, it’s not affordable. You possibly can’t battle in opposition to a man that’s stronger than you.
“With Beterbiev, we now have to agree that he’s the strongest puncher within the gentle heavyweight division, but it surely doesn’t imply he’s one of the best one,” stated Bivol.
Beterbiev beat Bivol, so that ought to imply that he’s the “greatest” within the division. Bivol saying that Beterbiev isn’t one of the best one within the gentle heavyweight division means that he both thinks he’s nonetheless higher or thinks another person within the battle class is. Bivol has performed a very good job of being humble after his defeat, however his above remark about Beterbiev not being one of the best means that he hasn’t accepted his loss totally.
