Bivol reveals he’s half Korean half Moldovan | esnews boxing

[@Sporkonafork1]

It's crazy that he's half Moldovan and half Korean and lives in Kyrgyzstan, a place full of people that also look half European and half East Asian.

[@teddymoon3744]

mongol empire

[@temuujinable]

Kyrgyz people are asians

[@alexx50225]

Shut up

[@rvgnar2784]

They're turkic central asian not mixed up asian/european people

[@jaelee3362]

Koreans in the far east Russia moved to Kazakhstan by forced during the war in between Japan and Russia.

[@rekirenfro8503]

Ohhh, I didn't know till now that GGG was also a half korean.

[@traejohnson181]

Dmitry Bivol's father was born in Soviet Moldova while his mother is an ethnic Korean born in Soviet Kazakhstan. Dmitry's parents moved to Soviet Kyrgyzstan after graduating and marrying. Dmitry was born and raised in Kyrgyzstan until the age of 11, when he moved to Saint Petersburg, Russia.

[@gabrielhoegarden7140]

GGGs half korean half soviet-russian

[@keto-diet]

he literally explained his origin in the video which is not russian, are you dumb man?

[@benthekeeshond545]

Just take a close look at Dmitry, half E. Asian and half E. European, he fits right into the Central Asian population. I guess most Central Asians are a mixture of Europeans and Asians.

[@SSmibek]

From our country Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬🇰🇬🇰🇬

[@DamianKnox11]

It's more of BMAC + Sintashta + Slab Grave. Not European + Asian ,lol

[@SlowlyForward]

Majority of central asians especially kyrgyz people look more asian than european

[@DamianKnox11]

@@SlowlyForward All of them are Chinese.

[@famitsus987]

⁠@@DamianKnox11sintashta cluster with Morden Europeans so how are they not European ? I don’t understand what your on about they have East Asian admix as well so how isn’t it European plus Asian lol it’s clearly caucsoid and mongliod is that better ?

[@alshynermek]

Yeah that blood mix means something because of Kostya Tzyu, GGG and Bivol

[@benthekeeshond545]

Is Kostya half Korean???

[@aleksashkoeblanov2060]

​@@benthekeeshond545 yeah, he is

[@temuujinable]

@@benthekeeshond545 costya tzui is quarter korean and quarter mongolian which makes him half asian.

[@Hope...M]

He's a mixture of Caucasian and Asian if somebody really wants to be genetically proper. I guess that means his son Tim is 1/4? Tim looks just like his dad IMO

[@firdausidris6367]

genghis dna

[@gambaridup]

His manager was smart "...we did not want to go ahead ourselves..."

[@allaboutwwe9269]

I was suspicious that he wasn’t full Russian, I somehow thought he looked a bit Asian now I finally understood he’s half korean

[@clxmzyguy326]

Half Korean half Russian.. 100% a monster

[@jke88]

Half Korean, half Moldovan.

[@clxmzyguy326]

@@jke88 half Russian, he always reps a Russian flag not a Maldovan flag 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jke88]

@@clxmzyguy326 cause he was born there but his parents arent Russian, didnt you see the video.

[@KaullyHD]

@@jke88 moldova... russian. same thing. lol.

[@futurotiradormasivo2394]

Elliot Rodger has a similar bloodline.

[@jjmanning8621]

This guy's absolutely class!!!

[@nicolaes9397]

Bivol is a Romanian noun, and means "buffalo". That's how I even searched if he has anything to do with Romania. His father is ethnic Moldavian/Romanian, not Russian, not "soviet-russian" as some illiterates are saying here. During and after WWII, many Romanians were deported by the Soviets in Kyrgyzstan (along with Germans) and other banana republics. Maybe this has somehow to do with the reason of their relocation to Kyrgyzstan... Learn some history for God's sake.
Don't get me wrong - I don't care how he or anyone identifies. But facts must be put straight. Moldova was annexed by the Soviets, and russified by the imperialists and communists. However, the Moldavians are merely Romanians, they speak Romanian with Russian accent.

[@ShengYu1995]

Pretty sure this guy never talked to Artur Beterbiev who is also from Russia. Lived in Montreal Canada since 2013 and didnt know any english at the time in 2013 but speaks fluently without a translator. Literally the main boogeyman of 175 which is the same division Bivol is in...

