Beterbiev To Hearn: “Always Something”

Artur Beterbiev was not happy to hear about Dmitri Bivol’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, commenting that he disagreed with the decision of their previous fight on October 12th. Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) appeared annoyed, saying Hearn always has something he “disagrees with.”

Hearn was fit after three-belt unified welterweight champion Beterbiev defeated his fighter, WBA champion Buffalo (23-1, 12 KOs), ruining his plans for a lucrative rematch against Canelo Alvarez. How much of a chance does Bivol have if he loses again and gets another fight against Beterbiev?

He didn’t want to fight when the going got tough last time and ran away when he got hot. While some fans feel Bivol should have won the first fight with Beterby, they clearly formed their opinion after the first five rounds as his white flag of surrender was raised from the sixth round onwards. He had no fight in him and turned tail and ran away from sixth onwards. Hearn helped muddy the waters by complaining non-stop about the decision, but Biwall clearly lost.

I know a lot of money was on the line if Bivol won because there would be a fight against Canelo. If Bivol had won, do you honestly believe that Beterbiev would have gotten a rematch right away?

Not a chance on Earth. It would be Canelo vs. Bivol 2. As for Beterbie, he would have to fight his way back to the title by fighting the winner of David Benavidez vs. David Morrell because he is not as well connected as Bivol.

Will Beterbiev spoil things?

Hearn hoped that Bivol could win Beterbiev’s three titles and use the undisputed 175-pound championship as bait to get Canelo to face him. Beterbiev spoiled everything with a relentless attack on the timid Bivol boxer, chasing him around the ring for the last six rounds to win a 12-round majority decision of 115-113, 116-112 and 114-114.

I agreed with the 8-4 score for Beterbiev, but it was amusing, if not predictable, that Hearn threw a fit afterwards, complaining that Bivol deserved the win. It’s not. The only way to beat Buffalo is for the judges to stop scoring after six rounds. If this was a six-rounder, Buffalo would win easily.

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

If he loses on points, Hearn will likely scream bloody murder and complain that Biwall deserved to win again.

It will be interesting to see if Turki Al-Sheikh sympathizes with Hearn’s grievances and gives Buffalo another undeserved third fight instead of giving the winner of David Beterbiev vs. David Morrell at Arthur a chance. American fans want to see some new blood with the Betterbees instead of a runner, and Biwall is getting constant chances.

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

“I’m honored to be the main event on this card. Great fight, they have. It was a good experience. “Unbelievably, 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 improve. I like to fight in Riyadh because they do nice events, great events. Every fighter wants this, and I’m looking forward to coming back.

“Of course, every camp is different, and we made some changes that I will talk about after the fight. I’m glad to have this opportunity,” Bivol said.

Revenge in mind… 💭

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