Comments Thread For: Hearn Pushing For Dmitry Bivol to Fight Joshua Buatsi In the Spring

[deathofaclown]

Why do we need stay busy fights when there is an obvious fight everyone wants to see?

See my above post. Because Beterbiev has Ramadan, that ends in April, he’s probably not gonna fight until July-august if that’s the case, because I don’t see him coming out of Ramadan and fighting 8 weeks later. He may also not want to go straight into a huge fight of the back of that.

even if they were to fight around August, that means Bivol has had 9-10 months out waiting for Beterbiev because of his religious beliefs

so what’s wrong with Bivol taking a keep busy fight in the middle of all that?

[Mammoth]

C’mon brother , Buatsi ain’t deserving of chit
Hasn’t fought anybody whether he is good or bad is another story
Eddie keeping Bivol as far as possible from Artur

That's very possible but Arum, Hearn and the WBC are all saying Callum Smith gets his mando shot after Yarde so idk what else can be done.

[kiaba360]

If people are interested in watching the entire interview that BoxingScene is quoting from:

I like Buatsi, but his inactivity is getting frustrating. I think he really should've fought Pascal to get more experience, but fxct it then. It's time that Matchroom throws him into the deep end to see if he sinks or swims.

[Clegg]

Realistically, we only get Bivol-Beterbiev if one of them has a contract expiring in the next year or so and jumps ship to make the fight happen. Hearn will probably say Bivol has to re-sign to get the Canelo rematch. Not sure what big fight Arum really has left to offer Beterbiev.

[CasperUK]

"In the same interview, Hearn also said that he wants his other top light heavyweight charge, Callum Smith, to fight the winner of the upcoming title unification bout between WBC, WBO, IBF 175-pound champion Artur Beterbiev and Anthony Yard on Jan. 28 in London."

Why would he want Callum Smith to fight the winner of Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde, and not Bivol???

Bivol has some marketing credibility and he doesn't want to risk Bivol against Beterbiev who could potentially knock him out.

It then establishes a hierarchy that promoters don't want exposed = the most dangerous guy is the one not getting any big (money) fights and promoters are protecting their popular fighters and milking them,

Example - Canelo vs Ryder.

[F l i c k e r]

So, is Hern gatekeeping the Bivol Beterbiev fight?

[MulaKO]

Fast Eddie is just making sure he gets paid from both sides in every match up that he's putting together, he doesn't give a damn if we want to see the fights or not. He cares about getting that bread from the fighter AND the opponent, and sprinkles in Beterbiev for namesake, knowing that Beterbiev won't fight any of Eddie's guys but Bivol. Same old Fast Eddie.

You hit this one right out of the park
Conor Benn is all I’m going to say

[MulaKO]

That's very possible but Arum, Hearn and the WBC are all saying Callum Smith gets his mando shot after Yarde so idk what else can be done.

The WBC has said it would get out of the way for unification

[MulaKO]

See my above post. Because Beterbiev has Ramadan, that ends in April, he’s probably not gonna fight until July-august if that’s the case, because I don’t see him coming out of Ramadan and fighting 8 weeks later. He may also not want to go straight into a huge fight of the back of that.

even if they were to fight around August, that means Bivol has had 9-10 months out waiting for Beterbiev because of his religious beliefs

so what’s wrong with Bivol taking a keep busy fight in the middle of all that?

I’ve mentioned this in another post , that Beterbiev would be ready to fight unification fight around July/August
Once he tramples Yarde , enjoys Ramadan and then onto Bivol

[TheOneAboveAll]

why is Hearn always pushing fights that nobody wants to see?

Is this a serious question? Hearn promotes fighters under contract with his company. That takes priority over being an ambassador for the sport.