Comments Thread For: Beterbiev Accepts Kovalev Challenge - HBO is No Issue!

[PACnPBFsuck]

Haymon will block this fight.

Let's hope not

[Eff Pandas]

Correct me if i'm wrong, I don't remember clearly, but didn't they call their bluff with Stevenson as well with a purse bid that Duva infamously backed out of after calling out Stevenson? This would be the second time they call their bluff, and if she backs out again, it would be obvious that she merely calls out other fighters to hype up hers, with no intentions of actually making the fight.

Fwiw I think it was kinda just bad luck/timing for Duva that she got outplayed with the Stevenson purse bid situation in her defense (& I'm not one to come to her defense often if you pay attention to my posts lol). She made her play pre-PBC. No one knew, in particular Duva, that Haymon was gonna start throwing around money like Tony Montana for fights. HBO was the only entity in play with the bank account & deals in place to make it happen initially. If she had made that move earlier the outcome might have been totally different or maybe Haymon has other **** up his sleeve idk.

[Barcham]

this is not happening for the same reasons Floyd vs Spense wouldn't happen

Ridiculously imbalance between risk/reward

It would be ****** and nuts for Duva to make this fight. Once Beterbiev actually becomes a name, and that's Haymon's job, then we're talking.

This is the same reason there's no noise about Stevenson vs Beterviev even though it could be made tomorrow

Beterbiev is already a name in Russia. In fact, there is probably no bigger fight to be made if you are going to hold it in Moscow. Yvon Michel made it very clear when he first signed Beterbiev that he would never fight Stevenson as long as they were both promoted by GYM. Both of them now being signed to Haymon as well just adds an extra guarantee to that. As for why Stevenson is not fighting Kovalev... just read Yvon Michel's statement for that information. I believe he makes it very clear.

[ricodonjefe]

Klitschco vs fury...Cotto vs canelo....lemiux vs ggg...Krusher vs beterbiev.....Boxing fans WINNING ..!!!!

[R_Walken]

I'll be shocked if Main Events present a fair offer and this fight gets made.


Hope I'm wrong though.

[DoktorSleepless]

Yvon Michel made it very clear when he first signed Beterbiev that he would never fight Stevenson as long as they were both promoted by GYM.

Did he really say that? link?

Edit: found this. WTF?
http://ring tv.craveonline.com/news/360161-promoter-adonis-stevenson-vs-artur-beterbiev-not-in-the-plans

[Hougigo]

Both playing a game of chicken

[daggum]

too bad that hrunov guy isn't allowed to just pay fighters an insane amount so good fights could be made like kovalev-beterbiev. haymon pays fighters an insane amount for bad fights but i don't really like that for some reason.

[PunchyPotorff]

I'll take it... although Beterbiev/Gonzalez would've been interesting too. I'd say after Kovalev owns Beterbiev, the best comeback fight for him would be Gonzalez. Wouldn't mind Kovalev/Fonfara too. Great time for the division.

And then there's ******man with more title fights vs the likes of Alvarez, Chilemba, Mohammedi, Oosthuizen. Anything easy, he'll sign the contract.

[taste]

HBO not going agree to fight without the options it's a good chance artur beats krusher to much to lose

Who knows what HBO will want. The question in my mind is why the **** would Artur NOT want to be on the biggest network for boxing?? Come on, doesn't he want to be on HBO?