This week, there are media reports that WBA light heavyweight boxing champion Dmitry Bivol is suspected of making a concession, that is, he is willing to compete with WBC, IBF, WBO light heavyweight boxing champion Artur on ESPN. Beterbiev fights for championship unification. Bivol VS Beterbiev is undoubtedly a battle that the public is eagerly anticipating. However, because the two belong to different promoters and live broadcast organizations, it is extremely difficult to match up the match.
According to reports, Bivol is affiliated with DAZN. In order to promote the game, he can only go to ESPN where Beterbiev is located for the showdown. If this is the case, boxing fans are indeed expected to see the competition between the two sides in 2022.
Now, the relevant news has been confirmed by Bivol's promoter Eddie Hearn, who revealed that he is indeed willing to let Bivol meet Beterbiev on ESPN. Hearn said that Beterbiev's promoter Bob Arum was worried that Beterbiev would go to DAZN, so he clung to him tightly, which led to the conflict between Bivol and Beterbiev. The battle is difficult.
Hearn, who has exclusive rights to DAZN, said: "We don't need to play on DAZN and would rather go to ESPN, or we would get into a room with Arum and have an envelope each and open them and see who offers The offer is higher. Arum has been trying to stay away from the Bivol VS Beterbiev fight because they only want to play on their own platform. This is ridiculous. Why not talk about this undisputed fight? "
What makes Hearn a little angry is that even if Arum is willing to go to ESPN to compete, Arum also has a refusal attitude. Hearn said: "Bivol has not booked a game yet. We can sit down and talk about related issues, but Arum's first reaction is that we will only broadcast live on ESPN. If there is no offer, there will be no discussion."
Although He Hearn hopes to reach a consensus, but what is somewhat sad is that Arum plans to arrange for Beterbiev to go to the UK to face Anthony Yarde in October. In Hearn's view, this is a very mismatched contest because Yarde De is just a "domestic-level" boxer. He lost to Sergey Kovalev in 2019 and is simply unable to compete with Beterbiev.
Hearn said: "This is a complete mismatch. Yarde has only fought 3 rounds in the past 18 months. He is only an excellent domestic boxer. He lost to Kovalev , Bateby Yev is another beast. "
In the end, Hearn still called for Bivol and Beterbiev to compete. He said: "Bivol and Beterbiev are undisputed. We can make it simple for the big fight. If the two sides can't fight, Bivol will have a free defense of the title. But before the rematch with Canelo Alvarez, Bivol will have a chance to face Bate. Biev, why did you miss it?"
Hearn continued: "Becoming the undisputed boxing champion has become a trend now. Kimmel Charlo did it, Devin Haney did it, this pair of professional There are benefits to boxing, but as a result, some people don't want it to happen. Arum has never even talked about this match. He and Frank Warren feel that Beterbiev VS Yard has more commercial value than Vo. The team's willingness to leave DAZN and compete on ESPN sounds exciting at first. Let's not talk about whether Hearn is sincere, but even so, Arum may not accept the move. Don't they know the huge business opportunities? of course not! The reason is that Arum is worried that Beterbiev will lose to Bivol. They are not sure of victory, and are afraid that this will ruin his career and that of Beterbiev. As for Hearn, the author is very doubtful whether he is really He is willing to go to ESPN, but Hearn's words are still very touching.
