Comments Thread For: Beterbiev Wants Title: I Don't Care if It's Kovalev or Stevenson

[yoshik]

There is NO RECORD on earth that shows he beat Kovalev in the amateurs.

[Kazakh Thunder]

There is NO RECORD on earth that shows he beat Kovalev in the amateurs.

Kovalev said so himself on more than 1 occasion dumbfuck. youtube it.

Beterbiev beat him twice not once.

[gspm23]

L-O-L to the people claiming Kovalev will ''school'' Beterbiev. On what did you based your opinion ? His 2 losts against that same Beterbiev while he was an amateur ? Beterbiev-Kovalev is clearly the best fight at LHW. I don't think ward can outbox someone as strong as Kovalev and I can easily say Beterbiev would knock Adonis as well.

[Bronx2245]

Beterbiev 2 rounds.

I agree, but I also thought Fonfara was going to win!

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

Funny how Beterbiev is saying this now, they had a good offer back in November to fight Kovalev and they turned it down?? Didn't they also turn down Chilemba!?

I think the story in the amateurs is that Beterbiev beat Kovalev but that there was a lot of boxing politics involved and Beterbiev got a gift decision

Anyway, do your talking in the ring

[jkirk039]

he needs to fight bivol he has the interim wba belt. since they are trying to consolidate the belts itd be a guarantee for a future bout.

[bigjavi973]

"Golovkin, regarded as the best pound for pound"



I needed a good laugh.

[PunchyPotorff]

Lol you are one finely polished troll

+1.

I believe that's his actual picture on his avatar.

[Bronx2245]

August 6, 2015:

Usually in boxing, as in life, if it sounds too good to be true it usually is.

That was my feeling when Main Events promoter Kathy Duva said she hoped to match unified light heavyweight titlist Sergey Kovalev with Russian countryman, two-time Olympian and Kovalev conqueror (in the amateur ranks) Artur Beterbiev.

It would shape up as a terrific fight between two aggressive punchers who don't particularly like each other.

So it came as no shock whatsoever to me that Michel responded to Duva's offer in an email on Wednesday declining the fight, even though he said her offer was fair. She was offering Beterbiev a career-high purse for his first main event ($500,000), 25 percent of Canadian pay-per-view and closed circuit revenue (Beterbiev is based in Montreal) and asking only for the right for Kovalev to have an immediate rematch (with a 50-50 financial split), as opposed to the usual three options for a non-mandatory fight most promoters usually seek.

That is clearly a good faith offer.

Michel was polite, said he appreciated Duva's "honest offer" and said he hoped Beterbiev could meet Kovalev in the future. But they were going to pass on her offer for Nov. 28. Michel explained they decided instead that Beterbiev would fight in an IBF-sanctioned eliminator to get the title shot (even though he was offered one in which he could win the IBF belt plus two others)...

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/13647/no-kovalev-beterbiev-no-surprise

[Cutthroat]

Funny how Beterbiev is saying this now, they had a good offer back in November to fight Kovalev and they turned it down?? Didn't they also turn down Chilemba!?

I think the story in the amateurs is that Beterbiev beat Kovalev but that there was a lot of boxing politics involved and Beterbiev got a gift decision

Anyway, do your talking in the ring

Beterbiev wanted 1 more fight before fighting Kovalev, he tried getting a fight with Yunieski Gonzalez but the offer was rejected. He hurt his shoulder, had surgery, and is now back trying to get a title fight.