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“I have to do everything perfect,” Bivol says afterward. “And I don’t have any explanation because it could look like excuses. I just ... Congratulations to Artur and his team. He deserves it.”
Bivol is asked if he felt Beterbiev’s power at any point during the fight. He gestures to the ample bruising around his eyes, but notes that most of them came from his own gloves as he blocked his opponent’s offerings.
“He’s powerful,” he says. “Very powerful. And you see, I have a bruise from my from my hand. [His punching] was so hard, even he reached my eye.”
Would he want to fight a rematch?
“Why not? Of course,” he says. “If I had this chance, yes. This is my dream to be undisputed.”
