Yes, I also think that there will be no swing odds, Bivol will continue to be the slight favorite, there could be just small movement as fans of both are going for sure to throw a lot of money specially a day or two before the actual fight date.
And with that kind of close odds, it's really hard to see how the fight will go. But it could be Beterbiev to win by knockout because of his power, and then Bivol working very hard behind his jabs and volume punching, to make Beterbiev uncomfortable in a long 12 rounds.
I think that will be the camp of Bivol's strategy. To move a lot, make Beterbiev use a lot of gas in the early rounds while Bivol uses his jabs to score. Beterbiev is relying on his KO punch and one hit could change the fight, I think he will be aggressive as early as possible to avoid the fight going for longer rounds since he will be the one at a disadvantage at 8-12 rounds maybe.
For Bivol, using that speed will be his best shot making him take punches in the air to gas him more.
As far as the odds goes, Bivol is the slight favorite, not just because he is the younger fighter, he is also the most active and then Beterbiev is coming from a injury, so we really don't know if it will affect him in this fight and we also have to think that he is the older of the two. And with that that he is the more powerful boxer, sometimes it will really take a lot of wear and tear on him.
If the fight goes to distance, I'm seeing Bivol winning a majority or even a split decision win because he is a more volume puncher here. But if Beterbiev clip him with a solid blow, who knows, maybe he will go down and might not recover in this fight.
https://www.oddsshark.com/boxing/beterbiev-bivol-odds-picks-predictions-betting-previewI just found this.
Dmitry Bivol is a -140 favorite over Artur Beterbiev (+110 underdog) in their bout on October 12 for the undisputed light heavyweight title.
If that's the case then I guess fans will divided almost equally and like everyone said, there's no assurance on who will win this match. I might just stick with the favorite Bivol in this match.
Same here mate, as the odds really favor Bivol now, we don't want to complicate our betting strategy, so I agree, I might go with Bivol and bet on him on the ML. Of course, there are no assurance, we have seen huge underdog winning their fight, just like in the recent AJ vs Dubois wherein Dubois is a huge underdog and yet he knockout AJ to win the title.
But there, stakes are high, both fighters are undefeated, but odd makers put Bivol at a slight favorite now. But in the first listing, before the cancellation and Beterbiev's injury, Arthur is the slight favorite. But now, things have change and Bivol is now the favorite.