It's a hard fight to call, I would go with Bivol being more technical but more in the remit of how he manages distance control he's the best boxer (subjectively) current generation with positioning the lead foot. He's consistently staggering the back foot succinctly so he's in and out simultaneously without wasting movement, it's a nightmare unless the opponent rushes in which is why he offsets the ability for them to reset. Very similar in that regard to Usyk to a small degree it's not surprising given it's a amateur basis of fighting (both have world class records) which they have integrated well into the pro's.
So I can see Beterbiev getting lost in the sauce if he's fighting at Bivol's range but what when happens when Beterbiev eventually closes that gap, he's knocked out far bigger opponents Gvozdyk / Joe Smith to name who are units at light heavy so if Bivol's taking punishment from round to round he's likely going down.
Beterbiev's ruptured meniscus could play a factor, if he's moving around how much does that impact his comfort, heard fighters with the exact same tear like Chris Algieri say it's a muscle issue that you never truly recover from.
So I can see Beterbiev getting lost in the sauce if he's fighting at Bivol's range but what when happens when Beterbiev eventually closes that gap, he's knocked out far bigger opponents Gvozdyk / Joe Smith to name who are units at light heavy so if Bivol's taking punishment from round to round he's likely going down.
Beterbiev's ruptured meniscus could play a factor, if he's moving around how much does that impact his comfort, heard fighters with the exact same tear like Chris Algieri say it's a muscle issue that you never truly recover from.
