Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:06
by dempseyfire
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑22 Feb 2025, 19:04
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.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:07
by margaret thatcher
good start for bivol, defo 2-0, but the question is will he slow later again....
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:08
by gregregegg
Bivol is class, but if Bert keeps plodding forwards it’s a very scary 40 mins ahead…
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:08
by gilgamesh
I got it 2-0 Bivol so far
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:08
by Boxerbeetle
Have got Bivol 2 up, probably won't score rbr from now on tho, just want to concentrate on enjoying the fight.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑22 Feb 2025, 19:04
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
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
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.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:12
by 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
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:12
by jameswilson
Bivol’s footwork really is a thing of beauty.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:12
by Boxerbeetle
Top quality stuff this
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:12
by 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.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:12
by handsofstone
Immense viewing
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:12
by Sendo Takeshi
gregregegg wrote: ↑22 Feb 2025, 19:12
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.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:13
by Ruthless-RKO
Nice fight so far
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:13
by Jimmy2025
Now these are top fighters.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:14
by 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.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:14
by JxhDel.
30 - 27 Bivol, more determined and on focus than the first fight, but Beterbiev is starting to press.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:15
by joshj909
Beterbiev took that round. His punches are heavy. Responding the Bivol's work rate in the previous rounds.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:16
by 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.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:16
by margaret thatcher
4th defo bert's best round, more aggressive now, bivol looking a bit more hesitant to throw
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:16
by Ruthless-RKO
Betwrbiev started the 4th very fast.
Bivol too busy defending
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:16
by gregregegg
Bivol needs to earn respect asap or he will get worn down.
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:16
by 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
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
Posted: 22 Feb 2025, 19:16
by margaret thatcher
3-1 biv for me
Re: Round-by-Round: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II | PPV - 22 February 2025
