Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-02-23, fight not so exciting between Dmitry Bivol and Robert Berridge: it gets two stars.The undefeated Dmitry Bivol entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 8-0-0 (6 KOs=75%) and he is ranked as the No.30 light heavyweight in the world. He fought three times last year winning over Cleiton Conceicao, Felix Valera (=Bivol vs Valera) and Yevgeni Makhteienko.
His opponent, Robert Berridge, has an official record of 29-5-1 (21 knockouts) and he entered as the No.59 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2015 and 2016, against Reece Papuni and Eleider Alvarez (=Alvarez vs Berridge) but then he has beat Sam Rapira and Adrian Talhia. Dmitry Bivol vs Robert Berridge is valid for the interim WBA World light heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2017-02-23
Where: Forum, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
Division: light heavyweight (175 lbs, 79.4 kg)
Title: interim WBA World light heavyweight title
Bivol’s next fight: Dmitry Bivol vs Samuel Clarkson
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Bivol vs Berridge Fight Video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
Bloody ending to this fight! Bivol hands are really fast for a LHW.
On the second KD in rd 3 Bivol hit Berridge while he was taking a knee. Just like last week’s Brown-Williams fight. Though this time no foul was called. This happens quite often anyway, but I think it should be the referee’s duty to call a clear “down!” or “stop!” as soon as the KD occurs. In the heat of the action, it can be hard for a fighter to realize his opponent is down and/or to stop unless he is commanded to.