Promoter Eddie Hearn says he’ll make sure the rematch happens between his fighter Dmitry Bivol and his conqueror, undisputed gentle heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev.
Some would argue that quick rematches damage the game by forcing followers to see a useless second struggle. It might be one factor the Beterbiev-Bivol struggle had been entertaining to look at, stuffed with drama knockdowns. That wasn’t the case right here.
Bivol = Shakur 2.0
Bivol was on his bike your complete struggle, fleeing from Beterbiev and combating in a safety-first fashion that followers worldwide dislike. If this struggle had taken place in Las Vegas, the followers would have booed it, and Bivol would have been the trigger. He fights lots like Shakur Stevenson, an unpopular U.S.-based fighter.
Bivol misplaced to Beterbiev final Saturday night time, and he ought to should earn a rematch by going via David Benavidez relatively than being given a second struggle on a silver platter as a result of Hearn is planning to attraction to the sanctioning our bodies.
The Matchroom promoter Hearn is upset that Beterbiev defeated his fighter Bivol by a 12-round majority resolution final Saturday night time on the Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh. If Bivol had received, an enormous cash rematch between him and Canelo Alvarez was attainable.
Beterbiev spoiled these plans by rallying to defeat Bivol, who had a particularly detrimental fashion all through your complete struggle, shifting always, staying off the ropes, and making the struggle almost unwatchable for the followers who tuned in.
Hearn states that he’s going to attraction to one of many governing our bodies, telling them that Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) deserved the victory and they need to order a rematch. The opposite method is to ask them to make Bivol necessary for Beterbiev.
None of that is vital if His Excellency Turki Alalshikh desires the Beterbiev-Bivol rematch and is prepared to pay to stage the struggle in Riyadh once more. Nevertheless, there’s a rising variety of followers who don’t wish to see a rematch as a result of they really feel that former WBA gentle heavyweight champion Bivol can be boring once more.
Extra entertaining fighters are ready in line to face Beterbiev, who will make it thrilling to look at. We already know what we’re going to get with Hearn’s fighter, Bivol. There can be lots of motion, and it’ll not be enjoyable to look at.
“For me, I feel we’ll see the rematch, and it was such an awesome struggle that we should always push for that rematch,” mentioned Eddie Hearn to Matchroom Boxing, speaking a few hoped-for second struggle between his crushed fighter Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev.
“Generally, you make an attraction to the governing our bodies and say, ‘Look, we consider we should always have received that struggle. We expect it’s best to have ordered a rematch.” There are two methods to do it. You may order a rematch, or you may order Dmitry Bivol because the necessary. A type of issues will occur, for my part,” mentioned Hearn
Ideally, Bivol ought to should struggle the David Benavidez vs. David Morrell winner to get a rematch with Beterbiev relatively than being given a straight shot after developing quick.
If there may be going to be a rematch, Crew Beterbiev ought to insist on a smaller ring to restrict the quantity of operating that Bivol does as a result of it’s going to entertaining to look at him run round an enormous ring for 12 rounds, taking part in hold away, making an attempt to spoil his solution to victory.
