THE DAZN Boxing Show Beterbiev vs. Bivol 10/12/2024 12th October 2024
THE DAZN Boxing Show Beterbiev vs. Bivol 10/12/2024 12th October 2024
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00:00:00and ladies and gentlemen welcome to the main event of the evening undefeated versus undefeated
00:00:13somebody's oh has got to go 12 rounds of boxing for the undisputed light heavyweight
00:00:23championship of the world and it's all brought to you by riyadh season and the general
00:00:30entertainment authority with frank warren for queensbury promotions bob arum's top-ranked
00:00:36boxing eddie hearn for matchroom boxing in association with gold star promotions world
00:00:43of boxing and seller sponsorship provided by saudi tourism authority saudi national bank stc
00:00:52dr sulaiman al habib medical group morava development company and lucid motors ladies
00:01:00and gentlemen special thanks to the kingdom of saudi arabia and the custodian of the two holy
00:01:08mosques king salman bin abdul aziz al saud his royal highness prince muhammad bin salman and
00:01:19his excellency chairman of the general entertainment authority this contest
00:01:27sanctioned by the british boxing board of control the world boxing association the world boxing
00:01:35commission the international boxing federation the world boxing organization and the international
00:01:42boxing organization at ringside the three judges scoring this fight should it go the distance
00:01:51from the united states glenn feldman from poland pavel cardini and from spain manuel oliver
00:01:59palomo and inside the ring working for the 96th time in a world title fight world championship
00:02:07veteran referee from the united states thomas taylor and now ladies and gentlemen the officials
00:02:14are in place and they are ready the fighters are in the ring and they are ready so for the
00:02:25sold-out thousands in attendance and the millions watching around the world from the kingdom of saudi
00:02:33arabia let's get ready to rumble
00:02:46introducing first fighting out of the blue corner wearing blue with black and officially weighing in
00:02:53at 174.12 pounds an unblemished professional record consisting of 23 fights 23 victories
00:03:04including 12 big wins by knockout he's the reigning defending undefeated wba ibo light heavyweight
00:03:16champion of the world
00:03:29and across the ring fighting out of the red corner
00:03:32wearing black with green and officially weighing in at 174.9 pounds his professional record
00:03:4220 fights 20 victories 20 big wins by knockout the reigning and defending undefeated wbc wbo
00:03:54ibf and ring light heavyweight champion of the world
00:03:59world
00:04:19all right gentlemen we're getting everything on the letters here is going to be good
00:04:22everything on the white letters here is good you got my instructions in the back
00:04:26protect yourselves at all times listen to my commands touch them up back to your corner
00:04:30gentlemen final instructions for referee thomas taylor there's a qr code get involved people
00:04:37this is better be at versus bivol no malice no mercy be warned this is not for the squeamish
00:04:56no
00:04:59the bell goes and here we go 12 rounds or fewer for the undisputed
00:05:09light heavyweight crown there to be a bit the black bivouac in the blue front feet almost
00:05:14just clashing there early on interested to hear the referee say that punches on the letters of
00:05:21the belt line were good for both fighters he had a close look at bivol's bell light
00:05:26when he entered the ring they'll always do those final checks at every single level
00:05:34here we go
00:05:46a little bit of a feeling out process early on he was always unlikely to be
00:05:52a gung-ho start matt these two are far too good far too experienced far too respectful of each
00:05:59for that absolutely no no room for error here the slightest of mistake and you're going to
00:06:04get uh pounced on you're going to be made to pay so both razor sharp here switched on
00:06:10totally focused fainting flinching trying to see what the other guy's going to do
00:06:14try and lure them into what way they're going to react make a mistake overreach
00:06:18and then punish them so very i'll say for some of them might look like there's not
00:06:23not a lot going on here but trust me there's a lot going on here they're
00:06:26trying to work each other out
00:06:30better be able to pecking with that jab holding the center of the ring for the most part bivol
00:06:35working around him high guard keeping that tight looks to lead off with a left foot there
00:06:41what are your early impressions of this one josh i see both fighters trying to establish the jab
00:06:48gain control they're both holding the center um interestingly we haven't seen big world we've
00:06:54seen a glimpse of him going backwards and circling around but it hasn't been too much
00:06:58and tells you that look he's also looking to make a stamp and you know gain control of this
00:07:07looking for the one-two that they've already stepped in behind it
00:07:12put a good combination together there whenever there's been a suggestion this week
