The 38-year-old world champion continues reign of terror in 175lb division.
In a war, WBC, WBO and IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (19-0, 19 KOs), boxing’s only world champion with a 100% knockout ratio, stopped Anthony “The Beast from the East” Yarde (23-3, 22 KOs) in round eight on Saturday night in London’s OVO Arena. Yarde got off to a good start but also expended a lot of energy. By round three, Beterbiev started landing big shots. Both traded bombs in round four with Beterbiev getting the better of it. More two-way action in round five. Yarde landed a big right hand, then Beterbiev connected with a series of punches at the end of the round.
By round six, both fighters were cut. The blood seemed to inspire Yarde. Fierce action in round seven. The end came in round eight when Beterbiev rocked Yarde with a right hand, then dropped him with the same punch. Yarde was hurt and struggled to his feet. The bout resumed briefly and was then stopped. Time was 2:01.
Yarde was ahead on two cards entering the fateful eighth round. Scores were 68-65, 67-66 Yarde, 67-66 Beterbiev.
Jesus, what a KILLER!
Thank God Beterbiev stopped Yarde because as I said London is a Home decision country -they had Yarde ahead !!!!-What a joke and talk about jingoism with these UK commentators
UK commentators are like Canyellow apologists, butt kissing, ignorant, race hustling, nationalists.
Ya they’re homers but they don’t pretend to be anything otherwise unlike the espn and showtime talking heads.
Like it doesnt happen in the USA!!
You guys have the biggest biased cheating judges and refs supporting your home turf fighters.
Ask Khan, Schultz, Lewis, Khan and Fury.
As an American, I have to agree with you. I don’t understand why American Commsions seem to think it is ok to have just American judges, and often a referee be the judges.
And it doesn’t happen in America, Germany, Australia,,etc?….. Get real man!!!
What nonsense !
God bless the British commentary crew. You would swear Yarde was the only guy fighting in there
Who cares about the commentators? Noone is watching the fight for the commentators. There is a little bit of bias from most commentary teams. That’s boxing.
Interesting fight. Great action!!
Geez even the after fight interview. Artur how good was Anthony Yarde?
Beterbiev vs Bivol is a real interesting fight. Yarde did well but is far too easy to hit.
While not a hard puncher, Bivol will give Berbetev a lot of problems.
In a 12 rounder, good chance Bivol can decision Beterbiev. Unless its an 18 foot ring that is soft. Bivol’s style of in and out and circling behind a double jab, tight defense, accurate sharp combinations and not allowing Artur to set his feet, he may pull it off. Bivol also has the mettle to not lose focus and not break down mentally as the fight progresses. as the pressure mounts. If the fight were 15 rds, I would say it was 50/50 as the wear and tear starts to slow the fleet footed boxer, but 12 rds seems to favor that style over the puncher. I would say the fight is 7/5 Bivol favored.
38 and still strong, quite something.
You can tell Beterbiev will age well. Highly doubt he lets himself get out of shape or has bad habits
Really is an amazing specimen! Tremendous strength AND power.
Special diet?
WOW he’s 38!!!
Great fight but in the end Artur was too strong. Good corner stoppage.
Otherwise Anthony would have been knocked out in round eight!
Let’s unify this MOFO!! Time for Beterbiev vs Bivol!!! No time to wait as one guy is getting older and the other getting better!! UNIFICATION bout is the ONLY fight @75 I want to see!!!!
Beterbiev vs Canyellow!
It’ll never happen but one can hope.
He’ll kill Canelo and anyone who thinks Canelo will beat him needs urgent medical attention.
While Canelo , as a history of picking opponents and irritating as times . There is no doubt he is a great even iif we don’t like how he goes about looking for a weakened or less than champ . But calling him yellow is ridiculous !
Benavidez disagrees!
Canelo would never fight him. He’s only fighting guys he KNOWS he can beat especially after Bivol whipped the shit out of him. He was supposed to be running that bad and got quiet.
W as watching the same fight as the nut-hugging commentators? It was a good scrap. I’m not sure how yard was up on the cards maybe the judges were listening to the British commentary.
Everyone knows the UK is home to highly questionable hometown decisions and the scores confirm that supposition.
No kidding. Wow. Beterbiev wouldn’t allow himself to be screwed.
