Bivol vs. Smith Jr

[palmerq]

They seem very desperate to get bivol down to 168, even though he seems to best 175lber around. Bivol is giving out a morale draining beating here, I think this will be the end of smith jr unless he lands something very big... something that isn't a judo throw anyway :S

[palmerq]

Bivol nearly knocked out in the last few seconds of that round...amazing. Bivol was doing great too before that

[palmerq]

Bivol was definently troubled by being whacked at the end of the tenth, looked totally different in the 11th he still landed some good stuff bak though.... maybe that's why they want bivol moving down a weight.

[palmerq]

I don't think bivol had even recovered by the start of the 12th round... he ended well though... bit worrying for him though whacked twice with the same punch and the second time had him out on his feet and took him over five minutes to recover from. Bivol moves so quickly he doesn't seem to be like Kovalev with pnching power but not many are.

[Spicoli]

The closest but completely one sided I've seen in a while . Smith jr will spend tomorrow wanting that right hand back, he caught a Bivol waiting on the bell but he felt it every minute after.

[powerpuncher]

The more I watch Bivol, the less I’m pressed with him. I definitely still think he’s a really good fighter, but he has kind of proven that he fades towards the ends of fights and lets his opponents have success in the late rounds. He is a good boxer and moves well, but I have a feeling he will run into someone that won’t give away all the early rounds and then have an issue with having to dig down deep to win it.

I think he still may be the best in a loaded division , but I’m just not as confident as I used to be. Also, I wish that Smith could have fought Beterbiev like he was going to originally because that would have been a fun fight.

[Freedom]

[Spicoli]

That was a one way brutal 10th round right up until 2:59, huge right hand had Bivol on raggedy legs! Go all out Joe. Bivol was shook up bad.