This week, former two-time World Welterweight Champion Sean Porter talked about last week's Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev fight, which made history by narrowly winning the 175-pound light heavyweight title. However, due to the controversy over the results, the topic is still being discussed to this day, with some people thinking that Beterbiev had no problem winning, while others believe that Bivol was indeed hacked.
In an interview, Potter supported Bivol's view that he was hacked, arguing that Bivol executed his strategy and tactics well, eliminated Beterbiev's attacks with excellent movement, and at the same time threw more effective punches, so he deserved to win the fight.
"Whenever Bivol has a chance, he takes that moment away from his opponent," Potter said. Beterbiev had most of the moment, but Bivol was able to take it away. Bivol controlled most of the bout and the quality of his punches was significantly higher than Beterbiev's, and I think Bivol beat Beterbiev by an 8-4 margin. ”
However, YouTuber Lionel Thompson, a well-known light heavyweight fighter, disagreed, saying, "Bivol has done a great fight, it's a pity that in a fight like this, it's hard for him to win, Bivol is just trying not to get knocked down, he's fighting for survival." Boxing is sometimes a feeling that both the audience and the judges experience, and we see a scene where Bivol runs for 1 minute in the round and then throws a few punches. ”
Thompson added: "Beterbiev threw more punches, did more damage, and was trying to contain Bivol all the time, and I think the judges saw that as well, so they decided that Beterbiev had won, and I awarded the last three rounds to Beterbiev and thought he beat Bivol 115-113. ”
In fact, Porter had predicted the match before the Bivol vs. Beterbiev fight, and he thought that Bivol would win on points, and in addition to Porter, other big names in the boxing world - Roy Jones Jr., Paul Marinaji and others, were also optimistic about Bivol's victory, but the final result was Beterbiev beating Bivol.
Potter was optimistic about Bivol before the game, and at the time he gave the opinion that there might be a problem with Beterbiev's physical condition, after all, the match was originally scheduled to be played in June, and Beterbiev had to postpone the confrontation until October due to surgery on a knee meniscus injury. Potter pointed out that the knee injury is likely to affect Beterbiev, but it turned out that Beterbiev seemed to be in the same good form as before, with no obvious problems in sight, at least his footwork could follow Bivol closely, putting a lot of pressure on his opponents.
The author believes that the reason why Bivol lost the match was due to his style, that is, he implemented a lot of movement in the confrontation, and seemed to lack the proper spirit of boxing confrontation. Objectively speaking, Bivol's wandering + counterattack strategy is still quite in place, creating huge problems for Beterbiev, but unfortunately according to the referee's scores, they obviously did not tend to this style, and awarded most of the close rounds to Beterbiev, not to mention that 10-12 rounds all determined that Beterbiev was ahead, so in this case, it will be difficult for Bivol to win, and it depends on whether the rematch can make a breakthrough? One thing is for sure, if Bivol continues to implement the relevant tactics, the first problem will be to impress the referee first.