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Beterbiev would have preferred to fight Ward for the title but Koelling is who it will be and he is fine with that.

"Ward's a very smart fighter," he said. "I respect his decision [to retire] and I wish him good luck. Whoever I fight I'm ready for a world title. I want to win this belt and then I want to fight whoever is the best in my division."

jamamb wrote: ↑11 Nov 2017, 16:20 ffs man he was giving ward credit.never said a word about resumes either. ppl like you are why these days nothing can be said without it getting spun into a negative. bert and knoelling are the two highest rated in the ibf hence the fight.

it seems like is putting himself on Wards level or with zero resume,

victor-romeo wrote: ↑11 Nov 2017, 16:01 Beterbiev is going to fight Enrico Koelling a fighter I had never heard of until this fight, for a title tonight. Koelling from his record of 24 fights with six wins by KO appears to be a light hitting opponent . This probably means Koelling will have a hard time keeping Beterbiev honest, allowing Beterbiev to tee off without having to worry about incoming, Beterbiev will then have a great victory and every one will say what a beast he his.
When he still really hasn't fought any top competition in like 4 years. At least he is back and hopefully on his way to fighting top competition so we can find out if this once amateur phenom is a pro phenom.

Annoyingly in espn article Beteribiev says
http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/2 ... d-champion

Beterbiev would have preferred to fight Ward for the title but Koelling is who it will be and he is fine with that.

"Ward's a very smart fighter," he said. "I respect his decision [to retire] and I wish him good luck. Whoever I fight I'm ready for a world title. I want to win this belt and then I want to fight whoever is the best in my division."

The reason it is annoying is he is saying he would rather be fighting the pound for pound best fighter right now but instead is fighting a guy a million miles from there, and it seems like is putting himself on Wards level or with zero resume, or almost as if Ward is running from him.

Kalan wrote: ↑11 Nov 2017, 17:02

victor-romeo wrote: ↑11 Nov 2017, 16:01 Beterbiev is going to fight Enrico Koelling a fighter I had never heard of until this fight, for a title tonight. Koelling from his record of 24 fights with six wins by KO appears to be a light hitting opponent . This probably means Koelling will have a hard time keeping Beterbiev honest, allowing Beterbiev to tee off without having to worry about incoming, Beterbiev will then have a great victory and every one will say what a beast he his.
When he still really hasn't fought any top competition in like 4 years. At least he is back and hopefully on his way to fighting top competition so we can find out if this once amateur phenom is a pro phenom.

Annoyingly in espn article Beteribiev says
http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/2 ... d-champion

Beterbiev would have preferred to fight Ward for the title but Koelling is who it will be and he is fine with that.

"Ward's a very smart fighter," he said. "I respect his decision [to retire] and I wish him good luck. Whoever I fight I'm ready for a world title. I want to win this belt and then I want to fight whoever is the best in my division."

The reason it is annoying is he is saying he would rather be fighting the pound for pound best fighter right now but instead is fighting a guy a million miles from there, and it seems like is putting himself on Wards level or with zero resume, or almost as if Ward is running from him.

Ward would get knocked out if he fought Beterbiev.. The division is chock full of powerhouse players so AW ducked out.. When Beterbiev says "Ward is smart" that means he knew his goose was cooked so he high tailed it out of Dodge when there's a ton of money to be made.

Ossyrules wrote: ↑11 Nov 2017, 17:23 Ward would beat beterbiev

Tanzio shouldn’t dig at kov though who was very unlucky not to take the first fight

Blodhemn wrote: ↑11 Nov 2017, 23:06 Still triggered by the Kovalev/Ward debacle.

victor-romeo wrote: ↑11 Nov 2017, 17:20 The difference between Sergey and Beterbiev though is Sergy puts his ass on the line and gets in the ring and fights repeatedly and has already had a great career, Beterbviev career really hasn't even started yet.

Blodhemn wrote: ↑11 Nov 2017, 23:33 Try to joke and pretend you haven't. It's clear several posters ruffle your skirt feathers still.

gilgamesh wrote: ↑12 Nov 2017, 00:16 You can't really look good against a guy like this that only comes to survive. Beterbiev is doing what he needs to do, but it's nothing impressive. This is one of those. "Win this one, look good next time" kinda fights.

Tanzio wrote: ↑12 Nov 2017, 00:19

gilgamesh wrote: ↑12 Nov 2017, 00:16 You can't really look good against a guy like this that only comes to survive. Beterbiev is doing what he needs to do, but it's nothing impressive. This is one of those. "Win this one, look good next time" kinda fights.

True.

Tanzio wrote: ↑11 Nov 2017, 22:50

Ossyrules wrote: ↑11 Nov 2017, 17:23 Ward would beat beterbiev

Tanzio shouldn’t dig at kov though who was very unlucky not to take the first fight

I am not digging at Krushedner. I am digging at the SOGgy haters.

Tanzio wrote: ↑11 Nov 2017, 22:50

Ossyrules wrote: ↑11 Nov 2017, 17:23 Ward would beat beterbiev

Tanzio shouldn’t dig at kov though who was very unlucky not to take the first fight

I am not digging at Krushedner. I am digging at the SOGgy haters.