00:07:18that he might find it difficult to stay away from the power of
00:07:22he has answered quite simply that it's not going to be possible to stay away from the power he's
00:07:27not going to spend 12 rounds trying not to get landed on that's not realistic he has to back
00:07:33his own punch resistance and he feels he is more than capable of doing damage himself yeah he knows
00:07:40he can't just run away here and back get backed off he can step out of distance he can edge to
00:07:45the sides but he can't get run around the ring
00:08:00very good finish to the first round there for the v3 bivouac
00:08:04caught better bm on the ropes backs him up near side of the ring to us and then followed it up
00:08:09nicely too and also he's backing up just punching up as he was backing up let the shots go walk
00:08:15better bivouac to them lovely good well-timed accurate shots
00:08:32yeah coming forward there you see the way bivouac got spun off the ropes got back into
00:08:36the center of the ring and then landed got caught with the right hand but landed a three-punch
00:08:40combination himself you see both men landing there both guys happy to exchange to punch when
00:08:49the other guy punches there's a lovely jab right hand from people has better be of advanced
00:08:57in that initial exchange they both landed juddering right hands i thought the second
00:09:01one that got through from bivouac didn't quite land in the end i think uh glancing for our blow
00:09:07was all the materialized there but it was a good finish to the round and this is heating up quick
00:09:22see program so sharp
00:09:26the other guy just cannot afford to make a mistake if they do they're going to get punished
00:09:30that's what this is isn't it josh it's uh again absolute fractions it is one um like i said
00:09:37you can't afford to make a mistake man um for me the first one i give it to bivouac
00:09:44um it seemed a lot more busier but listen this is this is nothing strange from the
00:09:48turbo it's a 12-round fight for him we know all he needs is one shot
00:09:53uh
00:09:59looking to really turn over that right hand didn't quite have the distance
00:10:03correct that time better be up with those cute feet just pulled himself slightly out of distance
00:10:09good feet better be up but also keep the hands nice and high as well so even the
00:10:12if they do reach or get that bit closer he just catches them on his gloves and the forearms
00:10:23guys
00:10:26both landing with jabs
00:10:30before leading off with the left hook but the right club was where it needed to be there for
00:10:33better be out yeah a couple of times people's tried that but each time better be ever had
00:10:37that right hand nice and high protecting the cheek nice job to the body from bivouac
00:10:54so
00:10:59just popping up that lead left better be out trying to gauge the range hasn't really committed
00:11:05to a right hand in this round just yet but he's marshalling bivouac around the ring
00:11:11bivouac taking a step back into the center maybe
00:11:14realizing that he was dancing to better be able to tune a little bit there
00:11:19better be so clever and so patient as long as he's making bivouac
00:11:26exert more energy move with more urgency than he wants to he's happy enough he just stalking him
00:11:34and i'll tell you one thing he's done that a lot better this round
00:11:37the pressure has been not a lot more but it's been a lot than it was the previous round
00:11:49closing stages of round two left hand on the move there from
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00:12:44some action from that previous round right at the end of it
00:12:57and as josh mentioned the pressure from better be of
00:13:02just ratcheted up in that second round he didn't let his hands go particularly
00:13:08he was taking that space he was getting a little bit closer
00:13:12let go with the right hand there at the start of round three and started this round quite quick
00:13:19started to apply that pressure a lot more making more contact with the lead hand
00:13:23it's not necessarily landed on the chin but most importantly it's making contact
00:13:31oh
00:13:39people looking to go down to the body better be able to drop the forearms on that one
00:13:43a bit of fencing in this round so far they're hitting a lot of gloves forearms
00:13:48in range you're willing to completely commit better be able to stepping in behind the lead
00:13:52left hook again bivouac able just to slide out of damaging range at least
00:14:00oh
00:14:18pretty much got through the right hand maybe not quite so much but that's a couple of left
00:14:22hands that have found the mark in the last few seconds just getting his feet slightly closer
00:14:27the gloves are up for better but they're still registered yeah definitely and not single shots
00:14:33point three and four together okay one or two maybe hits the gloves with three four
00:14:37gets through even if it's partially blocked and still gets through
00:14:46people knows it's going to be combinations but also he doesn't want to
00:14:49turn his doors and he wants to win these rounds by doing as little as possible
00:14:57yes