Tremendous effort from Yarde. Always felt Artur was too strong and so it proved, but very much a real fight until the end. Well worth the price. Good luck to them both. Both enhanced their reputations.
As Yarde’s punch resistance started to wane, it was only a matter time…had he survived the knockdown and taken a beating 6 ways from Sunday until the 12th round, who knows? The judges insane scoring may have awarded him a decision win. Nuts!
Fun fight to watch.,..good stuff…. Congrats to Artur ….showed guts…was victorious…. actually Congrats to both fighters…very entertaining… Artur not ready for Bivol though…just simply not ready…being hyped cause he is an ESPN fighter…but even after the fight….the commentators noted not ready for Bivol
…..now saying that financially..Artur should take that fight next… remember this is prize fighting….Artur just not skilled enough to keep the young lions off…well matched by promoters….will get exposed….big money match goes to someone else…. financially Bivol should be his next fight…Artur is not ready though
..barely got the win here….Stoppage questionable…strong….in my opinion…believe Yarde put up a good fight…again good fun fight,.can’t wait to hear Teddy Atlas break this down on his podcast (shameless plug)
You drinking? Questionable stoppage? If the corner wants to stop the fight it’s over
Interesting stoppage…is that better….
If this fight would have been somewhere other than London, when Yard turned his back and stumbled away from the referee, the fight would have been stopped. He was given a lot of leeway by the ref. But his corner saw that he had nothing left. Smart stoppage.
you DO realize that his CORNER stopped the fight…right ??
What an idiot.
Just an opinion..articulate yours…this is America …everyone has the freedom to have an opinion…I welcome you…ZBIGNIEW to articulate yours !!! (I know that you will have to look that word up…)
Yarde did not want to know when ref made the silly call for him to walk to him!!!
Sean,
Fill us in an all the omitions…
You leave us guessing and my only thought is that you probably get your info from Yards fans only page. Or… No I’ll say it, you are as delusional as the commentators we’re during the fight. Thàt explains the 22 thumbs down an 0 likes on your post.
No..that just means there are people that disagree with me…I stated that Artur is not ready for Bivol….in my opinion….Bivol is just on another level…Artur’s defense is questionable.GO BACK AND WATCH THE FIGHT..as He was hurt several times in this fight by Yarde…and Yarde is certainly not the fighter Bivol is….Yarde boxed Artur and Yarde was backing Artur up..Artur was on his bicycle a lot…If Yarde could hurt Artur …by boxing ..and counterpunching. particularly between and during Artur’s combinations…now we talking about Yarde a C+…B- fighter at best…What do you think a “special” fighter like Bivol will do to Artur…Bivol is a “special” boxer/puncher…showed that against Canelo..
In my humble opinion…the tape don’t lie…Like Artur….he is a great story…likeable guy….I am rooting for him…but just on my boxing knowledge…Bivol will win that fight…please USS Haze Gray explain what you see in Artur as a fighter that says that he would beat Bivol
Sean,
Never said he was going to beat Bivol. You just seem to discredit everything about Berterbiev on your original post but you did clean it up on your later post.
Unlike Yarde, Bivol has no power so Beterbiev can walk through him and punch through his gloves. Even Smith wobbled him with his bomb at the end of Round 10 so how can he take Beterbiev’s bombs all 12 rounds?
Bivol…no power.? Understand your opinion but disagree.. Bivol has enough power to keep Canelo honest… remember it not the power punch that always provide a knockout…can be the punch you don’t see or a skillfully thrown counterpunch.,body shot.. accumulation of punches…i.e when Manny Pacquiao got knockout cold or Tank’s knockout of Rolly..well placed shots from a boxer… especially a “special” boxer…Bivol is a very good boxer….check out Sweet Pea Pernell Whitaker fight with Chavez..,Whitaker not known for power but once of the best boxers of our time…Whitaker beat the crap out Chavez…just on pure boxing skill…Whitaker would beat the crap out of fighters on skillful boxing alone…but not known to be a power puncher…point is more ways to knock someone out in boxing other then power punches
Blimey,someone else with good boxing sense. there are a few on here.-) Bivol and the fabulous Pernell Whittaker R.I.P had plenty of power to go with their immense skill sets. Not that I’m placing Bivol’s just yet in Sweet pea’s class.
Brother go watch WWE instead and leave…
It was a really action fight. Both fighters had their moments, but I had Beterbiev up 5-2 going into the 8th.
