that was more than jus ring rust friend
Beterbeiv get talked about like he’s the T1000 here... nikka took 10 rds to beat a Eubank jr opp level opp
..im not reading too much into this fight other than he is in the twilight in his prime...he wasnt wobbling or getting knocked down for a cat with ring rust/covid...just see what happens in his next fight which hopefully is sooner than later
you need to show more respect to these boxers
damn spell check
Beterbiev Not Happy With Performance: A lot of Things Didn't Work
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BY BOXINGSCENE STAFF
Published Sun Mar 21, 2021, 08:26 PM EDT
On Saturday night in Moscow, WBC, IBF light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev (16-0, 16 KOs) broke down and stopped Adam Deines (19-2-1, 10 KOs) in the tenth round.
For Beterviev, it was his first bout since October 2019, when he stopped Oleksandr Gvozdyk to unify the WBC, IBF light heavyweight belts.
While Beterbiev controlled the fight, it was not his finest performance.
Deines connected more than he should have with counter punches and was able to make the dangerous puncher miss often enough.
The end finally came during the tenth, when Deines went down for a second time and the fight was stopped when he got to his feet in bad condition.
There was no sugarcoating from Beterbiev, who felt his performance was lacking.
"A lot of things didn't work out as they should have [in the fight]. Maybe the time zone, maybe something else. My trainer said that I was asleep until the ninth round. And the opponent was strong," Beterbiev said.
Head trainer, Marc Ramsey, downplayed the criticism and praised his boxer's performance.
"Deines put up some serious resistance," said Ramsey. "Artur was not going to immediately fly into attack mode, the task was to feel the opponent out and move around the ring. He had a great fight, he did everything that we had planned."
After the fight, the handlers for Deines indicated that the German boxer was unhappy with the readiness of his corner to throw in the towel. At the moment the contest waved off in the tenth, the trainer for Deines was trying to wave off the fight.
Deines felt the matchup should have been allowed to continue.
"He believes that he could have still continued in the fight, but the coach was throwing in the towel," said the boxer's representative.
Beterbiev-Deines: ESPN’s Main Event Drew Peak Audience Of 289,000; Averaged 287,000
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BY KEITH IDEC
Published Tue Mar 23, 2021, 01:19 PM EDT
"March Madness” might’ve been a tougher opponent for Artur Beterbiev than Adam Deines.
Directly competing with telecasts of numerous NCAA men’s basketball tournament games Saturday afternoon clearly impacted viewership of the Russian knockout artist’s fight against Deines on ESPN. Nielsen Media Research revealed Tuesday that an average of 287,000 viewers watched ESPN’s broadcast of Beterbiev’s 10th-round technical knockout of Deines from Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow.
Viewership peaked at 289,000 early in the heavily favored Beterbiev’s victory in the main event of a two-bout broadcast. The entire two-hour, 19-minute show drew an average of 233,000 viewers.
Nielsen’s numbers include only viewers who watched Beterbiev-Deines live on linear television. Nielsen’s totals don’t account for streaming, which represents a significant number of viewers for ESPN through its streaming service, ESPN+, and the network’s competing platforms in boxing, most notably FOX and Showtime.
The 36-year-old Beterbiev (16-0, 16 KOs) retained his IBF and WBC light heavyweight titles when he defeated Deines (19-2-1, 10 KOs), a Russian-born, Germany-based contender who was knocked out for the first time in 22 professional fights.
Beterbiev dropped Deines twice before their scheduled 12-rounder was stopped during the 10th round.
The hard-hitting Beterbiev’s right hand grazed the top of Deines’ head and sent him to the canvas late in the first round. Deines withstood Beterbiev’s power throughout the following eight rounds, until Beterbiev’s short, left hook knocked him down again late in the 10th round.
A game Deines got up again, but his trainer threw in the towel.
In the opener of ESPN’s two-bout broadcast, Russian super middleweight prospect Pavel Silyagin out-boxed previously unbeaten Uzbekistan native Azizbek Abdugofurov in their 12-round, 168-pound bout.
Silyagin (7-0, 4 KOs) beat Abdugofurov (13-1, 5 KOs) by huge margins on all three scorecards – 120-108, 119-109 and 119-109 – to win by unanimous decision. An average of 204,000 viewers watched the Silyagin- Abdugofurov fight.
. Dude would get all the fights in the world if he was a cruiserweight lol