Bivol v Beterbiev next!

[Ron Swanson]

Obvious fight to make so knowing boxing we probably won’t see it. Let’s hope

[Master]

I have always believed that Beterbiev is the best light heavyweight and hope he beats Joe Smith to force Bivol to face him next.

In fact Canelo should insist that Bivol does that otherwise he will not rematch him for the good of boxing.

I know it is a diva move but in this case I am in favour of it.

[TIC]

so the fight at seventy five

[Master]

I hope Bivol accepts the fight and not wait for Canelo or do somthing stupid like go down to super middleweight.

[mikeeod]

I hope Bivol accepts the fight and not wait for Canelo or do somthing stupid like go down to super middleweight.

Agree- this is the fight the sport needs and both fighters need. This should happen soon- Beterbiev is 38 and his style is the type that once he slips out of his prime, the fall is drastic and not incremental.

[Spicoli]

If ever there was a mega fight so obvious and needed this is it. And frankly given the 'diva' nature of a lot of top guys today, these two don't strike me as adverse to big challenge or protecting a meaningless 0. All the nonsense..imo..with Bivol melting down for the convivence (and dollar) of Canelo is in some part what is really wrong with boxing today. Who even wants that fight fan wise . I can see Bivol having uncharted trouble with Beterbiev style wise and Beterbiev may just benefit to it happening as some are writing him 'on the other side' after Saturday. Great style clash and all on the line. But the writing is on the wall for politics to possibly fark this up. Inside they'll shovel Smith to Beterbiev as mandatory, or step aside ? and outside both may catch roadblocks with Nationality or residence stuff happening.

[Master]

Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol is one of the best fights that could be made in boxing today, but won’t be happening this summer.

Talks for the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO light-heavyweight world title showdown have collapsed over money, Bivol and his manager Vadim Kornilov have confirmed.

WBA champion Bivol won all of boxing’s notable Fighter of the Year awards last year after his shock win over Canelo Alvarez and impressive defence against Gilberto Ramirez.

WBC, IBF and WBO champion Beterbiev unified three titles by beating Joe Smith Jr last year, then knocked out Anthony Yarde in a stunning mandatory defence in January.

Following this win, talks began to try and make a match between the two Russians, however this has not come to fruition.

Bivol told Big Fight Weekend: “All this time I tell my team, ‘Let’s make this fight, let’s make this fight.’

“They were discussing, but finally they told me there is nothing interesting for all of us for business, it’s nothing for this time.

“Maybe next fight we could talk because there is not a good offer for this fight [now].”

Kornilov explained: “There were discussions for June/July, but the bottom line is what was being discussed was not serious enough to make the fight happen at that point.

“We were talking about trying to make the fight in June/July, whether it was gonna be in the UAE or the USA.

“But the numbers that were brought up – what we were trying to materialise, it was just not materialising.

“There are two sides to that fight, they’re both pound-for-pound fighters, they’re both top ten pound-for-pound fighters and they both want to make money.

“They both want this fight to be worth their while. I believe that they feel the same way we feel.

“What was being talked about in June/July was just not at the level of the fight and that’s why it didn’t materialise.”

Now Bivol looks most likely to wait until September for his next fight.

It is possible that he could defend his belt against Jaime Munguia in the meantime, but this is not a fight that overly excites the champion.

In September, Bivol could move down in weight to make a more lucrative rematch with Canelo for his undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO super-middleweight world titles instead.

Beterbiev meanwhile has been ordered to defend against WBC mandatory Callum Smith next.

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/1...varez-rematch/