Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol: Roy Jones Jr. Prediction

The highly anticipated undisputed light heavyweight bout between Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) and Dmitry Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) takes place on October 12th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This fight between two extraordinary, undefeated pugilists will make headlines stacked bottom card. As fight week approaches, the legendary Roy Jones Jr. has made his prediction talkSPORT in front of this fascinating Battle.

Roy Jones Jr. predicts the outcome of the Beterbiev vs. Bivol fight

Roy Jones Jr. Reveals Key Factors in Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol

The winner of Beterbiev-Bivol will be an undisputed champion and lawful Be a pound-for-pound great in the sport. Former light heavyweight world champion Jones has pulled out of the fight and revealed he is on Bivol’s side: “This is a very, very good fight and it’s hard for me to predict. I heard that the boys fought a few times and one of them may have defeated the other, but I don’t know. Theoretically, I would choose Bivol if I didn’t know they fought before.”

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He continued: “Because Beterbiev is a puncher and if he can beat Bivol, he will knock him out for sure. Because for me, Beterbiev is one of the best hitters this game has ever seen. If he can hurt Bivol with his punches, if he can catch him, then he has a chance.”

“Superman” also spoke about Beterbiev’s chin: “What people don’t realize, however, is that Beterbiev has already been down three or four times. This is usually the weakness of the strong punchers, they don’t take out as much as they can. So when There are a great puncher like Julian Jackson, Gerald McClellan took him out, Mike McCullum took him out. He was a great puncher, but these guys don’t beat him in the decision – they knock him out. Because he throws a good punch, but he doesn’t take the best punch.”

Roy Jones Jr. predicts

After looking at both fighters, Jones summed up and picked his winner: “Still, Beterbiev is a good puncher, but I don’t know if he can take a good punch because he’s been knocked down three or four times in almost twenty fights. When you’re so badly outnumbered in twenty fights, there’s a problem.”

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He added: “I Really I think Bivol has the advantage and I’ll go with him.”