00:15:01better be able to try to call that right hand in around the back of the guard thrown from low
00:15:10both exchanging on the inside right hands over the top
00:15:21short punches there but you can just see the rotation behind them
00:15:27so
00:15:48look to try and step on him right at the end of the round and sink in a right hand
00:15:53bevolvo with the right hand over the top and then steps away to his left these are
00:15:58fascinating exchanges towards the end of the third
00:16:23yeah was trying to store nice right hand there over the top with good counter
00:16:30with the momentum of coming forward and the physical pressure pushed it back as well again
00:16:35there's here another angle it's good job for best to be able to better right hand counter from bible
00:16:45it's important for people that using that to be a bully him that's exactly it isn't it because he
00:16:50had a good first round there's not much in those two we've just seen round two and round three but
00:16:55as josh has been saying better bf is looking to up the pressure ronio sullivan looking on from
00:17:02ringside but people as discussed earlier in the show is comfortable
00:17:11uncomfortable which you have to be in that ring and being in the ring with better beer
00:17:15you look at his record it has to be the most uncomfortable experience you can have
00:17:20but the movement so good from people you see doesn't really stand still for very long at all
00:17:23even when he got backed up on the ropes a couple of times he was very conscious where he was and
00:17:28was able to spin off and get back into the center of the ring hasn't really allowed
00:17:32better be able to pin him too long in the corners or on the ropes not yet anyway that's a good
00:17:39combination from bible he landed a single jab then backed up landed another jab followed by the right
00:17:44hand stepped off to the side you have to be happy with that land that one two and then move
00:17:49don't stay there for the counter coming back at you keeping better bf moving and turning as much
00:17:55as he can making him reset which is exactly what he's done there just working around that front foot
00:18:03yeah this is good for people
00:18:07great lateral movement letting the shots off one two three and then spins up again
00:18:11again making better be of having to reset come after him
00:18:25you'd imagine the last team said to make sure that to be abuses every
00:18:29making those 39 year old legs make sure he feels 39 in there keep him turning keep him twist reset
00:18:41is
00:19:02it's the final minute of round four it's an absorbing contest between two
00:19:09master practitioners
00:19:29better be of just shaking out those feet almost he kicks them up a little bit
00:19:34he hasn't been able to put people under the kind of pressure in round four that he was
00:19:38threatening in rounds two and three and that is the absolute credit he's had a good round here
00:19:46yeah just landed in fast two and threes then get gets out of distance
00:19:53well four rounds in and there's not very much in this at all do you think josh will be fair to say
00:20:09it's two a piece maybe through the first four rounds it's as i said it's an absorbing fight
00:20:13to watch yeah it is and i think as close as the rounds are if bibble wins it he tends to keep
00:20:20the distance keeps returning and when viterbo wins he seems to get closer and closer with that
00:20:25pressure so again it'll be interesting to see the next few rounds the pressure of viterbo is
00:20:29starting to show but also bibble he's got that fluid style and he seems to be using it
00:20:37yeah he seems letting the combinations go there people you know he's moving and then when he when
00:20:42he has to he gets kind of cornered he knows right i'm gonna let him go now in one two three fast
00:20:47shots straight very basic keep it simple do it well and then get out of distance
00:20:52don't be there for the counters
00:21:02so into the fifth
00:21:09better be the holder of three belts for wbc the ibf the wbo he's in the black
00:21:16the wba champion in the blue both of these undefeated just as tyson fury
00:21:22and alexander usic were back in may when they met for undisputed
00:21:29well at home you're seeing it four nil to bivouac i would say he definitely won the first and the
00:21:33fourth the second and the third maybe another great deal in them i would certainly have given
00:21:38at least one of those two
00:21:49just poking with that lead left hand back to the oven then just looking to try and let the right
00:21:54hand go and you mentioned the word absorbing you know when you're in there fighting someone
00:21:59for both of these guys keeps that high level but you know certainly when someone's got that
00:22:03knockout power the concentration factor the brain power that can really drain the battery
00:22:13throwing a wide right hand there better be i mean showed bivouac the exit down the ropes to
00:22:18bivouac left stepped a little bit wider than through the right hand in kind of like a hook
00:22:25and just caught into the body as he was trying to move off he's good at leaving the door ajar
