I honestly think the key factor in this fight is whether or not Gvozdyk decides to use his movement and range effectively by throwing lots of feints and rabbit punches mixed in with some sneaky hard straight rights to keep Beterbiev off of him, he needs a real assorted bag of punches. Gvozdyk isn't what I'd call 'chinny', nor would I say he is especially weak to the body, but Beterbiev has power to stop anyone at LHW by targeting the head or body.
Look at Usyk's fight against Gassiev. Lots of movement, in and out, and relentless pressure kept Gassiev off of him and didn't allow him to settle - Usyk forced him over and over again to reset and it frustrated him and he just walked forward like a zombie all night.
Throwing 500 punches - 200 feints, 250 rabbit punches with only 50 power punches is better than just throwing 100 punches that are all power punches. Being hit with 10 punches in the space of 3 seconds that are all of varying power between a graze and a powerful straight is very discombobulating. One second you're being tickled, all of a sudden you get a massive WHACK and then you're back to being tickled and prodded again. Constant pressure and movement from Gvozdyk is the key imo.
Most anticipated fight of the year, if Beterbiev wins I really hope Kovalev beats Canelo so we can finally see Kova/Beterbiev. God knows Canelo wants nothing to do with Beterbiev, he is a much bigger and stronger fighter than GGG who he lost to already.
Look at Usyk's fight against Gassiev. Lots of movement, in and out, and relentless pressure kept Gassiev off of him and didn't allow him to settle - Usyk forced him over and over again to reset and it frustrated him and he just walked forward like a zombie all night.
Throwing 500 punches - 200 feints, 250 rabbit punches with only 50 power punches is better than just throwing 100 punches that are all power punches. Being hit with 10 punches in the space of 3 seconds that are all of varying power between a graze and a powerful straight is very discombobulating. One second you're being tickled, all of a sudden you get a massive WHACK and then you're back to being tickled and prodded again. Constant pressure and movement from Gvozdyk is the key imo.
Most anticipated fight of the year, if Beterbiev wins I really hope Kovalev beats Canelo so we can finally see Kova/Beterbiev. God knows Canelo wants nothing to do with Beterbiev, he is a much bigger and stronger fighter than GGG who he lost to already.
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