Comments Thread For: Artur Beterbiev Suffers Torn Meniscus, Postponing Dmitry Bivol Fight

[_Rexy_]

NO. Fighters of old fought more often. They stayed in shape so they averted injuries like this. Fights fight so infrequently now that their bodies get cold and the ligaments tighten (not to mention weight gain). That takes a toll on you during training.

Beterbiev doesn't put on weight between fights. Problem is he's almost 40, and since Covid has only probably had 1-2 training camps per year.

[HandsofIron]

Dat old man body not holding up. Give the old man some of that Ryan Garcia, ashwagandha power pellets.

[BigZ44]

Fuuuuucccckkkkk

[Boxing 112]

I wonder if it's too short notice for Yarde to jump in against Bivol?

He's got a contract dispute ongoing with Frank i think.

Benavidez got a fight June 15th.

Morrell might be the option, he is on a Saudi card anyway for August they can just pull him from that

[A.B Counterhooks]

Well thats a bummer, thing with Beterviev is that hes about to hit 40 so the longer it takes for them to actually step in there to fight ,Bivol becomes more of a favorite imo,add injuries and inactivity now. Maybe Benavidez moving up start to make even more sense now. He beats Gvozdyk and he should be in the mix.

[Joseph]

Oh, fiddlesticks.

Not only this, but it's now likely Bivol will not only need a stay busy fight, but Artur will come back and need a tune-up, and then he'll have another injury, and then...

Waiting for Fury to pull out of the May 18th clash any moment now.

[wrecksracer]

argh! the fight I was looking forward to most

[Liondw]

It's almost like 'hey boxing, you've had quite a few reasonably big fights back to back, take a break'.

Wishing Artur a completely healthy recovery. Darn, this was probably the best matchup this year, although without the big promotional hype.

Look at Fury-Usyk, the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world, not much publicity. Let's hope that fight happens.

Don't be shocked if something happens, and there's no fight. But have confidence it'll go ahead this month.

[Boxing 112]

Torn meniscus? Isn’t the recovery from that 5-6 months? That means the fight will be postponed until early next yr at least.

Could be that long could be less. But Beterbiev is 39 not going to be as quick to heal from surgery. I saw someone write maybe ready for September, that aint happening. Bivol will need to just fight someone else.

[Boxing2695]

Had a feeling this might happen.. because it was a quick turn around for a injury prone beterbiev who can only seem to fight once a year nowadays. Can see this happening probably January and be one of the first cards of 2025 because a meniscus injury especially someone who's older aswell can take like 4-6 months to heal then he's gotta do the camp and then hope he doesn't pick up another injury. But it's up to bivol if he wants to be on the shelf for a year himself of if he wants to have a run out in the summer but with the amount that's at stake and the money he's probably making for a beterbiev can see him just waiting it out tbh which is annoying for him.