According to promoter Bob Arum, a different Artur Beterbiev will be looking for a knockout in his rematch against Dmitry Bivol.
In their undisputed world light heavyweight title fight in October, Beterbiev won a contested majority.
But he will go straight into a rematch on February 22nd against Buffalo, putting all four major belts on the line for the 175lb world title.
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Anthony Yarde may not have agreed with the 116-112 score of the Beterbiev-Bivol fight, but he agreed that Beterbiev deserved to win
“When Beterbiev was offered a rematch, he never hesitated to accept it. I guess Bivol is the same,” said Top Rank founder and CEO Arum Sky Sports.
“There was a bit of a debate, it was a very close fight. I thought Beterbiev won that fight,” he continued. “So I think it's going to be a really good fight.
“I thought Beterbiev in the first fight was a little overmatched until the later rounds. I think this fight will be different.”
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Gary Logan gives more insight into how the judges scored Beterbiev vs. Buffalo after their close fight
Bivol became the first professional opponent to go the distance with Beterbij. It will, however, spur the champion on for a rematch.
“The only way he's won every fight he's had was by knockout, and he didn't win that fight by knockout. So obviously he'd like to win the fight by knockout and he almost had a guy going in the last few rounds,” Arum said.
Top Rank chairman Todd DuBoef is also confident that Beterbiev will want to leave no doubt in this second fight.
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Bivol insisted on a rematch against Beterbiev because he still has the dream of being the undisputed champion
“He's never made a decision other than the last fight, I think he goes for it every time,” DuBoef said Sky Sports.
“I felt his generality and dominance in the ring, applying pressure and making the fight possible, was a big win for him. And I felt you could see Bivolo's body language late in the fight as that pressure kept coming and coming.
“The question is, does Arthur start it earlier? Could it start in the first round?
“I think it started maybe more like three or four, where he really started to come in. But start it in the first round.
“I think if that fight went another two rounds, I don't think Bivol would have been out of the ring. Maybe he learned from it, and we'll see.”