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I admire how he uses the full extend of his plantar muscles. It requires a lot of ankle mobility and strenght to be moving fast and explosive while sitting flat
If and when he fights Canelo he will have to get used to punching downward, to get Canelo who will be doing a lot of bobbing and weaving, due to the fact he is a shorter man who will attack him to the body, rib cage, solar plexus this will be his damage point to look for in Bivol, so he will have to keep those elbows tight and once Canelo goes in for those body shots he will have to fire that right hand down the middle fast and precise, to keep him at bay.
It definitely is a unique style, but I think he has pretty quick and fluid footwork to accompany the string of punches he puts together. Zurdo Ramirez called his style awkward, but I think his biggest strength is his timing and spacing coming in on his opponent then retreating, then throwing strikes. He also is effective at throwing a high volume of hard strikes.
The only thing that I can't understand about him is why he always keeps his hands that low, it basically leaves him always opened to get countered. Does he trust his reflexes that much? It can cost him a lot against more experienced heavy-hitting punchers..
Basic soviet russian style. GGG kovalev etc all train mitts this way. It's controlling distance instead of standing in 1 place and throwing 30 punches like the americans do.
