Duva extends 'very fair' offer to Beterbiev for Kovalev showdown

Haymon is willing to let Beterbiev fight on HBO because he's the challenger whereas Stevenson is the lineal champion at 175. They won't give him up that easily and feel they can offer more money for that fight on PBC. And people said that Haymon wouldn't give up Lara to fight Golovkin. I think we can officially debunk that myth now. Haymon just wants a fair shot at putting up an offer

If I was Yvon then I'd let Beterbeiv have 3 more fights before going in against someone as good and experienced as Kovalev. Let him fight some of the top 10 guys outside of Stevenson and Kovalev, maybe someone who can take a punch and throw back, like Fonfara for example. Edit: What confuses me is that HBO have said, according to Duva, that they will work with Haymon for Beterbiev but that was the stumbling block for the Stevenson/Kovalev purse bids. Get your story straight Duva. Haymon is willing to let Beterbiev fight on HBO because he's the challenger whereas Stevenson is the lineal champion at 175. They won't give him up that easily and feel they can offer more money for that fight on PBC. And people said that Haymon wouldn't give up Lara to fight Golovkin. I think we can officially debunk that myth now.

If I was Yvon then I'd let Beterbeiv have 3 more fights before going in against someone as good and experienced as Kovalev. Let him fight some of the top 10 guys outside of Stevenson and Kovalev, maybe someone who can take a punch and throw back, like Fonfara for example. Edit: What confuses me is that HBO have said, according to Duva, that they will work with Haymon for Beterbiev but that was the stumbling block for the Stevenson/Kovalev purse bids. Get your story straight Duva. If it happens it will be on HBO. Stevenson could fight Kovalev on HBO too, but he wanted a purse bid.

Artur Beterbiev highlights artur does not move his head but has a great sneaky short right hand, it will hurt anybody.... with that being said i feel strongly kovalev beats him... kovalev fights from the outside and will touch beterbiev more often, beterbiev best chance is to get inside and im sure they will have a game plan for that(clinch).

Hopefully it gets done! It is looking very likely! My only question is, will HBO actually go to Russia and cover this one? :lol1: Lampley in Russia would be Interesting :lol1: :rofl:

Hopefully it gets done! It is looking very likely! My only question is, will HBO actually go to Russia and cover this one? :lol1: Lampley in Russia would be Interesting

Wait. so if my main homie artur wins.... does that mean my dude kov gets a rematch on a pbc network? Probably not duva doesn't want Kov to get paid

Wait. so if my main homie artur wins.... does that mean my dude kov gets a rematch on a pbc network?

I can't believe they would make this fight right now It's actually a massive risk for Kovalev too. Beterbiev is a BEAST. If he loses to Kovalev this early, few would blame him. But Kovalev is hitting his financial prime, losing to an unknown monster would be huge at this point. Also, **** Stevenson. Bum after bum when he could fight Beterbiev tomorrow Beterbiev is on the verge of becoming a mandatory challenger anyway. He's just behind Mohammedi in the IBF rankings, and it's pretty obvious Duva is trying to avoid another purse bid scenario.

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I can't believe they would make this fight right now It's actually a massive risk for Kovalev too. Beterbiev is a BEAST. If he loses to Kovalev this early, few would blame him. But Kovalev is hitting his financial prime, losing to an unknown monster would be huge at this point. Also, **** Stevenson. Bum after bum when he could fight Beterbiev tomorrow

Too early for Beterbiev. It is smart to gun for him before he develops, but would rather see Beterbiev go after some of the other guys. Still, would be a great fight.

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If I was Yvon then I'd let Beterbeiv have 3 more fights before going in against someone as good and experienced as Kovalev. Let him fight some of the top 10 guys outside of Stevenson and Kovalev, maybe someone who can take a punch and throw back, like Fonfara for example. Edit: What confuses me is that HBO have said, according to Duva, that they will work with Haymon for Beterbiev but that was the stumbling block for the Stevenson/Kovalev purse bids. Get your story straight Duva. Fonfara would be a great fight for Beterbiev.

If I was Yvon then I'd let Beterbeiv have 3 more fights before going in against someone as good and experienced as Kovalev. Let him fight some of the top 10 guys outside of Stevenson and Kovalev, maybe someone who can take a punch and throw back, like Fonfara for example. Edit: What confuses me is that HBO have said, according to Duva, that they will work with Haymon for Beterbiev but that was the stumbling block for the Stevenson/Kovalev purse bids. Get your story straight Duva.

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It'd be good for Kovalev to take Beterbiev out now instead of letting him get more experience while Stevenson only gets older.