00:22:32and then slamming it shut the big bowl has done a very good job so far of finding the space that
00:22:38he's needed to and the punch output also that he's needed to to keep better feel honest
00:22:50that's another good combination from in there
00:22:52goes down to the body then up to the head
00:23:09he's trying to get those hands together in combination
00:23:13better be a bit old it's just interrupting him when he's trying to set up with
00:23:18just some good crisp punches
00:23:22he's offsetting you know changing the direction side to side
00:23:26and also going bamavan couple of shots as well
00:23:37maybe has a scent in his nostrils here
00:23:47uh
00:24:01so
00:24:16father's in there as well
00:24:22we saw him in saudi arabia in june when this fight was supposed to take place remember it
00:24:27didn't happen he got a win against malik zinad a stoppage his first for quite some time
00:24:50and that's a good example there isn't it better pf lands a good job there he's looking to move
00:24:54in behind it but can't because he walked straight onto a right hand exactly right
00:24:58hand left top combo come straight firing back
00:25:17and the fact that people is so experienced over the 12 rounds is worth noting because as we know
00:25:23better bf has never done it
00:25:28that doesn't mean he can't
00:25:33but it hasn't happened due to the fact that he stopped every single one of his opponents he's
00:25:37looking to try and let that right hand go but people again just did well there the guard was up
00:25:43he rode it allowed himself just to bounce back into the ropes took the sting off it
00:25:47a little bit yeah best way of trying to target the body a bit more this round good idea as well
00:25:52i think try and take the legs away from people a little bit get those hands down
00:26:17i think here you see doesn't want to engage two boxes using the feet a lot more
00:26:33and look to try and follow it up with the left foot better bf
00:26:36just gathers those feet tries to close that gap a little bit quicker
00:26:48halfway here
00:26:56he could well be in a situation here we're at halfway he is behind
00:27:05and that will be an unusual experience
00:27:17the combination go
00:27:38look for the right into the body there better be at last 20 seconds of round six
00:27:48just beginning to get through on big old towards the end of the round there
00:28:00at the end of the round
00:28:05so
00:28:17us open tennis winner in the house as well just sat behind
00:28:21george warren everybody in this place everybody george everybody stay with him and work
00:28:28work this guy a lot of boxing heading your way on the sky over the next few days tomorrow at
00:28:369 00 a.m in a way against the wba bantamweight title
00:28:49so
00:29:03so we're at the halfway stage six rounds in how are we seeing this one if we've all got his nose
00:29:07in front of the midway point um without scoring i might have him a few rounds up
00:29:14um but again returning to starting to to plant some seeds to that body and we landed a flush
00:29:20shot there again and then i think that will pay off but for me i've got bibble up by a few rounds
00:29:29well at home you've got it four two in favor of bibble i think that's a solid score i wouldn't
00:29:38the way it is on that card but four two bibble i can see i can see three three as well though
00:29:44because there's not been much in some of these i'd say that bibbles round wins have maybe been a
00:29:51a bit bigger possibly i think particularly about rounds one and four but this is a tight affair
00:29:58as we knew it would be and there's still such a long way to go and as you said so absorbing that
00:30:03the concentration factor is so intense both men will be feeling the pace even when there's
00:30:09nothing looks like nothing's happening it's just a pure intensity people open it up here
00:30:15both body and head the combination that's eye-catching stuff from bibble when he unloads
00:30:19and put shots together as well in close rounds they're the things you remember
00:30:25those types of flurries as you say can be really important
00:30:33uh
00:30:42good use of the jab there from bible
00:30:53oh
00:31:15bibble just skirting away to his right hand side i think he felt that he had better be up on the
00:31:19run a little bit and then he sprang off the rope and these two beginning to mix it down 35 seconds
00:31:25remaining in round seven moving with a lot more urgency here he felt i think that threaded the
00:31:32spruce up through the middle
00:31:39well this could be a key moment in the fight possibly better be a
00:31:42for those short ramrod like punches letting those hands go final 10 seconds of the round
00:31:49bibble just needs to get through here he's not massively unsteady he doesn't look like
00:31:53he's about to unravel but he is very much defense first because he's felt some of these punches
00:32:01and into the second round of the fight that was maybe what better be and
00:32:06needed because that was very encouraging for him that was his biggest round of the fight
00:32:12that was probably the first time he fought where he hurt bibble he screws up through the middle got
