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Daily Mirror
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Barry McGuigan

Dmitry Bivol has brought amateur style to professional level - and has given me an education

I’ve been in the game 50 years and it’s an education for me to watch WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol at work.

Like Vasyl Lomachenko he has brought his elite amateur style into the pro game. That is very unusual. It is fascinating how both move. Their balance is perfect, which gives them their platform.

It starts with the feet. Bivol’s are fantastic, so fast with short movements. Normally when you get into the pro game you lose that characteristic because you are trying to sit down on your shots.

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