Former world super middleweight champion (up to 76.2 kg) German Robert Stieglitz gave
interview for the YouTube channel “Viktor Yalymov’s Boxing Studio”.
In a conversation, the ex-champion spoke about the absolute super middleweight champion Mexican Canelo Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs), the unified champion from Canada Artur Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KOs), the WBA super champion from Russia Dmitry Bivole (20 -0, 11 KOs), and also commented on the future third fight between Alvarez and the unified middleweight champion (up to 72.6 kg) Kazakhstani Gennady Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KOs).
— Let’s start with Artur Beterbiev. He has already unified 3 titles. Tell me how to win against Artur Beterbiev?
— [смеётся] Now Arthur is probably the most peak light heavyweight athlete. Because last year, in March, I was with Adam Daines in Moscow. It was also a very good fight. Adam lost in 10-11 rounds, but he got a good fight. He just wasn’t in the right physical condition to beat Arthur. And the last fight with Smith… He just ran over Smith in a tank, leaving no chance. In light heavyweight, I think Beterbiev has no equal now. On the reunion of all the belts, I wish him good luck, because he is really the best at the moment.
– And if there is a fight between Beterbiev and Bivol, who will you choose?
– Everything is going to this, that this fight will surely take place. I don’t know, for me Bivol is also a very good boxer, a very knowledgeable boxer. In the last fight he showed that he can. Well, yes, Canelo is already a little like that, my opinion is a bloated product. They made him a god. But Dima showed that he can. I will even say that he did it at idle, in my opinion. If he wanted to, he would… He can do more, he just doesn’t show it. As for the fight Bivol – Beterbiev, it will be a very interesting fight. We will wait for him. Who won? It’s hard for me to say. I won’t even make any predictions. I know both boxers. To be honest, I don’t want them to meet. Let others come out against them: the British, the Americans. Let them beat others, but it’s better not to box among themselves.
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– If there is a second fight Bivol – Canelo, what will be the scenario?
– Dima will win without any problems. My opinion. He will even do it better and faster.
– Who do you see as the favorite in the third fight between Canelo and Golovkin?
– I do not know. I wish Gene to win. Age … After all, already 40 years old. I ended my career at 37, but still, for professional boxing, this is already an old man. An old man in the sense that the reaction becomes dull and you cannot react to some things as quickly as a person in 20-25. What will happen? Let’s see. And if there is a fight between Canelo and Beterbiev, I think that Arthur is much better and he just has to clearly win against him.
– Golovkin for the first time in his career rises to 76.2 kg.
– Of course, there will be a tough fight, because Gene is 40 years old, as I said. Canelo is at the peak of his career right now. It will be a very interesting fight. I wish you victory, of course, Gene. Maybe he will gather his strength, won’t take many hits. It’s just that recently I noticed that he takes hits, for example, by 30%, and gives back – 70-80 percent. He’s already starting to change. He hadn’t done this before. He used to be younger, his reaction was better. Now the reaction is a little blunted. It is better for him to skip 30-40%, and give all 100, for example. I wish Gene victory, and we will watch.
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