00:32:16through the gap in the clean shot you can see bibble and then
00:32:34you might see it here
00:32:38yeah bibble landing a sharp couple of characters there one loading it's coming up there is it
00:32:42yeah and then yeah he's like that one two and then the left group screw shot
00:32:48you see bibble looking to hold there yeah
00:32:59that was a really good combination from bibble that caused better be able to
00:33:02give some ground and typically a better beer the punches that did the damage there they didn't look
00:33:08like all that much you couldn't even really pick out what in particular it was but you could see
00:33:13the effect it had for the rest of the round so heading into round eight now
00:33:25just dips his knees better be out there and throws the right hand into the body
00:33:33you know both men's defenses are so good that they both of them have to work so hard just to
00:33:38find an opening to land a clean shot that's what we've got to try and bury it
00:33:43will put down head and body faints combinations mixing it up
00:33:51you can't afford to call a lazy shot because you're going to get countered
00:34:02they're right on top of each other both standing
00:34:06within punching range really almost daring the other one to lead off first
00:34:29midway through the round just short with the right hand but he got those gloves back
00:34:33double quick there people when he realized he wasn't going to make it
00:34:41better be up just stepping off to his right hand side to try and change the point of attack
00:35:04not much in this round currently
00:35:11of the two better be at maybe just dictating turns more
00:35:21foreign
00:35:34quick as a flash just struck back with his own
00:35:51oh
00:36:11it's so interesting this because we got four rounds remaining here and you can see from the
00:36:15way they're going about this they're still reluctant i wouldn't say to commit because
00:36:22they're right on top of each other they're committing yeah but at what point are they
00:36:26really going to risk it well well they both know there's no room for error the slightest mistake
00:36:32you're going to get you're going to get punished for it because that's the razor razor sharp they
00:36:38are that's the level of these two guys are fighting that and i think one thing that was
00:36:44done well was that when the turbo starts releasing his hands he makes sure he always responds
00:36:48just to let him know you could hurt me but i'm gonna hit you back that's exactly it josh he
00:36:56has answered back hasn't he every time there's been an argument brewing and it looks like one
00:37:00might get on top then all it looks like to me of might get on top then he's answered back
00:37:05people there's fabio wardley what a night he has had i said to my friend look we're all happy
00:37:11tonight a lot of men are happy but no one is happier in this arena than fabio wardley
00:37:21nice work to the body there for bivouac right hand into the rib cage you're back to bm
00:37:31you know there's no room for rather forever but we're getting into the
00:37:33final third of the fight when people get tired that's when they make mistakes
00:37:36yes who can capitalize on any mistakes better bivouac again cupping with that right hand
00:38:07left foot straight onto the jab afterwards
00:38:21defenses have been sound from these two not all that much has got through
00:38:25absolutely clean a lot has been half blocked by gloves or forearms
00:38:30he's staying patient here back at bm
00:38:44again that's great work from people down to the body then finishes up to the head
00:38:49that's it up and down body head combinations duplex first two three four gets through
00:39:00yes
00:39:14this has been a good round for bivouac 40 seconds remaining
00:39:30so
00:39:36he's landed four five six there on the move on his way out to the left hand side
00:39:41really good variation you know still boxing so much energy here at the end of the night
00:39:49up on his toes punching in combinations
00:40:01with three remaining i think better bm has got some work to do here it's a close fight it's
00:40:08as we've been saying a fascinating fight to watch
00:40:13but of the two if i had to pick a corner i would rather be in at the minute i would rather be in
00:40:17that blue corner yeah i think people are definitely ahead and he's the younger man the fresher man
00:40:24and he looks fresher he looked you know back then he up on his toes putting flurries together
00:40:31body and head fixing it off what a round of great footwork by bivouac that round
00:40:36literally evaded a lot of punishment and dished it out in return
00:40:47but still the look of a determined man in utopia you cannot write him off
00:40:52absolutely not there's still nine minutes remaining here all it takes
00:40:58is a split second anyone who follows this sport knows that it can change in the blink of an eye
00:41:06a fractional error it doesn't even have to be an error and everything can be turned on its head
00:41:15so the undisputed crown of light heavyweight on the line here
00:41:23you see again that bivouac just one minute is on the ropes and then within a second he's back in
