Beterbiev To Hearn: “Always Something”

Artur Beterbiev was not pleased to hear about Dmitry Bivol’s promoter Eddie Hearn commenting that he disagreed with the decision of their previous fight on October 12th. Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) seemed upset, saying Hearn always has something he doesn’t “agree with.”

Hearn had a conniption attack after three-belt unified light heavyweight champion Beterbiev defeated his fighter, WBA champion Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs), ruining his plans for a lucrative rematch with Canelo Alvarez. How much of a chance will Bivol have if he loses again and is given another fight against Beterbiev?

He didn’t want to fight when the going got tough last time and ran when the going got hot for him. Although some fans believe that Bivol should have won the first fight with Beterbiev, they clearly formed their opinions after the first five rounds because his white surrender flag went up after the sixth round. He had no fight in him and turned tail and ran from sixth. Hearn helped muddy the waters by complaining endlessly about the decision, but Bivol clearly lost.

I know there was a lot of money on the line if Bivol won because there would have been a Canelo fight. If Bivol had won, do you honestly think Beterbiev would have received an immediate rematch?

No way on Earth. It would have been Canelo vs. Bivol 2. As for Beterbiev, he would have had to get a title shot again by fighting the winner of the David Benavidez vs. David Morrell fight, because he’s not as connected as he is. buffalo

Will Beterbiev spoil things?

Hearn was hopeful that Bivol could capture all three of Beterbiev’s titles and use the undisputed 175-pound championship as bait to get Canelo to face him. Beterbiev tore it all apart by relentlessly attacking the timid boxer Bivol, chasing him around the ring for the last six rounds to win a 12-round majority decision by scores of 115-113, 116-112 and 114-114.

I agreed with Beterbiev’s 8-4 score, but it was funny, if not predictable, that Hearn went on a rampage afterwards, complaining that Bivol deserved the win. I hadn’t done it. The only way to give Bivol the win is if the judges stop scoring the fight after six rounds. If this was a six rounder, Bivol would win easily.

Hearn’s fighter, Bivol, gets another chance against Beterbiev in their February 22 rematch in Riyadh. If Bivol can’t win this fight, it’s a waste of time to have a trilogy. If Bivol wins, he will have the titles to attract Canelo. If this fight doesn’t happen, there’s always the trilogy with Beterbiev that Bivol can fall back on.

If he loses on points, Hearn will probably scream bloody murder and complain that Bivol deserved the win again.

It will be interesting to see if Turki Al-Sheikh sympathizes with Hearn’s complaints and gives Bivol another undeserving fight instead of giving the winner of David Beterbiev vs. David Morrell a chance.

“Yes, he did a good job. We can say the hardest fight,” said Artur Beterbiev BoxNation when asked if Dmitry Bivol is the toughest fight of his career so far. “Eddie Hearn always disagrees with something,” said Beterbiev, reacting to being told that Bivol’s promoter Eddie Hearn disagreed with the decision of their previous fight on 12 October “It’s always something.

“I’m honored to be the main event on this card. Great fight, they do. It was a good experience. Amazing, they did a good job for boxing,” Beterbiev said of the Saudis.

“It was a good fight; it was good for boxing fans,” Bivol said BoxNation about his previous fight against Beterbiev. “It wasn’t the best fight I had, and it was a good lesson for me. I learned a lot from this fight and I need to get better. I like to fight in Riyadh because they do beautiful events, great events. Every fighter wants that, and I can’t wait to get back.

“Of course, every camp is different, and we’ve also made some changes, which I’ll talk about after the fight. I am happy to have this opportunity”, said Bivol.

Revenge of the mind… 💭

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