WBC/IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (16-0, 16 KOs) scored a tenth round TKO over game Adam Deines (19-2-1, 10 KOs) on Saturday night in front of at the Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia. Beterbiev dropped Deines at the end of round one. Deines came back well in round two, expending a lot of energy. Beterbiev continued to patiently stalk and finally lowered the boom in round ten. Deines beat the count, but his corner waved the towel. Time was 1:34.
It was Beterbiev’s first fight since unifying the WBC and IBF belts in October 2019 against Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
Beterbiev now sets his sights on a potential unification matchup with the winner of the April 10 vacant WBO light heavyweight world title showdown between Joe Smith Jr. and Maxim Vlasov.
Beterbiev took his time with Deines then went in for the stoppage…
Good performance…
Systematic breakdown bro.
Bring on Canelo.
Joe Blow, really?
You probably also believe the election was rigged….smh
strange comment Robert Francis.
Canelo wants nothing to do with Beterbiev
matt sharrett
if that fight ever does happen, we wont see that until Beterbiev is on the decline.
Canelo said he’s gonna wait till he’s 40.
Canelo said he’s gonna wait until he’s 40.
Such a tremendous opponent like this he deserves to write his own ticket. Lol. Fight Bivol and then run it. Otherwise keep quiet. Also love the fact people saying hell wait until he’s old. Hes an older champ anyways. It’s so funny how bad your hypocrite Canelo hating comments are.
It looked like Beterbiev was in no hurry to stop Deines. He gradually got into his rhythm and throwing more and more punches as the rounds went on. Not all of them were hard, but he was occasionally targeting the body mixed in with many head shots. He needed the rounds to get him acclimated to fighting in a real fight again. He was open to be hit, but Deines didn’t have the power to hurt him, so Beterbiev just took care of business.
A fight against Smith, Jr. (if he wins his next fight) would be interesting because Smith can hit really hard and Beterbiev is there to be hit. Bivol is also another option because he does hold a title belt.
Of course, the ultimate fight would be against Canelo. However, I don’t see Canelo moving up again. There are too many compelling matches that can be made at 168 lbs including Benavidez, Plant, Jermall Charlo, and even Bivol if he moves down to super middleweight. This assumes Canelo will get past Saunders in his upcoming match. That is probably a safe assumption.
Agreed, Beterbiev is available and open for counters due to his style. Smith is highly capable of nailing Beterbiev with counters. The question is… Can Smith chop him down enough to take the lead in a fight?
It feels a lot the inactivity for Beterbiev. Although good perfornance for Deines, very brave but sometimes was to static in front a KO machine as Beterbiev. Now Artur has to look for bigger fights before get older (just turned 36…). Bivol or Canelo the best challenges for me.
Beterbiev fought a bum and carried him for 10 rounds….
Yeah, real good job!
That’ll have promoters clamoring at the chance to stage him on a mega fight….. Not.
And absolutely Canelo is shaking in his boots, losing sleep over this lumbering phenom of a fighter. Sure….
Deines became the quasi mandatory for Beterbiev because the guy that beat him couldn’t get a visa a year ago???? Wow.
And you all cry foul about Canelo fighting Yildirim…????
No double standards guys, try being equally subjective.
A bum? looked pretty tough and durable to me. Not a deer in the headlights like McCallum. He even wanted to engage unlike McCallum. showed solid skills.
Callum sorry. Lol.
How about the co-feature? I thought the guy who won had a Billy Joe Saunders style. Can’t remember his name but I think he and his opponent were both Russian. Super Middleweights. He looked like at least a top ten guy.
We all make mistakes. I thought you made a good point though.
I thought Deines gave a courageous effort. He was just outgunned by a stronger guy.
Beterbiev fights like a younger GGG. Very rough, tough, pressure type style. Not sure how he would do against a slick fighter. Right now it looks like only once he gets older, his age, will beat him though.
Just what I was thinking. Canelo will wait another 2-4 years, even then its doubtful.
