Coach Dmitri Bivol Gennady Mashyanov, in an interview with , said that he watched the fight between the Russian boxer and his compatriot more than once Artur Beterbiev and, according to his calculations, Bivol won 8:4 in rounds.
The fight for the title of absolute world light heavyweight champion took place on October 12 in Riyadh, Beterbiev won by a majority (114:114, 115:113, 116:112). Beterbiev won 21 victories (20 by knockout) in the professional ring, Bivol had 23 victories and one defeat.
“I watched this fight more than once, both in slow motion and in different sequences – from the first to the 12th round and in the opposite direction. In general, I watched and studied each trick thoroughly. During the fight, even after the ninth round, I told Dima that the fight was won. He said that he should act calmly, that he should not jump out of his pants, that he should work on it calmly and that everything will be fine.
— So we can say that Bivol lost in the last laps because of these adjustments?
— The 10th and 12th rounds were tied and the 11th round was lost. This is based on an analysis, including in slow motion, by counting the hits, hits and the number of net hits that hit the target. Boxing is a sport where punches that land to the head are considered clean. Not through the glove, not through solid protection, but free hits. Those who explain Beterbiev’s victory are that he received a lot of blows, that there was tonnage, quantity and that Dima would have “ridden a bicycle”. It seemed to me that their fight was similar to the fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler (in 1987, the favorite of this fight, Hagler, lost to Leonard by split decision – approx.). And when a person moves around the ring in different directions… Those who call them “cyclists” are people very far from boxing.
Fans said: during breaks they showed clips in which Dima mainly performs precise strikes and clear combinations. At the same time, they never showed how Arthur delivered his free kick. The operators simply had nothing to find. After all, they usually try to show successful and striking attacks from both. Well, if they exist. And when there are hits on the elbows and gloves, what should be repeated?
And these arguments that a person threw more punches, acted first, were put forward – these are explanations for the poor, and not for specialists and people who understand boxing. It seems to me that this is written by people who are completely removed from boxing or other types of martial arts. For example, MMA. I’m talking about people who insist on the rightness of the decision.
—You said you had rewatched the battle in depth several times. I’m sure you counted every turn.
— It turned out that Beterbiev could have benefited from four rounds. That is, Dima won 8: 4 in rounds or 116: 112. Well, maybe two close rounds could still be considered in Arthur’s favor.
– Well, it would be a draw.
– This is the last resort. I say this if I really want to extend the result. I repeat, my score was 8:4 in favor of Dima. Well, we could have given Arthur another round of controversy. But don’t give him eight or seven rounds. That’s the question,” Machyanov said in an interview with .
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