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Film Director Peter Berg Tells Story Of David Benavidez Dropping Dmitry Bivol While Sparring

Sparring story between Dmitry Bivol and David Benavidez comes to light.
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The WBC has ordered Dmitry Bivol to defend his title against David Benavidez next. Bivol is coming off a majority decision win against Artur Beterbiev in their rematch.

Flim director Peter Berg recently made an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast and revealed an incredible story regarding the two fighters.

He claimed that Bivol dropped Benavidez with a jab in sparring. However, in a later video on Instagram, he corrected himself, saying that it was actually the other way around.

Berg initially said:

The hardest punch I’ve ever seen anyone throw in my life. Bivol caught [Benavidez] and dropped him with a jab.

Berg, however, later corrected himself, saying he remembered it wrong. Joe Rogan shared an Instagram story where Berg said:

For anyone who saw me on Joe Rogan today, I have to retract something that I said because I was wrong. I said that Bivol dropped Benavidez at Churchill Boxing Gym with a jab. And I remembered it wrong, it was Benavidez who dropped Bivol. I don't know why I remembered it wrong but I did and I suspected actually when I was saying it that I might have gotten it wrong. But it was David Benavidez who dropped Bivol, with an incredible f*cking jab. David Benavidez, I am sorry I said that, much respect to you and you're a f*cking beast and I hope you get Canelo.

The story certainly adds an extra layer of intrigue to a potential fight between Dmitry Bivol and David Benavidez.

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Apratim Banerjee
APRATIM BANERJEE

Apratim is a Boxing and Soccer reporter for On SI. He has been in the industry for five years, having also worked for The Sporting News, Sportskeeda, EssentiallySports, and more. After coming from an engineering background, he started pursuing a career in sports media. Apratim also holds an MSc. Sport Marketing degree from Loughborough University London and is a keen practitioner of social media and digital marketing. In his spare time, Apratim likes to play an array of sports and practice calisthenics. He is also an avid enthusiast of improving his martial arts skills.