Artur Beterbiev-Oleksandr Gvozdyk/175 WBC-IBF Unification/ESPN/Friday

[TitoFan]

I am going for Beterbiev because I have always believed he was the best fighter at the weight. Now is his chance to prove it and get a big fight against Canelo.

@TitoFan you got it wrong and it sounded like a good fight. Good read.

I suck at predicting fights. Although on the other hand, I didn't do too shabby in Alpha's prediction contest last year.

[powerpuncher]

Great fight. Gvozdyk is a very good boxer with some good power, but his chin isn’t made of granite. Beterbiev was just tougher.

Beterbiev is now the man to beat in the division and I’m not sure who is going to do it. Bivol is a good boxer but is a bit small and Kovalev could not have taken those body shots. Even if Canelo beats Kovalev, there is no way that he would fight Beterbiev.

[Master]

Great fight. Gvozdyk is a very good boxer with some good power, but his chin isn’t made of granite. Beterbiev was just tougher.

Beterbiev is now the man to beat in the division and I’m not sure who is going to do it. Bivol is a good boxer but is a bit small and Kovalev could not have taken those body shots. Even if Canelo beats Kovalev, there is no way that he would fight Beterbiev.

I would love Canelo to fight him if he beats Kov.

[TitoFan]

Great fight. Gvozdyk is a very good boxer with some good power, but his chin isn’t made of granite. Beterbiev was just tougher.

Beterbiev is now the man to beat in the division and I’m not sure who is going to do it. Bivol is a good boxer but is a bit small and Kovalev could not have taken those body shots. Even if Canelo beats Kovalev, there is no way that he would fight Beterbiev.

I would love Canelo to fight him if he beats Kov.

He won't. (Fight Beterbiev, I mean).

[Spicoli]

Great fight. Gvozdyk is a very good boxer with some good power, but his chin isn’t made of granite. Beterbiev was just tougher.

Beterbiev is now the man to beat in the division and I’m not sure who is going to do it. Bivol is a good boxer but is a bit small and Kovalev could not have taken those body shots. Even if Canelo beats Kovalev, there is no way that he would fight Beterbiev.

Yeh I can't see Canelo staying in the neighborhood to face Beterbiev. Bivol would be a top fight but can't see him staying in doing enough to deter him. And no disrespect to Bivol but their recent approach and attitudes seem completely opposite. The compact hand speed of Betebiev was a bit surprising and looks the real deal.

[powerpuncher]

Great fight. Gvozdyk is a very good boxer with some good power, but his chin isn’t made of granite. Beterbiev was just tougher.

Beterbiev is now the man to beat in the division and I’m not sure who is going to do it. Bivol is a good boxer but is a bit small and Kovalev could not have taken those body shots. Even if Canelo beats Kovalev, there is no way that he would fight Beterbiev.

Yeh I can't see Canelo staying in the neighborhood to face Beterbiev. Bivol would be a top fight but can't see him staying in doing enough to deter him. And no disrespect to Bivol but their recent approach and attitudes seem completely opposite. The compact hand speed of Betebiev was a bit surprising and looks the real deal.

Gvozdyk was a good solid fighter and Beterbiev just flat out beat him. Gvozdyk won some rounds, but Beterbiev showed that he was just better.

[Alpha]

I am going for Beterbiev because I have always believed he was the best fighter at the weight. Now is his chance to prove it and get a big fight against Canelo.

@TitoFan you got it wrong and it sounded like a good fight. Good read.

I suck at predicting fights. Although on the other hand, I didn't do too shabby in Alpha's prediction contest last year.

I think most had this fight close to 50/50 going in.

[Master]

I am going for Beterbiev because I have always believed he was the best fighter at the weight. Now is his chance to prove it and get a big fight against Canelo.

@TitoFan you got it wrong and it sounded like a good fight. Good read.

I suck at predicting fights. Although on the other hand, I didn't do too shabby in Alpha's prediction contest last year.

I think most had this fight close to 50/50 going in.

That is true but I went for my man and he won so let me enjoy the gloating it does not happen too often.

[Alpha]

I am going for Beterbiev because I have always believed he was the best fighter at the weight. Now is his chance to prove it and get a big fight against Canelo.

@TitoFan you got it wrong and it sounded like a good fight. Good read.

I suck at predicting fights. Although on the other hand, I didn't do too shabby in Alpha's prediction contest last year.

I think most had this fight close to 50/50 going in.

That is true but I went for my man and he won so let me enjoy the gloating it does not happen too often.

Oh definitely, it was a great call.

I think Beterbiev could fight like that for 15 rounds no problem.

[Master]

If Beterbiev could unify against Bivol the winner would attract a unification fight with Kov/Canelo. I know timing and promoters will not let it happen but it is a good long term dream. Beterbiev is the best in the division.

[powerpuncher]

If Beterbiev could unify against Bivol the winner would attract a unification fight with Kov/Canelo. I know timing and promoters will not let it happen but it is a good long term dream. Beterbiev is the best in the division.

Best case scenario is that Kovalev destroys Canelo so that he can prove that he is still the Krusher. Then the winner can fight Beterbiev. But I do agree that if Beterbiev can fight Bivol in there that would be best. I just don’t know if that’s plausible.

[TitoFan]

If Beterbiev could unify against Bivol the winner would attract a unification fight with Kov/Canelo. I know timing and promoters will not let it happen but it is a good long term dream. Beterbiev is the best in the division.

Best case scenario is that Kovalev destroys Canelo so that he can prove that he is still the Krusher. Then the winner can fight Beterbiev. But I do agree that if Beterbiev can fight Bivol in there that would be best. I just don’t know if that’s plausible.

I'd LOVE for that destruction to happen...... but let me add some perspective.

Kovalev was knocked out to the body (or repeated low blows) by that fearsome puncher, Andre Ward (16 knockouts in 32 career wins). Ginger is fairly adept at going to the body. He also has the good beard nobody can argue about.

BEFORE Kovalev's Achilles heel was exposed, there was 0.0000000000000000001 percent chance that Ginger would've ever even spoken his name, much less seek a fight with him.

So yes. A Krusher destruction of Canelo would make me slightly happy ( ). However, I'm not holding my breath, since once the computer has spit out an opponent for Canelo, that means all possible risks have been evaluated at the nano-microscopic level.