Gvozdyk was a slick, fighter,with power.
Beterbiev walk him down,just like anyone else so far.
I believe Beterbiev should fight Bivol during late 2021 or early 2022. For now, no Canelo vs. Beterbiev (at 175) because Canelo has unfinished business at 168. Canelo is favored to clean out 168 against Saunders, Plant and Benavidez; but I need to see it to believe it – before he moves to 175.
Benavidez really screwed himself, but I am glad he is getting back on track. Dang it!!
the guy operates at a volume of 7/10 for EVERY round.
ESPN crew calling a Beterbiev fight…..
Joe: Artur Beterbiev is an absolute wrecking ball of a human being. He has Arnold Schwartzegger’s physique, Roy Jones’ handspeed, and George Foreman’s power. What an impeccable style Tim. Just look at those broad shoulders and toned glutes. Just a beautiful man in and out of the ring.. Your thoughts Andre?
Andre: Yeah, that body is an absolute weapon, but it’s more than that Joe. He’s highly intelligent. He knows what the other guy’s going to do 5 minutes before he does it. Even his glancing shots will knock you silly. Did you hear the “thud” from that shot he missed a second ago?
Tim: I did hear it Andre. Even if you completely block Beterbiev’s punches, you’ll likely end up with a concussion.
Now, having commentators fawn over the house fighter is nothing new, but WOW. They were borderline nauseating tonight. Just makes you want to cheer for the other guy.
Only an arm chair warrior who’s never stepped inside the ring would call Deines a bum. He’s got more balls than you can ever dream of having Beto…
Beterbiev is a monster who will absolutely chop down Canelo.
The thing that scares me though is Beterbiev has yet to be really exposed to the public eye. same thing happened to Vasily Girov. Which gave Roy Jones an excuse not to fight him. Same with Dariusz Tomasz Michalczewski, who Jones never fought.
Don’t forget Jiriv was at cruiser ( although back then 190lbs ) and RJJ was 175 at Light heavy. Jiriv was a wrecking ball at cruiser. At the same time RJJ was cherry picking a match vs the worst champ in history ( Ruiz ) Vasilly was already 20-30 lbs north of 190. I was much happier watching the VJ vs Mesi and Toney fights versus a RJJ showdown, but I do get where your coming from with Darius
Vasilly Jiriv? His name is Vassiliy Jirov and although he was one tough dude he got exposed and beat down by both Toney and Moorer. You also claim the cherry picking RJJ was picking a fight against the dreadful Ruiz instead of “Jiriv”.. It’s obvious anyone with half a brain why he chose Ruiz. Although I wasn’t a big Roy Jones fan he probably made 5 times the money fighting him than fighting Jirov and absolutely no doubt in my mind Jones would have outclassed the “wrecking ball” Jirov. Maga please get trumps nut sack out of your mouth already sunshine…
Those guys would have been no problem for RJJ. The issue they wanted him to travel so they could screw him over. RJJ was too big (p4p king) to go chasing foreigners for fights. Nobody knew who those guys were, not Jones fault they had no promotion.
Why Gilberto Ramirez is rank # 5 with 41 and 0 and not # 1 or 2
Because his best opponent was 5 years a go Abraham,who was already end of his career at that time.
Wasn’t super impressive. Lacked the aggressivness and killer instinct I was hoping to see. There’s no way this fight should have went 5 rounds. Announcers we’re a bit over the top too.
Can we please go 1 day without bringing up Canelos name? We all know Reds opponents have to old and rustier than the tin man.
why in the hell is everybody calling out the much smaller Canelo? why not Dimitry Bivol who holds ne of the other major belts? those two should fight first before they try to weight bully the P4P King lol and why didnt either want to fight Kovelev when he was Champion but now for some reason want to fight a smaller champion aka clarressa shields style weight bullying lmao
Must be nice to take on opponents like this and get praised and other fighters in other weight classes get called out for fighting better guys. Lol. So true though. Guy needs Bivol or he’s garbage. Make it happen.