Comments Thread For: Artur Beterbiev Inks Long-Term Pact With Al Haymon

[Scipio2009]

War Beterbiev!!
As someone already mentioned Kovalev is the one stuck in a difficult position, unfortunately. Haymon has most of the top Light Heavyweights. Beterbiev will soon be the mandatory for the IBF and thus forcing Kovalev to vacate since he won't fight outside of HBO. Who knows maybe they'll allow Beterbiev to fight on HBO.
It seems like GYM doesn't want Beterbiev to beat up on Stevenson, idk why it's not like Stevenson has much more to offer. But I'm just making assumptions here, they might build it up a bit.

It's not about "allowing Beterbiev to fight on HBO"; speaking strictly in hypotheticals, GYM can secure $2m from PBC/Showtime (plus whatever he can get in Canada) for a Kovalev-Beterbiev fight, while Main Events could get HBO to put up $1.5m (with no real infrastructure to pull in Canadian money). Why would GYM put their fighter in the position to accept significantly less money for the fight?

Even if GYM would have to put up $3m (75/25 split for a mandatory defense would put $2.25m in Kovalev's pocket and $750k in Beterbiev's pocket), the PBC money, plus the Montreal gate money, plus the Canadian PPV money, and whatever other side money would be enough to likely cover everything, while also giving his company the chance at having a 31-year wrecking machine as a future star to build around.

Stevenson will get fed to Beterbiev/Alvarez whenever it looks as if he's on his way out; why run an in-house fight that significant any earlier than that, especially when there are other options available for everyone?

[bojangles1987]

kovalev vs stevenson in puerto rico...we are coming home!

I think Puerto Rico would be more welcoming to whoever won that fight than they were to Danny Garcia after the Herrera fight. I'm sure they could learn to speak just as much Spanish, too.