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Message: [QUOTE="JAXCUSE, post: 4098153, member: 516"] Promoters got funky with their scheduling this month. Inoue fight midweek (with no TV or stream outside of Japan), Tank Davis on a Sunday night PPV, Beterbiev on a Friday…. Not sure I understand the business model…. Agree this is it (from a fight scheduling perspective) for the year. GGG-Murata (was the Japan New Year’s Eve fight) scrapped due to COVID restrictions. Good fight. Some drama with the cuts. When I saw the matchup scheduled, I thought Browne might provide Beterbiev some early problems with mvmt (like Golowaki did), but would eventually be ground down. Basically what happened. Artur is just a wrecking ball. Not flashy, but slow, suffocating, bruising pressure. Style reminds me (a bit) of Rocky Marciano; not devastating power, speed or reflexes but punishing. Ramrod jab and basic punch variety (one to the body, one to the head). Tough to the midsection. Too strong to smother on the inside. Gets stronger as the fight wears on and progressively shortens the ring. Can’t deter him or make him go away. Just keeps hurting the opponent until resistance ends…. Watched Bivol last weekend after the Georgetown debacle against a pretty decent opponent (previously undefeated Salamov) and made him look ordinary. I‘ve liked Bivol since HBO tried to hype him early in his pro career. Really skilled, one of the best jabs in boxing and puts beautiful punches together. But something is bothering me about him. He’s fighting like an amateur these days - not setting down on his shots, safety first, hit and not get hit, not looking to close, just out pointing guys. I read that Bivol is still using his old Russian amateur trainer. Some pundits hypothesize this might be “ing” Dmitri’s pro potential. Maybe. Coincidentally, Bivol’s gone “safety first” since the Joe Smith fight a couple of years back (Smith wobbled him with a LH in the last rd). I dunno, seen it happen before. Hector Camacho became a gun-shy runner for many years after Edwin Rosario cracked him during a “Puerto Rican rivalry” Lightweight Title scrap in the mid 80’s. Like SWC said, it’s a rough game… I just hope Beterbiev, Bivol (and Spence and Crawford and Inoue and Fury and Usyk and the Lightweights, etc, etc) fight more often (and each other) in 2022. Young guys (Ennis, Ortiz, Munguia, Berlanga, Keyshawn Davis, Magsayo, etc) should be in there at least 3-4 times per year. Too much inactivity from the big names (other than Canelo). Top guys avoiding each other and promoter politics are degrading the sport. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my fellow SU boxing fans…. [/QUOTE]

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