[@nickmura]

fast forward ... hype

[@dmitrykim3096]

It looks like a sprinkle of korean blood makes a good boxer - look at Tzyu, Golovkin and Bivol

[@marxismisevil839]

Bivol is Korean! ❤❤

[@VegasElement]

I love my mixed people!! From Mulatto to Mestizo to Eurasian to Amerasian to Hapa to Blasian, & everything else. Just like GGG, this man is a beast. This is our time. Let's go.

[@user-yn7dq6vr1o]

Not blasian. No black

[@VegasElement]

@@user-yn7dq6vr1o What?

[@benthekeeshond545]

@@user-yn7dq6vr1o
Naomi, who won 4 grand slam events, is African/Asian. Naomi is a sure tennis hall of famer. But sadly, Naomi has mental health issues. A few years ago, she was about to take over the tennis world.

[@fightfannerd2078]

@@user-yn7dq6vr1o no to them

[@Nik29austria]

🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

[@robertodibaggio8181]

Cheers to Dmitry.. great boxer, really cool guy

[@johnyi8464]

Korean pride!

[@VegasElement]

Nope, Mixed-Race EurAsian pride.

[@johnyi8464]

@@VegasElement true but it’s his Korean ethnicity that’s makes him special. As he implied. He is genetically a warrior because he has the same blood of the great Genghis khan running in his vein. Majority of Koreans are born with the Mongolian birth mark. That’s what makes him special.

[@VegasElement]

@@johnyi8464 Bullshit. It's his MIXEDNESS that makes him a warrior! We are strong people with GREAT genese!

[@johnyi8464]

@@VegasElement I’m speaking facts. Look at ggg he is Korean. Look at Ben Henderson he is Korean. Brandon Lee upcoming boxer, Korean. BJ penn Korean. Name a mixed Chinese, Japanese, or other Asian world class fighters that you claim to know. I rest my case. There’s nil.

[@VegasElement]

@@johnyi8464 What is about your small mind that prevents you from recognizing mixed-race people as their own individual race, which we are? What is about your small & narrow worldview that prevents from verbalizing the words Multiracial, mixed-race, or EurAsian, specifically, and the also prevents you from grasping the REALITY of mixedness, mixed-race people, & mixed-race identity? What is wrong with you?

[@GOM_Bal_Ba_Dack]

펄~럭~ 🇰🇷

[@tus-ck1hw]

아오 국뽕충 역겹ㅋ

[@joelpasjojo2787]

smartest boxer today

[@usykusyka4587]

In Moldova the speak Romanian language the most

[@endorphineguy]

Yes we do

[@Petro250]

Because there’s no such thing as “Moldovan language” lol

[@mobilelegendsbangbangpalac3405]

Also i am half korean damn but it is so hard to learn korean language

[@stevel.2759]

I sparred against Korean guys when we were kids. They have heavier bones because the kicks and hits are different. Can only imagine the russian dna makes him bigger.

[@futurotiradormasivo2394]

He is like the Elliot Rodger of boxing.

[@Keboomrang]

He is a light for LHW. Look his fight. He is all time the smaller guy

[@garyo475]

@@futurotiradormasivo2394 Stop talking about your lover, Elliot is dead get over it

[@gambaridup]

From generation after generation Korean mother usually feed a lot of vegetable, meat and fish to their children - to make them strong - because their enviroment is quite harsh.

[@lofiguy8136]

@@gambaridup my favorite food is korean BBQ.

[@trex1448]

It's the Asian Steppe thing. Koreans are ethnically originally from Asian Steppes. They ride horses and shoot recurve bows. Same thing with Mongolians, Turks, Hungarians, and other nomadic peoples that lived and warred on the Asian Steppes prehistory. Must have been a hard life bc descendents are hardy.

[@famitsus987]

What are you on about none of this is true lol Koreans are the purest East Asians they are not from the steppa they moved to the steppa Mongolians came from mainland Korea the steppa natives were Caucsiods proto indo Europeans indo Europeans etc indo Europeans first domesticated horses and did shot bows from horses etc etc and the diet of indo Europeans and Europeans today is milk and meat Mongolians have west Eurasian admix and adopted the culture life style of indo Europeans so your talking nonsense the steppa was caucsoid before East Asians came

[@famitsus987]

Turks are from north east Asia lol not steppa Hungarians are also Caucsiods and decent from scythians

[@valentinmunteanu8768]

Raz otet moldovan znacit i ti moldovan udaci 🇲🇩

[@UserVVV69]

🇲🇩🇰🇷

[@endorphineguy]

🇲🇩 🧬 some great athletes have Moldovan genes like Ian Barseagle

[@adriancano3991]

His Russian buddy is KGB lol

[@membersdynasty]

REPRESENTING IS ILLMATIC! KOREAN PRIDE. MUCH LOVE WITH MY DUE RESPECT FOR THE REAL CHAMP! P.S REMATCH WILL END CANELO'S CAREER!

