Promoter Eddie Hearn believes a rematch between Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol is feasible if WBA mild heavyweight champion Bivol wins his combat towards IBF/WBC/WBO champ Artur Beterbiev on October twelfth.
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Hearn says “win or lose” the Beterbiev combat, Bivol might face Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) at 175 or 168. Apparently, Mike Coppinger of ESPN spoke with Canelo this week, and he stated he needs the Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) rematch subsequent Could if he’s victorious towards Beterbiev. Canelo didn’t point out being excited by preventing Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs), and it’s fairly apparent why.
Canelo misplaced a 12-round unanimous resolution to Dmitry Bivol in Could 2022, and it has bothered him ever since. Coppinger stated that Canelo blamed his defeat on having a hand damage, and never being bodily proper for the combat.
Beterbiev might spoil the plans by knocking out Bivol and leaving Canelo with a much less interesting choice of probably rematching Caleb Plant if he’s victorious tonight towards Trevor McCumby.
Canelo is defending his WBA, WBC, and WBO tremendous middleweight titles tonight towards Edgar Berlanga on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
“Canelo doesn’t have an enormous output anymore, and when he hurts somebody, he’s not frantically attempting to get them out of there,” stated Eddie Hearn to Chris Mannix’s podcast, speaking about Canelo Alvarez having slowed lately as a result of age.
“I believe bodily, he don’t need to take the possibility. He’s fairly comfortable to coast it out as a result of he’s considering, ‘No accidents. I’ll go once more. Thanks very a lot, everyone. So long.’
“For those who pay him the cash, he’ll combat Benavidez,” Hearn continued about Canelo. “Hear, let’s see what occurs with Bivol towards Beterbiev. I don’t assume that’s a combat that Eddy Reynoso will probably be screaming for.
“If Bivol wins or loses, that’s an choice. If Bivol have been to lose [to Beterbiev], Bivol would come all the way down to 168 to rematch him [Canelo]. If Bivol have been to win, you’ve gotten the undisputed combat at 175. That’s a giant combat,” stated Hearn.
A win for Bivol over Beterbiev on October twelfth would make him the undisputed champion at 175 and would arrange a giant combat between him and Canelo.
