BIVOL vs. Betterbiev II: Courage or refuge?

Dmitri BiVol says he was afraid to be ‘Trapped in a trap’ In his loss of Unified Light Heavyweight Champion Artur Betterbiev in their previous battle in October last year.

Former WBA champion Bivol (23-1, 12 COs) of 175 pounds took an elusive, safety-first approach against the knockout artist better BIIV (21-0, 20 COs), and beaten to make contact in an amateur style and then withdraw immediately.

Will Biblical change?

That’s why he lost. The style is junk in the benefits, and fighters have to sit on their shots to win at this level.

The reluctance of Biblical to take risks has led to betterbiev taking control of the fight and winning a 12-round majority decision. In their re -broadcast on February 22 in Riyadh, Dmitri will have to show a little courage by standing in the bag and fighting Berrybiev instead of taking up and fleeing, which he did the entire fight last October.

You could see how Bisvol was always willing to step back when he threw bumps, and it took away what little power he had in the competition. When Betterbiev started to press sixth place, Bivolution entered Full -scale refuge mode and stayed like that for the rest of the fight.

The white flag was for Biblical, because he just gave up the fight and took shots in the flank while running from Betterbiev. It was awful to see how he gave up, but we saw the true colors of Biblical with that movement – yellow.

The one judge who scored it 114-114 was too generous to Biblical. He did not win the battle because he was easily scared and was not prepared to stand and fight. I am sure that Bisvol is regret not doing anymore, but whether he will change is questionable.

He is 34, now set his ways, and he has always been weak knee If you are put under pressure by punchers. We saw the same behavior in Biblical in his fighting against Lyndon Arthur and Joe Smith when those fighters went behind him.

“At light heavyweight everyone can punch, but Bivol is perhaps a little faster,” Artur Betterbiev said Dazn boxand discussed his fight against former WBA 175-pound champion Dmitri Biblical from October 12 last year. “I’m always looking for mistakes (in his opponents).

“He’s like a wall. I didn’t throw my blows to break this wall, ”said Biblical about what it was like to fight against Betterbiev. “I threw them to the target, because with guys like him, if you try to break the wall, you can get caught in the trap.

“Sometimes I do it, and I did it in my previous battle. I sometimes took some risks, ”Biblical said about standing and dealing with better Biev at rare occasions in the fight.