The commentary team were just terrible. They were calling missed and deflected punches by Yarde as landed, basically a 2-man cheerleading squad for him.
I do want to give Yarde a lot of credit, because many Light Heavys would have wilted a lot earlier from some of the shots that he took.
I do also feel that Beterbiev made this fight a little harder than it needed to be by not really being consistent with the jab after he hurt Yarde at the end of the 3rd and in the 4th rounds.
Forget Canelo/Bivol, we need Beterbiev/Bivol next.
Artur was hurt several times during the fight from counters on the inside and body shots…Yarde was a live dog…Artur was also cut..and it was not ruled accidental….Did we all watch the same fight?
That’s because Yarde has real power which Bivol lacks.
Which fighters that Bivol beat are faster or stronger than Yarde? And which fighters in your opinion hit harder than Yarde? Beterbiev I.M.O is the strongest Lgt Hwt that I’ve ever seen,and that includes Roy Jones,Bob Foster,M.Spinks.Beterbiev needs to be called by his real name KING KONG!!!
Beterbiev’s reign comes to an end when he fights Bivol.
Steve I get your sentiment and agree that Beterbiev and Yarde and super hitters , most light heavies carry real power its that division . Not one of these fab fighters beats Michael Spinks, Jones or Bob Foster.Marvin Johnson, Peak Krusher was hell of Puncher boxer also. Also there is Super Middleweight called Andre Ward was I would bet my house on too beat any one current champs.
Have to feel for Yarde. Unlucky to be a good fighter when there are great fighters around. Got to give him credit for his willingness to fight the best. Fighters are actively avoiding Beterbiev at the moment.
Man alive, hometown decisions happen everywhere, not just Britain. If I had no clue about boxing and believed all the comments I would assume the rest of the world never have hometown verdicts. Fighters get robbed everywhere. My favourite comment with friends when hearing the British commentators is ‘what fight were they watching?’. Yes I’m a Brit, Yarde was not winning this fight. Went too hard too early. Good fight though, Beterbiev is a beast. Him V Bivol must happen next.
A little tougher than expected. If Bivol can’t hurt Beterbiev and can’t stay perfect for 12 rounds…
Beterviev v Bivol is the fight we all need. But stylistically, I could see it being a dud. Bivol would avoid a slugfest and try to grind out a stinker. I don’t think Bivol would get off his bike.
I hate when people call all fighters without knockout power runners. Bivol doesn’t run
I didn’t call him a runner. I said he’d avoid a slugfest and stay on his bike. He’d try to beat Beterbiev by being elusive and using movement. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it makes for a hard watch. Boxing isn’t fighting, but it’s a lot more fun when it is.
Agree Darin…
I think he’d fight off the back foot a little more than usual against Beterbiev though. Gvozdyk never really took a backward step either until he fought Artur. The Chechen is too strong for anybody at 175 and cuts the ring as good or better than anybody in boxing today. Bivol is a fantastic boxer who uses his feet intelligently and fires off good rapid fire combinations, but he can be cut off and touched as Joe Smith Jr. showed in their fight, and the Chechen is much better in that department. However, I only have Beterbiev as a slight favorite if he and Bivol meet.
Bivol is well aware of what Beterbiev can do. I watched him say in an interview, ‘if you fight with him, he will kill you’ but I can beat him with my skill’
Wow! What a fight! That’s what you hope for when you sit down for a Saturday night fight card. Yarde’s stock doesn’t go down and Beterbiev’s just continues to climb. Best fight of 2023 thus far!
Beterbiev’s fights are never boring, they are electrifying, a violent exchange, back and forth action, fans standing on their feet. What a difference from Bivol vs Ramirez where I was yawning!
Beterbiev is a true boxing MONSTER!!!
Beterbiev will continue sitting in the 175 pound “King’s Chair” until a very patient challenger named “Mr. Age” catches him. “Mr. Age” is undefeated, but he will kindly escort Beterbiev to the HOF as the greatest 175 pounder.
I’ll take Evander, thank-you.
Beterbiev-Bivol unify 175
Forget the others. NO other fight for these two..
Callum Smith won’t agree with this point.
Great fight. A real dogfight. Reminiscent of the Lightheavy wars of the late 70scand early 80s. Beterbiev is a machine though. Destroyer.
