Beterbiev's career is still in progress & he's only had 19 fights but I'm interested in where others see him at this stage:
All time at 175
H2H against the best men of 175
Beterbiev's career is still in progress & he's only had 19 fights but I'm interested in where others see him at this stage:
All time at 175
H2H against the best men of 175
It is too early to say where Beterbiev would rank until he has finished his career. Artur can improve his record and legacy by beating Bivol and becoming undisputed. He can also improve his bank balance by beating Canelo at the weight as well as defending his title a few more times.
If he becomes undisputed then Beterbiev should be in the conversation about being an ATG.
At the moment his best win is against Gvozdyk who was undefeated and WBC champion. He has had 7 defences and his fight against Yarde was FOTY contender. It is the best fight this year so far.
The great light heavyweights are Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles Bob Foster and Spinks but can not say how Artur would do against them as I never saw them fight in my lifetime.
The best light heavyweight I have seen has been Roy Jones Jnr at the weight and I think he would be too quick for Beterbiev.
Artur v Stevenson would have been a good fight and peak Kovolev as well as Moorer.
I think Beterbiev beats Ward, B Hop and Tarver.
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Ward would pulverize beterbievs balls into submission
Beterbiev hasn’t proved he’s the best guy in this division yet. So I think it’s a bit premature to talk about ATG’s.
Former Undisputed 4 belt Prediction champion. Still P4P and People’s Champion.
roy v artur would be intriguing. roy's speed gives him the edge for me but artur's pressure causes roy grief all night. at the moment without becoming undisputed i'd find it hard to put artur anyway near the top twenty light heavyweights ever, although i think he matches up well with many of them. outside the very best at light heavyweight, imagine fights with guys like dariusz michalczewski or matthew saad muhammad
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Maybe if Betebiev defeats Bivol we can revisit the thread
It's still nice to think about how Beterbiev matches up against past ATG's
Conn vs Beterbiev is a toss up
Foster vs Beterbiev is also a toss up
Jones Jnr vs Beterbiev is a toss up, Jones' speed & stamina make him the favourite but he had a tendancy to go to the ropes, that could give Beterbiev the opportunity he would need
Got to think Jones and ward run rings around beterbiev, beterbiev is a monster puncher but he's not difficult to hit, Ward would have fun with him and have an easier time against him than Kovalev, who should have beaten ward the first time. Jones would be far too quick and athletic for him too.. I'd rate Kovalev ahead of beterbiev too, although those guys had their run ins the amateur days and beterbiev beat Kovalev a few times.
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