World champion according to WBA Super light heavyweight (up to 79.4 kg) Russian Dmitry Bivol (20-0, 11 KOs) gave
interview USACHEV TV YouTube channel.
In a conversation with reporters, Dmitry answered the question about the size of his victory over the absolute champion of the second middleweight (up to 76.2 kg) Mexican Canelo Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs), answered the comments of the ex-champion from Ukraine Oleksandr Gvozdyk, talked about missed shots in the fight, expressed his opinion about the role of British promoter Eddie Hearn (Matchroom) in organizing the fight and told about the dream fight.
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– Dmitry, do you agree with the thesis that you are the author of the loudest victory in the history of Russian boxing?
– I have not thought about it yet, but, probably, one of such high-profile victories in Russian boxing.
– Now it has been 3 weeks, have you realized what happened?
– You know, I set myself up very strongly before the fight, that this is an ordinary person, that this is an ordinary fight, that this is an ordinary defense, there is no need to think about what a great champion he is and so on. And I believed it so much that I still think that I won the fight, I just won the contender for my title. I somehow take it easy. A lot of subscribers appeared, a lot of people congratulate. I feel this attention.
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Do you think you’ve become a boxing star?
– I don’t feel yet that I’m a direct boxing star or made some great victory. I believed for myself that I must win, there is no other way. For me more as a matter of fact happened.
– About Alexander Gvozdyk. He gave a flash interview right after the fight, He said that in his opinion Canelo won, and that all Bivol’s misses should have been counted in Canelo’s favor. What can you say to that?
– I think it should be considered in favor of hitting in the main. And the fact that we did not hit, it’s just not points, it’s nothing. And when we hit, it counts. How do I imagine boxing? If both of us do not hit, one or the other, then they give victory to the one who went forward, that is, for activity. In terms of accurate hits, as far as I felt in the fight, I hit more punches on Canelo than he hit me.
– Can you tell me how many hits you missed?
– Several uppercuts. Maybe three uppercuts at the most. One was good, there was a smeared uppercut, there was a blow on the right side of the glove and there was a blow to the liver area, there was a good blow to the body. But the liver is such a thing that sometimes you poke lightly and it hurts. They can hit hard, but you somehow grouped up. I was lucky or I was so grouped that, in principle, the blow was not very noticeable, but there was simply a strong blow to the body.
– What was the role of Eddie Hearn in organizing this fight and what would you say to his offer to organize your fight with Joshua Buatsy in England?
Hearn’s role was colossal. He agreed on the fight Bivol – Canelo and Golovkin – Canelo. I am very grateful to him for this. Because he wanted to organize this fight for a very long time. He spoke to us directly about it: “Wait your time. Alvarez will become an absolute at this weight. He will want to move up. Since you are with us on DAZN, he will fight champions.” His big role.
A fight in England with Joshua Buatsy doesn’t sound as tempting now as a fight with him in the States. I would like to box with him in the States.
Eddie Hearn on Dmitry Bivol’s next fight
– What kind of fight does Dmitry Bivol dream of?
– I dream of fighting for the absolute world champion.
– Could you advise your compatriot Artur Beterbiev how to box with Joe Smith?
– No, I definitely won’t advise him how to fight, because he is already a well-formed boxer. He knows how to box Joe Smith without any advice. And if he doesn’t know, then he has a coaching staff. Advice is the cheapest thing you can give one boxer to another. You can just watch the fight and see some of Joe Smith’s mistakes, or those moments where he did something well, to discover something of his own. Because I can’t even box like I do with him. It will still be different.
“Smith wants a rematch with you.
– You know, after the fight with Canelo, there are a lot of people who want a rematch, who want to box with me. This is normal, we wanted to achieve this, so that everyone wanted to box with me.