00:41:28the center of the ring never allowed better bf so far anyway to pin him for too long on the ropes
00:41:36or in the corners that was a decent right hand from better fear a bit pop through the guard and
00:41:41you can see the head snap back there at bivouac he has to try and build on that
00:41:46now early stages of round 10 that was a nice body shot from bivouac
00:42:03yes
00:42:09he's found it very difficult better be able to trap bivouac on the ropes every now and again
00:42:14like he did there recording with his back a little bit square but he's always been able to just
00:42:19slip away
00:42:21yes
00:42:31maybe just shut down his own space slightly midway through round 10
00:42:51just a thing with the front foot
00:43:01then and he didn't really let the hands go and maybe have an opportunity to do so
00:43:17and again it's an eye-catching flurry he's done that really well in this fight he's taken the
00:43:22risk he's set his feet giving himself that solid base to punch off
00:43:27no punch we need to hold up good job committed to the combination
00:43:31better be able she's got to be busier
00:43:36i'm looking to try and up the tempo there but again bibble manages to turn him off the ropes
00:43:40he's like a bar of soap just can't quite get him
00:43:56oh
00:44:11yeah he needs to up it now i think he's definitely behind here better here however you're seeing it
00:44:16i think you can only say that people's ahead here there's only one man winning this now it's the
00:44:20better you need to need a big finish here it's something that we know that he's capable of
00:44:29listen only there's six minutes left and those at home and us lot here
00:44:32six minutes is a very short time but when you start counting six minutes in that ring it's a
00:44:37very long time so yes the end is almost near for bibble but with the puncher power this man has got
00:44:42you never know
00:44:47yeah just on point there those right hand left hook combinations but people working so well
00:44:56better coming out of his corner just bouncing on the balls of his feet he needs to
00:45:00raise the tempo here he's got to win these final two rounds he absolutely has to he might need a
00:45:06little bit more than that we don't know how the judges are scoring this down at ringside of course
00:45:13uh
00:45:29with a lucky black jab again goes up to the head down to the body he's produced such great variety
00:45:35all night long he's mixed things up beautifully the feet have been
00:45:38great the defenses have been tight he's kept his opponent occupied he's buried up the weight of
00:45:46shots and as we said matt when he's needed to sink his toes in and really put some heat on
00:45:51his shots he's done it yeah brilliant performances let's say he's never become readable you know
00:45:57he's never been able basically he's never been able to pin him in anywhere in the ring normally
00:46:02better he's very good at maneuvering his opponent setting traps walking them where he wants to but
00:46:06he's never been able to do that with people so good and get himself back into the center of the ring
00:46:13really good combination again from people about 10-15 seconds ago
00:46:16bit of fear just trying to get after him here and this is what he has to do
00:46:21leaning muscle and rough him up somehow guys i thought about 20 seconds ago
00:46:28not too sure how much contact i made but since then he's had people on the back foot
00:46:32midway through the round he needs to try and build on that and he is attempting to do just that
00:46:42stalking his man goes with the right hand to the body tilted into the uppercut defensive
00:46:47mode here he needs something himself to try and keep better bf off him i mean he's under
00:46:53the cost here i don't know how much of it's getting through cleanly but he hasn't really
00:46:58fired back for a while now about to be i need to keep this going
00:47:05as we said he needs a big final couple of rounds here the way we're seeing it
00:47:10is there a big swelling over the left eye now of bival
00:47:13oh
00:47:31there is some damage around that left eye but he's working people over
00:47:34a little bit now
00:47:43to his man and this is going to set up an absolute grandstand finish in the 12th and
00:47:49final round of joshua boaz he said six minutes in that square circle can feel like forever
00:47:56and this bell cannot come soon enough for bibble here at the end of the 11th that is a better bf
00:48:02round and he's got to put his foot to the floor in the 12th heady her looking a little bit
00:48:11nervous at ringside as well he might
00:48:24and both these fighters now just on their stools just trying to suck up the air and recover
00:48:31for one almighty final effort yeah some hard shots went in there body and head
00:48:36head you're right there's not much that's fully landing i mean there he's landing but
00:48:44the previous sequence you're right a lot were caught on the glove and just missing
00:48:47but i'll tell you what there was a point he landed an overhand right not sure how much
00:48:51contact he made but that's when that round turned yeah and even those shots that are partially
