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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5194883, member: 289"]
I saw that the Bivol-Beterbiev fight was scheduled for 6PM on ESPN+, (It's not even pay-per-view - what does that say about boxing?) but I assumed that was the beginning of the card so I spent the afternoon doing yardwork. I got in just as the sun was going down, flipped on ESPN plus and found the two great fighters were in the 11th round. AB was going hard after DB, who was mostly covering up or dancing away. I only saw the last half of the 11th round but B certainly won that and the 12th. The commentary said that DB looked like the winner . Apparently he had such a lead that he didn't feel he needed to win those rounds and AB needed the knock out. They showed round-by round punch totals to the end and Bivol had the advantage in most of them, especially the early-to-middle rounds. But the overall edge was only 128-122. After the fight the total punch count was 141-137 for DB but AB had throw more punches, 682-417, meaning Ab had landed 20% and DB 34%. They said he'd bene the aggressor throughout. That, apparently, was decisive: One judge had it 114-114 but the other two had it 115-113 and 116-112 for AB. Likely it was the first of a trilogy.
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