Comments Thread For: Beterbiev Wants To Earn His Shot at Sergey Kovalev

[daggum]

Beterbiev has beaten just as good of competition that Kovalev did before he got his title shot. You didn't have a problem with him practically going straight to Hopkins after beating no one of note, so why you got a problem with Beterbiev doing the same? I understand you like the guy but its ok if he gets knocked out after he just got all his belts.

kovalev destroyed 2 top 5 guys. when did beterbum do that?

[kafkod]

So why avoid Chilemba?

He's still very inexperienced as a pro. They're bringing him on fast, but probably decided that fighting a top 10 ranked guy after only 7 fights would be a little too fast.

[MDPopescu]

why should he target kovalev when the other champ is his promotional stablemate superduck? I think it's easier to make that fight, I like beterbiev but michel should stop this puppet show

^^^ This, obviously.

Beterbiev could easily fight first his Gym stablemate -- namely the pimp.

[BTL]

Im guessing since he beat him in the past, I don't see how he couldn't again... is he really that good?... I've only seen a little of him.

[kennethjohn]

fighter doesnt fight a certain guy in his 5th pro fight and is called a ducker.

[kennethjohn]

Im guessing since he beat him in the past, I don't see how he couldn't again... is he really that good?... I've only seen a little of him.

he fought more with a pro style. He beat Ismayl Sillah twice in the ammys
once by knock out. and beat Kovalev twice as well.

not sure why he is so hated... I'm assuming because he is based in canada

[Weebler I]

He's still very inexperienced as a pro. They're bringing him on fast, but probably decided that fighting a top 10 ranked guy after only 7 fights would be a little too fast.

He already KO'd one in Cloud.

[Pigeons]

Pretty sure Chilemba would have fought on Sho?

The offer to fight Chilemba was to open the Kovalev-Pascal tripleheader on HBO. Beterbiev chose to fight on Stevenson's undercard on SHO.

[Y0@NN]

A few months ago he had so many praises and now he gets the stick for not looking as destructive in his last fight and declining a fight against a Bellew victim?

[Foreign Soil]

fighter doesnt fight a certain guy in his 5th pro fight and is called a ducker.

Here's one better than that - Loma was called a ducker for not draining weight and fighting Rigo for his 1st or 2nd pro fight. He might not have broken the fastest to a belt record but certainly holds fastest to be called a duck record.