00:48:57blocked they're still getting through they're still hurting well that's the danger when you
00:49:02face him 12th and final round a touch of gloves between the two and here we go
00:49:08better be straight onto the front foot probably damaging looking right hand there
00:49:14you know i'm sure he's probably told the needs might need a knockout certain enough downs
00:49:21well you've got it close there's that same right hand at home
00:49:25but if he can close this out better be a win these final two rounds it goes down to the judges we
00:49:30don't know how they're seeing it through 10 rounds we felt bival was in control in terms of the scores
00:49:38but things can change very very quickly better be i'm looking to try and stay on top of him here
00:49:48set his feet there bival he tries to give benefit of something to think about
00:49:53he cannot just allow him to walk him down for the remainder of this fight
00:49:57and he knows it
00:50:08that's a good combination from bival
00:50:12better be a stalking menacingly
00:50:26oh
00:50:45so tight better be after trying to bring the heat to
00:50:50bival again here we're heading into the final minute of the fight bival just circling to his
00:50:55right to his left but a bit of it's got him a little bit pinned here looks to try and let that
00:50:59right hand go bival is tucking up he's being cuffed around the touch here just swaggering forward
00:51:08yeah bival working him overhead and by the bival trying to fire back with something
00:51:14we'd better be having the driving seat here both men tired now bival just manages to get a
00:51:21hold of his man there by himself for a few seconds rest by heading into the final 30
00:51:28and this has been a better round again here and it looks like we are going to go to the scores
00:51:34trying to curl that right hand in round the back of the guard and bival is just holding on a little
00:51:39bit he is the one who will want the final bell more here out of the two it's been an engrossing
00:51:46fight this it really has all of the way through such a high level he's trying to pin that on
00:51:55final few seconds
00:51:59there goes the bell bival celebrates a little bit more modest as he heads back to his corner
00:52:07but that tells you more about the kind of person he is rather than giving you too much of an
00:52:12indication of whether he feels like he's done enough they are more muted in that better bf
00:52:18corner but this could well be very close
00:52:27as you say man it could come down to how those early rounds
00:52:31are scored well i've got it a draw but i gave after four rounds i had it two a piece
00:52:36of the viewers scorecard had it four nil people so
00:52:40you know those those couple of acts could be vital here in fact i'm sure they'll be vital
00:52:48at just the point in it according to you at home you got one drawn round in there so one drawn six
00:52:54two bival and five two better bf who certainly won those final two they are confident in that
00:53:02bival corner i can understand why it was a very very good performance
00:53:12the way that he managed to use his feet the way that he managed to soak up the power the way that
00:53:17not to get caught all that much the way he was prepared to gamble at times
00:53:25hold his feet and really let his own hands go you would have him in the box seat here
00:53:32when it comes to this decision but this is this is a strange old sport at times
00:53:52it was a fabulous fight to watch it didn't quite ignite in the way that we thought it might but
00:53:58then again that wasn't any great surprise because as you were both saying all of the way through the
00:54:03concentration levels had to be so high any kind of reckless error could be punished absolutely
00:54:10ruthlessly and they both knew it both are too good for it to become a barn burner because there
00:54:16there was no room for error error but their defenses were so good that neither guy was
00:54:21couldn't really open up couldn't get too reckless because they knew they'd get punished
00:54:25so it was so it was such high level stuff
00:54:29that it never it was never going to catch fire and become like an all-out
00:54:32war of attrition and two you know what i mean it was too quality exactly exactly
00:54:46and that was the scene at the final battle that can sometimes be quite challenging
00:54:51the bivalve corner is confident i make the right to be confident
00:54:58sounding that mode of caution yeah the body language of two corners bivalve
00:55:03corner seemed happier for sure
00:55:20has it even as a draw
00:55:23glenn feldman scores it 115 to 113 pavel carvini scores at 116 to 112 to the winner by
00:55:35majority decision and now the unified undisputed world champion
00:55:50and he is now the undisputed light heavyweight champion of the world well that is a surprise
00:56:00to me on the scorecards manuel oliver palomo spain had it a draw glenn feldman had it seven
00:56:07five men of bf pavel cardini 84 better bf bivalve looks absolutely devastated and i can understand
00:56:18we were saying at the end that it was a close fight there was plenty of both rounds in there
