Dmitry Bivol is a boxer from another time and place

(Photo: Getty Images. Design: Yahoo Sports, Amy Monks.)Allergic to bombast both inside and outside of the ring, Bivol is a man out of place in this era of boxing history. Will it be his undoing — again?

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If you look at its history, boxing has always been a fluid, ever-changing beast. Over time its rings have changed, its gloves have changed, its rules have changed, its weight classes have changed, and its rewards have changed. Always, in fact, it has been in a process of change; trying to improve, or simply survive.

Some will say change is for the better, and that this evolution was both inevitable and necessary for the sport to continue defying those who have for years…