Beterbiev adjusts the strategy for the Bivol rematch

Artur Beterbiev says his team changed “some things” with their rematch against Dmitry Bivol on February 22. Team changes for undisputed welterweight champion Betterbee (21-0, 20 KOs) will likely include more pressure and not allowing Buffalo to escape when moving around the ring.

Bivol (23-1, 12 KO) will not stop and change, because he will not last more than a few rounds against Beterbiev in the rematch in Riyadh. We saw that last time.

Adapting to win

In one instance in a fight where Bivol was standing in the seventh round, Beterbiev clipped him and was injured. It was the first and last time Bivol tried to trade in a fight.

In the second leg, Bivol will use Shakur-esque hit-and-run the style he used in the first fight with Betterby, but will probably include a lot of clinch. When Bivol held, he neutralized Arthur’s offense and controlled him. It’s boring to watch Bivol run and hold, but that’s his only way to victory.

Bivol is not built to fight powerful players like Beterbiev and does not have the amateur experience for that kind of fight. Bivol was a good amateur, but not at the level of two-time Olympian Beterbiev.

However, Beterbiev is a smart fighter, and has fought many fighters in the past who used excessive holding to stop his offense. He will know what to do to counter this tactic.

Tactical Shift

“My team, we changed some different things, but we can’t tell you. The second fight, we’ll see what happens there,” Artur Beterbiev said Professional boxing fansreacting to being told that Anthony Joshua has picked Dmitri Bivol to beat him in the February 22 rematch.

“Mentally, you have to be focused. “Even if someone says it’s a close fight, I felt I won,” Beterbiev said of his previous clash against Bivol on October 12 last year. “We need enough change to win.” It didn’t surprise me, but he did a good job,” Arthur said when asked if Dmitri did anything in the first fight that “surprised” him.

“I felt that I had won the battle.” I didn’t see it (Betterby’s power coming to Buffalo).”

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