WBA Russian Light Heavyweight Champion (Super) Dmitry Bivol told “” that during the fight, he appreciates when his opponent is in an uncomfortable environment for himself.
Bivol has 21 wins (11 by knockout) in the professional ring. The Russian, due to victories over Mexicans Saul Alvarez and Gilberto Ramirez, was recognized as the best boxer of 2022 according to many publications and organizations, including the WBA. Additionally, Bivol, 32, was named the best by pundits.
What do you think is your best fight? In answering this question, let’s drop the encounter with Canelo.
– To be honest, I really like the fight with Felix Valera (in May 2016, when I won the interim WBA belt). I can’t say I worked 10 out of 10, but it’s one of those fights that I myself am ready to revisit and learn something from my past, Bivol told .
– How do you have to perform to give yourself 10 out of 10?
— It seems to me that it’s impossible to play like that (laughs). Continuing to answer your last question, I love fighting with (ex-WBA and WBC champion) Jean Pascal (in November 2018), as well as with Sullivan Barrera (in March 2018).
– By the way, it was in the fight with Barrera that the last time we finished the fight earlier than expected, there were victories only by unanimous decision of the judges.
– It happens. I never thought of myself as a boxer who relies on a punch or who has to knock out an opponent. It never bothered me much – whether I knocked out an opponent or not.
I was worried about whether I could completely control the opponent, achieve complete dominance. After all, the opponent enters the ring and thinks: “Now I will impose my tactics, define my own rhythm and my way of fighting.” And I like to put the opponent in awkward situations, so that he worries about every punch he throws, so that he’s not sure of himself. Or, for example, here he throws a shot and immediately misses, without understanding where he misses from. That’s what I appreciate.
– And how to understand in the ring that the opponent is not even confident in his shots?
– One has the impression to press on his adversary, to be able to control his actions. I think any boxer understands me. I like when a situation arises in which the opponent does not feel safe.
Source : MatchTV
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