[Boxing] Beterbiev vs. Bivol - Undisputed Light Heavyweight Championship

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Shakur Stevenson vs Joe Cordina 
Chris Eubank Jr vs Kamil Szeremeta
Fabio Wardley vs Frazer Clarke II
Jai Opetaia vs Jack Massey
Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron
Skye Nicolson vs Raven Chapman
Mohammed Alakel vs Jesus Gonzalez

Great undercard. Comparable to the recent 5V5. The top four undercard fights could probably all be headliners. The Fabio V Clarke rematch deserves it for sure.

[TravelMug]

Video of Bivol training with the upper cut,

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s0yVpKaamwc

Probably he will used this weapon against Beterbiev, but still, it boils down on his execution, he is a volume puncher and so he has to mix his punches too. And we all know that Beterbiev has the power and so he will have to make some distance and judge it so that he can make enough room for him to throw a lot in bunch and not let Beterbiev set his power punches.

The actual fight would be different, especially against a boxer with a 100% KO rate. It's important to have a counter-strategy because Beterbiev is sure to be very aggressive and will likely use his usual approach of trying to finish the fight early. Being a 100% KO artist, a fight that goes the distance wouldn't be in his favor. So, it's likely either he wins by KO/TKO, or he loses via decision if Bivol's uppercut doesn't send Beterbiev to the floor.

Yeah, the actual fight is different but at least we can see how determined Bivol training for this fight of his life. Beterbiev may have a 100 percent KO ratio but he has his own disadvantage on this fight and that his his age. Not going the full distance may take a toll on Beterbiev if he can't hurt Bivol early as this would go the distance and may favor the younger Bivol.

Yes, and obviously, Bivol is training for the fight to go full distance for sure, and this video did nothing to show that, except that him doing the upper cut and you can see in the background that all boxers in that gym is doing that as well.

Old age is slowly creeping in on Beterbiev, he had his injuries already that's why the fight was postponed, and for me having this kind of injuries means his body is not that cooperating. His mind could be thinking that he still possesses that power or can push himself in training. But if you are getting older, sooner or later that wear and tear is going to show thru injuries.

[Yaunfitda]

 
Chris Eubank Jr vs Kamil Szeremeta

Great undercard. Comparable to the recent 5V5. The top four undercard fights could probably all be headliners. The Fabio V Clarke rematch deserves it for sure.

Right, and this is what HE Turki Alalshikh had promise to boxing fans, that he will put up a great card and this could be another example.

I would be interested to see Chris Eubank Jr here, I mean we thought that his career is over when he lost to Liam Smith in their first fight. If I'm not mistaken, he was the favorite but then was upset by Liam.

And then they set up a rematch and it's good that he return the favor and so it was a great comeback for his career by beating Smith in his own physical and mind game.

[Darker45]

Shakur Stevenson vs Joe Cordina 
Chris Eubank Jr vs Kamil Szeremeta
Fabio Wardley vs Frazer Clarke II
Jai Opetaia vs Jack Massey
Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron
Skye Nicolson vs Raven Chapman
Mohammed Alakel vs Jesus Gonzalez

Great undercard. Comparable to the recent 5V5. The top four undercard fights could probably all be headliners. The Fabio V Clarke rematch deserves it for sure.

Indeed, the undercards offer some popular names. But aside from the main bout between Bivol and Beterbiev and the Wardley versus Clarke II rematch, which I agree they both deserve, the rest are actually lop-sided matches. The boring and unsellable Shakur is certainly the huge favorite even if he won't probably hurt Joe. Chris Eubank Jr. is also another huge favorite against the soft-punching Szeremeta. The same is true with Opetaia and Whittaker and Nicolson.

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The boring and unsellable Shakur is certainly the huge favorite even if he won't probably hurt Joe.

It's fitting that his fight is on the undercard rather than the main event, as it tends to be boring. I'd even prefer it if he were the third fight before the main event, so the audience still has energy left. If the crowd gets bored, they might not enjoy the main event as much—just kidding.

But seriously, fighters like him don't bring much excitement unless there's someone who can counter their strategy and beat them. For example, the fight between Ryan Garcia and Haney was entertaining, even though Garcia won, and it was later ruled a no contest. Despite that, the actual fight was still enjoyable.

[Darker45]

The boring and unsellable Shakur is certainly the huge favorite even if he won't probably hurt Joe.

It's fitting that his fight is on the undercard rather than the main event, as it tends to be boring. I'd even prefer it if he were the third fight before the main event, so the audience still has energy left. If the crowd gets bored, they might not enjoy the main event as much—just kidding.

But seriously, fighters like him don't bring much excitement unless there's someone who can counter their strategy and beat them. For example, the fight between Ryan Garcia and Haney was entertaining, even though Garcia won, and it was later ruled a no contest. Despite that, the actual fight was still enjoyable.

I think it's indeed better for Shakur and Cordina's fight to be the third fight before the main event. Wardley and Frazer's rematch could be the main undercard. That's probably the better sequence leading to the main bout. The excitement of the crowd would be sustained before the night ends. There's the anticipated rematch followed by an undisputed championship fight.

Shakur is only on a tune-up fight against somebody who was just knocked out months ago by a boxer with only 36% knockout rate. Doesn't seem worthy to be the main supporting bout, the headline even on DAZN PPV. Good luck with their PPV numbers!

[TravelMug]

The boring and unsellable Shakur is certainly the huge favorite even if he won't probably hurt Joe.

It's fitting that his fight is on the undercard rather than the main event, as it tends to be boring. I'd even prefer it if he were the third fight before the main event, so the audience still has energy left. If the crowd gets bored, they might not enjoy the main event as much—just kidding.

But seriously, fighters like him don't bring much excitement unless there's someone who can counter their strategy and beat them. For example, the fight between Ryan Garcia and Haney was entertaining, even though Garcia won, and it was later ruled a no contest. Despite that, the actual fight was still enjoyable.

He could be in the 3rd card on this fight though, but not sure why he made him in the second fight before the main card, we all know that Shakur is a boring fight, his style and not something that fans appreciated and maybe his personality too, somewhat brandish but he doesn't step up in the fight and just picking a fighter that he will beat, but can't knockout.

As if he really holds back something and doesn't want to take that risk, unlike other boxers when they go up in the ring, they wanted to give the fans a good fight and worth our money on buying and seeing him fight live.

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He could be in the 3rd card on this fight though, but not sure why he made him in the second fight before the main card, we all know that Shakur is a boring fight, his style and not something that fans appreciated and maybe his personality too, somewhat brandish but he doesn't step up in the fight and just picking a fighter that he will beat, but can't knockout.

As if he really holds back something and doesn't want to take that risk, unlike other boxers when they go up in the ring, they wanted to give the fans a good fight and worth our money on buying and seeing him fight live.

Not only is he on the main undercard bout, he is also on pay-per-view. Boxing fans will have to pay if they want to watch his poor performance. Lucky for majority of the fans, they don't have to do that because the fight they're looking forward to is definitely Bivol and Beterbiev's. The undisputed battle of the two undefeated fighters isn't on PPV. So if you're subscribed on ESPN+, that's enough for you to watch the match live.

Anyway, Shakur's fight could be made second of the night next to Alakel's. LOL!