[@VegasElement]

He isn't Korean though. He's mixed-race, a new racial creation, he doesn't belong to your race, that's not how race works. He's a testament to MIXED-RACE brilliance. Get used to it.

[@benthekeeshond545]

@@VegasElement
We are all mixed. We will be surprised if we check our DNA. Especially somebody from Central Asia. The crossroad between Asia and the west.

[@carlcarlos5265]

@@VegasElement okay even better, as half european half korean i claim superiority with bivol as representative

[@Nik29austria]

European are the best!

[@Hope...M]

You'll be hard-pressed to find anyone on Earth who doesn't have mixtures of DNA. Don't concentrate on all that because everyone stems from the same seed at the end of the day.

[@pepelotudo5692]

Gonna helluva fight

[@jayzane2861]

0:09😂

[@supertree08]

my friends were like Bivol looks asian. Is he asian? No one knew lol.

[@benthekeeshond545]

Bivol looks exactly like the Central Asians. Half E. European and half E. Asian.

[@veezhang4678]

Probably the only half moldovan half korean in existence.

[@benthekeeshond545]

Ms. Zhang,
There are not many but you will be surprised that there are people similar to Bivol in Central Asia.
Mr. Josepf Stalin and his Russian government, during the 20th century, forcibly evicted the Korean people from Eastern Siberia to Central Asia. As a result, many Korean people die from sickness and hunger during and after this inhumane forced migration. However, a small Korean population survived Stalin's communism in Central Asia. Dmitry Bivol could have heard horror stories from his Korean side.
The Soviet government did that to the Chinese and Manchurian people around the same time. Except that Russian soldiers actually shot at fleeing civilians while they crossed the river, Hei Long Jiang or the Amur River, back into China.

[@TactlessGuy]

@@benthekeeshond545 Well yeah, but central Asia is just closer to Asia in general. It's not surprising that there'd be some mixed blood between Asian and East European people throughout history, especially since that region is historically full of nomadic tribes. The Mongol empire also swept across Asia.

[@benthekeeshond545]

@@TactlessGuy
The Mongols swept across Asia into Europe. I believe they went as far as today's Germany. Only Ogedei Khan killed by S. Sung Chinese which halted the Mongols from advancing further into W. and S. Europe.

[@veezhang4678]

@@TactlessGuytoo many half white half asian already. They can make their own country with their numbers.

[@Darknightdriver1]

Was that Frank? The most annoying boxing media member?

[@zorbi8313]

Бивол тут похож на мексиканца(

[@MrAmaniogol]

list of great boxers from former Soviet Union countries is half-Korean : Kostya Tsyu, Gennadi Golovkin and Dimitry Bivol, all of them have a mother of Korean blood or descent

[@mayhem88]

Tszyu's Korean side is paternal.

[@MrAmaniogol]

@@mayhem88 oh, i see, thnk u

[@NativePillowFist]

👍🏽👍🏽✊🏾✊🏾

[@Sergey_crg]

Дима жестко

[@jaewonpark2322]

🥊🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🫡

[@jinjoo9487]

No wonder he looks pretty asian 😂

[@KaullyHD]

moldova used to be in russia

[@kimchee94112]

Next to Ukraine

[@alco2758]

Mexico belonged to Spain and Brazil belonged to Portugal, Indonesia belonged to Netherlands, Greece used to be in Turkish Empire. What exactly r u trying to say?

[@alco2758]

@@kimchee94112 Moldova is a historical part of Romania

[@Diablito8042]

@@alco2758 Romania is a historical part of Hungary 🇭🇺

[@m.o.bentertainment8582]

@@alco2758 Moldavia is older than Romania

[@thelegoone153]

No body knew you until canelo mention your name

[@nihilisticotaku7907]

If u really think that then ur a casual

[@Diablito8042]

Now everyone knows him after he whooped canelo's ass

[@lofiguy8136]

He held the light heavy weight Championship belt for 5 years. You're a noob

[@alshynermek]

Now whatchu sayin glory hole?

[@wonphi]

Boxing fans knew of Bivol a long time ago. I personally saw his fights on youtube back in 2016 and thought he was really good and under rated. I am glad Canelo has brought him into the lime light.

[@oscardelahoya5934]

MexiCAN

[@user-ow3po9dh7y]

He tell actually history 😂