Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025

[dempseyfire]

feeling out, not much serious punches thrown, but bivol busier and landing a bit more. bert a bit red in the face already despite seemingly no big shots landing

Beterbiev is like Joe Frazier in that he nearly always loses the first round but by the 4th-6th you're getting grinded down by the power and pressure.

[margaret thatcher]

good start for bivol, defo 2-0, but the question is will he slow later again....

[gregregegg]

Bivol is class, but if Bert keeps plodding forwards it’s a very scary 40 mins ahead…

[gilgamesh]

I got it 2-0 Bivol so far

[Boxerbeetle]

Have got Bivol 2 up, probably won't score rbr from now on tho, just want to concentrate on enjoying the fight.

[margaret thatcher]

feeling out, not much serious punches thrown, but bivol busier and landing a bit more. bert a bit red in the face already despite seemingly no big shots landing

Beterbiev is like Joe Frazier in that he nearly always loses the first round but by the 4th-6th you're getting grinded down by the power and pressure.

true true, the fight is far from over, i remember bert losing the first 3 to marcus brown and then crushing him painfully after that

[Jimmy2025]

He doesn't look particularly shredded . . .I thought at the weigh-in with the love handles he didn't appear in top shape.

I don't think he looks significantly more smooth now than he did last year.

267lbs (now)



247lbs (last March)

He's flexing in the first pic and standing there in the second; apples and oranges. The video does it justice:

This is when he fought Jack Massey, he looks more or less the same condition just 20 odd pounds lighter, so much so, when I first heard the weight the other day I thought they'd miss-called it.

[margaret thatcher]

bivol doing well so far at boxing a measured cautious fight while still letting his hands go enough to clearly win the rounds

bert forehead now red too

[jameswilson]

Bivol’s footwork really is a thing of beauty.

[Boxerbeetle]

Top quality stuff this

[gregregegg]

Unreal stuff. Did Bivol take a wobbly step back to the corner? Didn’t see anything land that would hurt him Mabey I imagined it but I swear I saw a little bamby step.

[handsofstone]

Immense viewing

[Sendo Takeshi]

Unreal stuff. Did Bivol take a wobbly step back to the corner? Didn’t see anything land that would hurt him Mabey I imagined it but I swear I saw a little bamby step.

I thought the same.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Nice fight so far

[Jimmy2025]

Now these are top fighters.

[joshj909]

Bivol definitely knows he needs to do more in rounds than he did last time. Always throwing an extra punch with venom at the end of each exchange this fight.

[JxhDel.]

30 - 27 Bivol, more determined and on focus than the first fight, but Beterbiev is starting to press.

[joshj909]

Beterbiev took that round. His punches are heavy. Responding the Bivol's work rate in the previous rounds.

[Kilburn]

2-2 after 4. Beterbiev knows that Bivol gets credit for those combos even if most of the shots are blocked. He’s really trying to bring the tempo earlier this time.

[margaret thatcher]

4th defo bert's best round, more aggressive now, bivol looking a bit more hesitant to throw

[Ruthless-RKO]

Betwrbiev started the 4th very fast.

Bivol too busy defending

[gregregegg]

Bivol needs to earn respect asap or he will get worn down.

[gilgamesh]

Strong round for Beterbiev in the 4th. I had Bivol winning the first 3, but Beterbiev came on very strong there in the 4th.

3-1 Bivol

[margaret thatcher]

3-1 biv for me

[Ruthless-RKO]

Could Beterbiev stop him?

Or is he gonna tire?