Exactly, Beterbiev’s fights are never boring. Yarde certainly had his moments, but Beterbiev proved that he can take a good punch and fire back. Anthony’s body language after the KD suggested he had enough and was reluctant to continue because he turned away from the ref instead of showing his willingness. He just ate too much leather; that’s why I think his friend Tunde stopped the fight.
Awesome fight. Beterbiev showed that he’s a beast and Yarde showed a ton of heart and resolve.
Robin Taylor (67-66 Yarde) and Jun Bae Lim (68-65 Yarde) need to be called out for those disgustingly biased scorecards. You don’t score on crowd noise, nor do you score for missed punches. Not the first time Robin Taylor has put in a questionable score either.
I think those two judges counted every punch thrown by Anthony as though it landed.
E-Man, in reference to Beterbiev; do you mean the greatest lightheavyweight of this era or in history? If the latter is true; I’m wondering what your drinking and or smoking right now and how much. From the words of Stephen A. Smith, “that’s blasphemes”. In reference to the shady scorecard. Worse score card ever turned in in the history of boxing was when Roy Jones got screwed in the Olympics in Korea.
Agree DMV…Artur would get not get passed Donny Lalonde (Lalonde knocked down the great Sugar Ray Leonard)…but the fans on this site will have you believe that Artur would knockout Archie Moore and Ezzard Charles…now you read it …here …on this site…after watching that performance tonight by Beterbiev
..and Beterbiev was labeled the “greatest” light heavyweight ever
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You are definitely a Beterbiev hater. The man just won a war of attrition with a young lion, being 38 years of age. Did the fighters you mentioned manage to fight at this level at the age of around 40?
Respect all fighters that step in that ring…just a realist that has observed boxing for thirty years….not a hater
a realist..follow the skills of a fighter…not a fight…or a few fights…Beterbiev is a good fighter…strong… efficient puncher.,doesn’t waste alot of shots…good ring awareness…. extremely limited defensively…can be hit…this site is declaring Artur as the greatest ever… realistically Artur is a good fighter…exciting to watch …great story,…in my opinion..too soon to declare him the”greatest”
Archie Moore did-good as he was Beterbiev just might be better. Think he would have beat Charles also.
LOL man you are delusional Lalonde ….hahahaha.
I was thinking the same thing ! !
Leonard wasnt even a light heavyweight.
Point is …Know your boxing..learned to look at a fighter’s skill set not rely on a few fights . remember Sergey Kovalev…good fighter…hyped the same way as Artur…that is until Kovalev fought Andre Ward..Ward a fighter with great skill …on that level…Ward exposed Kovalev …now one is a great fighter in the HOF while the other is a good fighter.,.follow the skills …will tell you alot about a fighter….Lalonde …not a great fighter…but he could fight…knocking down Sugar Ray Leonard at any weight was not an easy accomplishment…good win for Artur but he at this point is not a great fighter…as he is hyped to be here…time will tell
There is a training clip of Beterbiev working a massive heavy bag on youtube preparing for Yarde. Beterbiev would be dangerous in any era.
Does EVERYBODY forget that EVANDER HOLYFIELD was a light-heavyweight CHAMPION?
I think we did 😉 as he was so good in the weights above also.
No he was Cruiserweight Champ!
Yarde gave a good account of himself as long as he could. The pro Brit commentary was truly alarming. And asking beterbiev how good was Yarde was kinda crazy. Nothing against yarde himself, he did the best anyone could expect. Beterbiev is a monster.
Tick tick tick…seconds go by until the protest trial balloon gets filled with hot air.
That went way longer than I expected. I e already had my crow, medium rare but still have room for more.
I forgot that this was a British transmission and started yelling at the crew for riding Yarde, but then came to my senses. They were simply rooting their guy.
Although Yarde gave a good account of himself, by the end of just about every exchange Beterbiev finished with an exclamation.
Bivol doesn’t have the firepower, but he had more than enough ring savvy to go 12. Time for an undisputed champion. No more delays.
Bivol’s lack of firepower means that he won’t earn Beterbiev’s respect and Artur can walk right through him.
I predicted an 8th round stoppage, but I thought it would be all one way traffic for Beterviev. Didn’t see the fight but sounds like Yarde gave a good account of himself. Some people seem to disagree with the scoring at the time of stoppage. I didn’t think Yarde stood a chance at all.
