Artur Beterbiev said his team has made some changes to his training and he hopes to improve by at least 10% in the rematch against Dmitry Bivol on February 22 in Riyadh.

Undisputed light heavyweight champion Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) hasn’t revealed where he’s improved, but he’s counting on it being enough to make the fight even more exciting.

10% improvement

The look on Beterbiev’s face during interviews this week suggested he would be attacking Bivol non-stop and forcing him to fight or flee. Last time, Bivol’s escape saved him from being knocked down, but cost him the fight. He was too focused on survival.

I suspect that will be his main goal this time once he starts to feel Beterbiev’s enthusiasm. Bivol is a good fighter when he’s not dealing with anything being thrown back at him. But when the opponent throws, he will counterattack or retreat. He’s always fought like this.

“We changed some things in training. I hope to perform better in this game than I did in the first game,” Artur Beterbiev said talk sports boxing Regarding his rematch with Dmitry Bivol on February 22nd. “Before I was Undisputed, I wanted to get a fourth belt. Now, I want to keep them.

“If I receive some offers regarding this matter, I will consider them. So far I have only received an invitation for a rematch, which I accepted.” When asked if he would be willing to upgrade to Beterbiev said during the lightweight bout.

“If I had a different offer, I would be open to any fight.” Beterbiev said when asked if he would be interested in fighting Canelo Alvarez or Jai Opetaia if he beat Bivol Said: “I will check with my team and accept it. “

“28,” Beterbiev said when asked how old he was.

Bivol’s tactics

He is 34 years old and cannot change now, and the only thing he can do in the rematch is to persist more. That’s what many fighters said he should have done last time. This is how we might see more of Beterbiev’s offense suppressed than Wall does.

Last time, Beterbiev got off to a slow start, using his jab and quick left-right combinations to allow Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) to win the first period.

Midway through the game, Beterbiev began to regain his normal form. Bivol grew confident and showed no respect for Arthur as he had in recent games against Malik Zinard, Lyndon Arthur and Gilberto Ramirez.

Bivol clearly misjudged Beterbiev and paid the price, as he took over the fight from round six onward and never looked back. The scores were 115-113, Beterbiev 116-112, 114-114.

Interestingly, many fans and fighters are rooting for Bivol to win this fight. They believed he had done enough to win the first game, even as they admitted he didn’t appear to win any rounds starting in Game 6. They still think he won. It didn’t look like Bivol was winning.

In order for Bivol to win, he will also need to fight with more aggression as Beterbiev will put more pressure on him this time. The judges favored Arthur’s attacking style over Bivol’s deeper style.

“If I had a 10 percent chance, I would be much better,” Beterbiev said. Queensberry Promotions About how much improvement would make him happy for a rematch with Bivol. “I can’t tell you. You will tell Bivol. I know you talked to Bivol about me,” Beterbiev said when asked what areas he wanted to improve.

“I hope and believe it will be more interesting than the first game because now we know each other,” Beterbiev said of the rematch with Bivol.