00:56:22the draw i can see the two cars in favor of better bm particularly the a4 better bm
00:56:30i don't really see that i don't want to take anything away from him here because that was
00:56:34a fantastic fight and he has been a judge for winner but dimitri bivalve will 100 be demanding
00:56:42that this gets run back you see you sit next to me you see i had it 114 114 to draw but when i
00:56:48heard the 116 112 but people's got it yeah because you know what i mean i thought i didn't see better
00:56:54bf possibly some of the rounds were very close like i said i didn't i didn't draw but i felt
00:57:00that when i heard the 116 112 i thought that people had it i couldn't see how better bf could
00:57:05have got hit that wide well um i'll be honest with you i the same as you man when i heard the
00:57:13last scorecard i said you know what they've given it to in my opinion the right man um there were
00:57:19some there were some close rounds many many close rounds but personally i had bivalve winning that
00:57:23fight well we'll hear i think what the pair of them will have to say afterwards chris mannix
00:57:30is is up in the ring trying to get a word with after congratulations you had a whole lot of
00:57:35hardware there now because you're the undisputed light heavyweight champion how does that feel
00:57:42i feel not bad i did not good today i want more good box today but
00:57:51more quality you know i don't know why but i didn't like this fight but
00:57:55i'll be better one day how tough was this fight it's not tough uh it's like a little bit
00:58:03uncomfortable
00:58:11was this a tough fight
00:58:15was this a tough fight of course it's this uh tough fight because
00:58:19mithri too he's world champion too like you know he has good skills maybe better than me but today
00:58:30allah chose me first three rounds it looked like bivalve was winning those early rounds
00:58:37what adjustments did you make in this fight adjustments what changes did you make during
00:58:45the fight you know during the fight we always try to change something but you know i maybe i
00:58:52want to punch him maybe that's why i not deliver more punches i don't know did you feel like you
00:58:59were slowing him down with your power as the fight went on no because because i'm not delivering no
00:59:07one punch did you feel like when the bell when the final bell rang did you think you did enough
00:59:13to win the fight i had yes but it's for me not not not comfort not uncomfortable because
00:59:20usually i'm not waiting for well it's today but today i even like lucky too your corner
00:59:29i think it was before the 10th round said to you you need to knock him out
00:59:34were you surprised to hear that but they always say that
00:59:38did that make you any more aggressive going into those final two rounds yes i'm more focused but
00:59:45not aggressive like more focus first time going the distance how does it feel to go the full 12
00:59:52it's new my it's my experience i'm happy that for that i'm you know i'm very simple boxer
00:59:59like me like boxers in the world like me i think more than thousands even muhammad ali
01:00:06have fights long distance all distance i'm not bad boxer even it's not about me you know
01:00:13you had knee surgery about five months ago how did you feel physically in the ring
01:00:19it's make react to for my preparation because we need something modified you know change
01:00:27you are the undisputed champion but this was a fantastic fight that i think a lot of people
01:00:32would love to see again would you be interested in a rematch for this fight
01:00:38if his excellency what we're gonna do can i say something thank you very much for saudi arabia
01:00:54congratulations arthur thank you very much we're gonna move over and grab dmitry biebel
01:01:03dmitry did you think you did enough to win the fight first of all i want to say thank you
01:01:10for this chance thank you to react season to saudi arabia and his excellency i got this chance
01:01:19i am a warrior i have to do everything perfect and i don't have any explanation because it
01:01:28could look like excuses i just congratulations to arthur and his team he deserved it no problem
01:01:36i i just have time to to make another decision for my future that's it how surprised were that
01:01:44were you that you didn't get the decision sorry were you surprised that you didn't get the decision
01:01:52you know i i don't know i was just i did my job i felt that i could make better i always could
01:02:02make better i it's just just some opinion of judges congratulations arthur and i i couldn't
01:02:11see i didn't see this fight i i just he won what what i could say did you feel his power at any
01:02:17point during the fight yeah of course he he's powerful very powerful and he you see i have a
01:02:23bruise from my from my from my hand he always beat it and it was so hard even he reached my my eye
01:02:35do you feel like how you performed deserves a rematch would you like to do it again
01:02:40with arthur why not of course if i have this chance yes this is my dream to be undisputed
01:02:47appreciate the effort dimitri thank you