If this were one way traffic it would not last till the 8th; the fight would then be over after 4 or 5.
Well shit Harry, I guess that all depends now, doesn’t it?
Yarde has heart and a great offense but he is not built to fight 12 rounds. Those heavy muscles were fatigued at the time of the stoppage. Beterbiev had a bad cut but Yarde did not have the same movement and energy in the later rounds to work on the cut. Beterbiev much more complete fighter then prime Kovalev and Prime Stevenson but those woulda been great fights. Canelo will never fight this guy
Styles make fight…Artur defense is questionable and his style is certainly made for Canelo…Canelo wins that fight by brutal knockout….
Canelo does not the gas tank to endure that pressure, he would have been stopped in 5.
Canelo over Beterbiev by a brutal K.O…………YOU DREAM IN MULTI-SACRO-PHASMATIC COLORS. And, I’m sure that you are a Canelo’s big big big fan to insult Beterbiev like that.Sean, have a good day…….from Montréal.
This Beterbiev is a killer fighter. He goes in there to hurt people, his game is to go through a fighter. Beterbiev can adapt very quickly, and he knows how to use every possible, angle when he punches. Yarde is to be praised as well because he never gave in to the pressure even when he was running out of gas. He spit out his mouthpiece 2 times because he needed a rest. Now we all need to see a Beterbiev/bivol fight which will be another incredible fight. Bivol who is a tactician will need everything in his boxing I.Q to hold Beterbiev off, but in truth how do you stop this monster? My opinion is he cannot, and this monster who is the best lgt hwt since Roy jones and Bob Foster will show why he is a monster. Beterbiev might be the strongest light hwt I’ve ever seen.
Beterbiev hits like a heavyweight, no way Bivol will be able to endure that beatdown all 12 rounds. He was nearly koed by a right hook from Joe Smith at the end of Round 10 of their fight.
Steve, I let you know that’s what you wrote about Artur is right!! Beterbiev is a wrecking machine and, I can’t see how Bivol or Canelo intend to beat a man who scare the devil, who scare just about anybody.In youre last sentence, you are right again : he is the best l.h.w.of his time and probably of all the times !!!Sorry for the text : I haven’t practice read or write English for 40 years. Have a good day…….From Montréal.
Yarde gave a good account of himself but there was no way he won 5 of the rounds. He showed his quickness early and it took Beterbiev a couple of rounds to adjust to that quickness. However, as Andre Ward mentioned, Yarde was moving too much and expending too much energy early. I expected him to gas out by the 6th round but he seemed to find his second win and was holding his own past the 6th.
Unfortunately, Beterbiev started ramping up his attack and was landing solid shots to body and head. I expected Beterbiev to knock Yarde out before the 10th but once he started cornering him and unloading in the 6th and 7th rounds, the end was inevitable.
Beterbiev did take a lot of shots in this fight, but was not deterred, keeping his strong jab going and landing some thudding body shots as the fight went on. It was a hard fight for both men and both were cut, although Beterbiev’s was worse since it was on the eyelid.
I hope the Bivol-Beterbiev match can be made. It probably will be later in 2023 since Beterbiev needs to let that cut heal before he can resume training for Bivol. I do like Bivol’s mobility and ability to maintain punching distance. I favor him to win by outboxing Beterbiev over the 12 round distance.
This is what Usyk did in amateurs by maintaining the punching distance with Beterbiev. Yet Usyk went down from a vicious body shot.
Strange comment below about British judges how negative a view of a great fight . Please name me the last time we have seen a light heavyweight fire fight like this ? The fight was close the whole way prior to Ko , AB had to be at his best to beat this Yarde .. and his opposition made even the champ raise his game . Talk about judges and Brit commentary .. comments don’t mean jack. We listen all the time to USA bias in commentary whenever there is big fight involving American fighters but it’s ok then . Judging in USA as been dodgy for ever . Let’s be straight Beterbiev always looks like he can ko a bull with his power skills. Yarde was the bull from Jamaica via uk , they danced hard and produced a fab display that we will talk about for ages .
There was no “firefight” Beterbiev controlled the ring if he got caught he readjusted boxed his way in and continued the domination ,you guys that see this “firefight” are really out of touch.
The scores of “judges” are disgusting, as always in UK with local fighter
Good fight and another decisive win for Beterbiev. Commentary hard to listen to, especially when a fighter gets hurt, and suddenly the commentator is yelling and going berserk like MMA commentary. I’m beginning to enjoy fights more with the sound off.
