Artur Beterbiev’s coach, John Scully, says David Benavidez and Joshua Buatsi are two extra choices apart from Dmitry Bivol for his Beterbiev’s subsequent battle after capturing the undisputed gentle heavyweight championship final Saturday evening in Riyadh.
Scully feels Buatsi and Benavidez could be wonderful decisions for Beterbiev. He says there’s no want for him to maneuver as much as cruiserweight because of the nice choices at 175, and apart from, he doesn’t know the names of the fighters in that weight class.
Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) defeated WBA champion Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) with a second-half surge to win a 12-round majority resolution by the scores 114-114, 115-113, and 116-112 on the Kingdom Enviornment.
His Excellency Turki Alalshikh will resolve Beterbiev’s opponent. If he desires Bivol, as would appear to be the case, a rematch will occur in 2025. Nonetheless, the boxing public could be extra if Turki selected David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) as Beterbiev’s subsequent opponent as a result of he’s extra widespread within the U.S. and can make it a much more entertaining battle than Bivol.
Benavidez gained’t run across the ring attempting to outbox Beterbiev for 12 rounds like Bivol did, and he’s not going to ease up within the last spherical like he did final Saturday.
“You’ve gotten Benavidez, who’s in there, and you’ve got Buatsi, who’s actually robust. That might be a nuclear conflict battle. So, there are fights at light-heavy, 100%,” mentioned John Scully to The Stomping Floor about doable choices for Artur Beterbiev’s subsequent battle.
“So, fights with Benavidez and Buatsi, I feel these could be massive light-heavyweight fights. However I feel all people on the planet would say at present they need to do a rematch. I feel all people would say that.”
Buatsi would even be a greater possibility entertain-wise for the followers to face Beterbiev’s subsequent opponent than Bivol as a result of he’s a puncher too, and will likely be buying and selling bombs.
“Artur wanted time to get the timing down. In order that took some time,” mentioned Scully about Beterbiev needing to determine Bivol earlier than going after him. I assumed Artur took over later within the battle. He was extra aggressive and was in a position to push himself somewhat tougher.
“There have been two instances within the battle within the seventh and eighth; I assumed, ‘We’re going to cease him. Within the twelfth spherical, Dmitry didn’t give in, but it surely virtually seemed prefer it body-wise. Neither time got here to fruition, however there have been to moments the place I assumed we is likely to be there,” mentioned Scully.
