Quote from: Kemarit on January 17, 2024, 10:03:44 PM

Quote from: bbc.reporter on January 17, 2024, 04:15:48 AM

Quote from: Kemarit on January 15, 2024, 09:49:49 PM

^^ It was one sided fight for Arthur Beterbiev over Callum Smith, Smith though fight valiantly, but Beterbiev is too much for him that he wasn't able to take advantage of his height and reach against the shorter Beterbiev. And then he eat a lot of punches,

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Beterbiev’s promoter, Bob Arum, indicated that a potential full unification bout between his charge and Dmitry Bivol, the WBA titlist, could materialize later this year in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Arum said there was strong interest in that matchup from Turki Alalsihkh, the head of Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Entertainment, a body that oversees some of the oil-producing country’s most significant cultural events, including Riyadh Season.

https://www.boxingscene.com/bob-arum-optimistic-beterbiev-bivol-happen-expects-saudi-arabia-stage-it-summer--180730

So it's good to hear that Saudi is very interested to see the Bivol vs Beterbiev unification fight. And we all know that if this rich oil nation wanted it, definitely money is not going to be a problem as long as they can make the fight happen in their country in Riyadh Season. Most likely we will see this huge fight at 175 lbs.

Will the money that the Saudis will offer be enough for WBC president Mauricio Sulaimán to allow a unification fight against Bivol without removing Beterbiev from his WBC light heavyweight championship? Is the war between Russia and Ukraine not anymore on Sulaimán's agenda?

I speculate that many boxing fans might predict this to be a victory for Beterbiev but the sportsbooks will list Bivol with very small odds heheheee.

It's all about the money mate, obviously it was a hot topic with the war going on in Russia. But Bivol was able to fight after his win on Canelo in Saudi recently, so it just shows that if everything is right and everyone is making money to promoters, boxers and organizations and it's coming from the oil rich country, then they can step aside everything and push the fight.

So I believed that this fight is going to happen and Mauricio is going to be in a hurry to put this fight in the line for the Saudis and make a U-turn as far his political views.

Definitely, Beterbiev might be the favorite in this fight, but it could be closer.

However, for Mauricio Sulaimán it might not only be the money. He has expressed his disapproval on Russia's invasikn on Ukraine. Bivol vs. Beterbiev would have have occured last year already if the WBC would sanction it.

Sulaiman says that Beterbiev vs. Bivol fight can happen, but it won’t have the WBC title at stake due to the Russia-Ukrainian war. Bivol (21-0, 11 KOs) was born in Tokmak, Kyrgyzstan, and lives in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Unless the war ends soon, boxing fans might not ever get the chance to see the undisputed 175-lb championship fight between IBF, WBC & WBO champion Beterbiev (19-0, 19 KOs) and Bivol.

Source https://www.boxingnews24.com/2023/04/beterbiev-bivol-wont-be-sanctioned-by-wbc-says-mauricio-sulaiman/