This was roughly how I saw the fight in front of me.
One judge had it 65 – 68 for Yarde heading into the eighth. I didn’t see those numbers.
I thought Beterbiev looked the slightly stronger boxer throughout, both mentally and physically, although as expected Yarde put up a tough fight.
Beterbiev moved well in the ring, liked his left hand, especially the left hooks that often found their way, he defended well. It’s a tough nut to crack for anyone.
Hats off to both boxes.
Okay here it is, Beterbiev vs the following prime fighters; what’s the result?
1) Archie Moore
2) Ezzard Charles
3) Bob Foster
4) Mathew Saad Muhamad
5) Michael Spinks
6) Bernard Hopkins
7) Sergey Kovalev
8) Andre Ward
Have seen all of these-might very well beat all of them.
1. Moore TKO 9
2.Charles TKO 7
3. Foster KO 3
4.Saad Muhamad TKO 8 (in a war)
5. Spinks KO 10
6. Hopkins unanimous decision.
7. Beterbiev TKO 8
8. Ward split decision.
Agree…Saad Muhamad a war!!! Would have been fun to watch….#7 might actually happen,,,that would be fun to watch….Ward maybe a late round TKO….
Oh and Roy Jones (how could I forget) #9
is it just me or did they do everything they could to give Yarde the advantage or help him out ,his mouthpiece goes flying while punches are still flying and the ref immediately stops it as soon as the mouthpiece falls ,also Yardes friggen waist protector was up to his roided bitch tits for most of the fight…but it went just like I thought Yarde was not on the same level and is a B- fighter ,Browne ,Deines ,Gvozdyk all performed better than Yarde and Beterbiev was NEVER hurt in this fight.
Yarde did pretty well. He won two rounds. Could possibly been given three. Pretty evident after a few rounds that he most likely wasn’t gonna go the distance. He took a better punch than I thought he might though. I didn’t really know much about him. He caught Beterbiev with a few shots but never seemed to faze him all that much. And I’m not sure that Beterbiev was at the top of his game. Great action fight though. But Yarde leading on the scorecards……………that’s about as accurate as me going to be 22 instead of 82 if I make it to April.
How about Beterbiev and Canelo. Winner gets Bivol match.
57 people disagreed with my original opinion concerning Bivol beating Artur…Believe that 1 person may agree …Google and listen to what the world class trainer Teddy Atlas had to say.about the Artur Yarde fight…believe that his analysis is on point …directly from the perspective of a world class trainer….
Teddy’s podcast “The Fight” is great… analysis of a great trainer…wish we could have other great trainers perspective after major fights
Great fight to catch. Very entertaining. I like that Beterbiev makes it interesting, and then fights back hard after taking shots he could have avoided. Not a style one would suggest but he keeps it fan friendly. I did have my doubts if it were to be by decision when they announced one of the judges pre-fight. Made me think of the infamous RJJ olympics decision. Turns out that judge had the most lopsided score..
US has it’s share of poorly scored fights, I think some countries just have a different degree/rate of bad calls in favor of home fighter. I’m not sure where I would place UK, but I do know I would never want to put a defensive fighter there who likes to back to the ropes. Last 5 years I see more and more offensive fighters have the ref call the fight because they land a few and it’s a premature stoppage. I’m seeing the most in UK. US has it happen also. But fans are being deprived of a lot of fights. “Fighter safety” isn’t a excuse as we see a tiny fraction of the drag out beatings that used to go on decades ago. It just never happens. I think the newer way promoters are getting home judges is to avoid most of them from hailing from the fight location country under the guise of “neutrality” but to have a unwritten understanding when bringing in judges from other neighboring countries, or countries which have a terrible rep. The dollar and the pound still go far in other countries so there is always judges who will take the gig and lean towards the promoters fighter, it’s just more subtle because when they announce these judges they now oftentimes are not from the UK, so it appears neutral to some.
They probably borrow this idea from Olympics, another infamous racket..
Beterbiev was in command, but willing to take some so that he could return fire. But if he keeps doing this at some point cuts/bruises or accumulation may bring him a “L”. It might not be because a future opponent is better, could just be if he gets the wrong cut in wrong spot. Hope that he fights a little more often.