Anthony Yarde v David Benavidez - The Ring IV

[TIC]

my point was that there is all this talk about david b v oleksandr & not even a peep about jai. zurdo has done some of his best work at cruiser & the fight with david b probably makes both some coin but can someone explain why we couldn't get artur v david b while dmitry recovered/ recovers?

[Master]

Benavidez said many people turned the fight down against him so maybe Beterbiev turned the offer down. He may have deemed it too dangerous when he is next in line to face Bivol.

[TIC]

Benavidez said many people turned the fight down against him so maybe Beterbiev turned the offer down. He may have deemed it too dangerous when he is next in line to face Bivol.

i never heard him say artur turned down an offer. too dangerous? it would have been for the wbc title, a win makes the trilogy with dmitry another unification. artur was planning a fight in november on the same david b v anthony yarde card but it fell through for a reason i am not aware of but it was not an injury on his side, should have just made david b v artur

[Spicoli]

The elephant in the room here is Turki, just have to recognize it. Mentioned it earlier as he was talking out of both sides of his mouth. Mainly with Bivol but as goes Bivol, so goes Beterbiev and the trilogy right now. He floated Benavidez-Bivol after I, then gets rematch and invites Benavidez and after David is named mandatory, he Turki "is no longer interested in that fight". He basically warned Bivol like some off brand mafia boss . Then says no to mention of Beterbiev and says, "well maybe next year". Perfect no brainer spot to make Beterbiev-David was this last big card last week. But Beterbiev got yanked from his tune up slot with no explanation on the very same card. So, there's not even a sniff of a build up or interest in Beterbiev-Benavidez sharing the same card, let alone the same ring. Honestly it was a huge lost marketing opportunity if in fact Turki has any interest in making "big fights" at 175. Thinking back...how many times was the possibility or hype of Benavidez facing either mentioned on air come fight time? Honestly don't know, gotta check. Turki flat shut it all down and David was getting jerked around while Beterbiev grows more frustrated. And hits 41 this January .

[TIC]

yeah i agree turki is a big part of the problem. he's given us some big fights but there's also been a number of turds. artur v david b would have been a natural for the main event for the recent card with dmitry out injured. it's been a problem with boxing for awhile where there seems to be no long term plans in place. it's not that hard, just give us more division tournaments