Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[bbc.reporter]

@bisdak40. Thank you for this news update because it very much appears that Beterbiev is telling everyone that Bivol is avoiding the trilogy and he is implying that Bivol is very much afraid for another fight. It is headshaking for me because this clearly is only a declaration to promote his next fight against an opponent who is not famous hehehehe. If Beterbiev was very brave he should challenge David Benavidez. He will also got a bigger purse for this, I reckon.

[btc_angela]

I reckon this might be because Bivol's team considers Beterbiev as a very big risk for their fighter Bivol. They also might have a plan to observe first then accept the challenge later hehehe. In any case, it appears that Beterbiev wants to become champion again quickly because there is a rumor that after his next fight, he will challenge David Benavidez. This will certainly bring the attention and the advantage on the negotiating table back to Beterbiev and he will be positioning himself to become unavoidable for Bivol.

I read a news report yesterday stating that Dmitry Bivol underwent back surgery and will be resting for 6–8 weeks to recover. He’s expected to be out for the remainder of the year and plans to return to action in 2026. This could be the reason why the trilogy fight with Artur Beterbiev has been postponed. While the situation seems like a legitimate reason for the delay, it feels unfair to Beterbiev, who is aging and may not perform at the same level as he did in their first two encounters.

If I'm not mistaken, Bivol has been complaining about this back for years now. So it make sense that after his win against Beterbiev and avenging his defeat, he will have to take care of that back and underwent surgery to repair it so that he can continue with his boxing career. It might be a dangerous Bivol after he recovers 100% and be back fighting anyone at 175 lbs.

Even Canelo says that he is willing to fight Bivol to obviously avenge as well his defeat. As for Beterbiev, he already move on and as far as I know he will have a fight already in the schedule. I just forget the name of his opponent.

[bbc.reporter]

@btc_angela. When did Canelo say this? Did Bivol not already replied to him that he will only fight on a rematch against Canelo if this will be on super middleweight where Canelo will be risking his championships? There was no reply from Canelo and he has gotten quiet hehehehe. He has also been avoiding David Benavidez.

In any case, Canelo should not underestimate his enemy on September. I reckon Bud Crawford can certainly be a more difficult opponent than if Canelo fought David Benavidez in the ring.

[pawel7777]

Recently, Tom Aspinal's (the UFC Heavyweight Champion) father mentioned he would like to see Tom in a high-paid boxing match, saying boxers can get more than a hundred times more of what the UFC fighters make:
https://x.com/jedigoodman/status/1962763204284817868
It's hard to disagree with him.
I'm not sure to what extent we can blame Dana White/the UFC for that. They do have a reputation of being cheap when it comes to paying fighters, but they couldn't offer anywhere near as much as the top boxing events pay, even if they wanted to.
But it would be fair if they allowed Tom to have one boxing fight if the opportunity arises. I'm sure he could find someone to organise an event (Saudis?). The problem is that there are not that many interesting names he could fight. He would never fight Tyson Fury as they are friends, but I can imagine Anthony Joshua or even Francis Ngannou would go for it if the money is right.