News Dmitry Bivol vs David Benavidez being finalized for summer 2025

[froggyluv]

The funny thing is , an actual real long term boxing fan would know those fights were good fights but nothing special. A casual though would get carried away and think they were the most amazing fights ever because they don't know what a genuine great fight actually is. Like you.

Its funny, im still tryna pinpoint why old fights always seem better besides my old man rosy glowed Duran Styled glasses. i think off the bat - it seemed like there were alot more satisfying full extension straight punches coupled alongside slick head movement/ crisp power hooks in the 4 Kings period. Funny that Bivol actually has those long extension punches and slick footwork but there was also more hustle/sense of urgency in those fighters back then

 

[Severen]

Nothing to prove? They have a tied rivalry. Bivol can claim to have a recent decision win over Beterbiev but Beterbiev can claim the same. Both are favored to BEAT Benavidez so let's curb the ducking nonsense.

A rivalry that drew 45k ppv, that nobody outside of hardcores gives a crap about. David has mainstream and casual appeal, time for fights that more people care about. I don't want excuses if David destroys Bivol saying he was past his prime after 3 wars with Beterbiev.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

A rivalry that drew 45k ppv, that nobody outside of hardcores gives a crap about. David has mainstream and casual appeal, time for fights that more people care about. I don't want excuses if David destroys Bivol saying he was past his prime after 3 wars with Beterbiev.

Two Russians headlining a PPV in Saudi at a crazy time, regardless of how stacked it was, didn't do well in the US market? Shocker. Since when does Benavidez draw? I've yet to see any evidence of it.

 

[BoxingMMA]

I wouldn't mind DB vs Bivol. I think the fair thing to do would be to have the trilogy first, Biev isn't getting any younger. But there are other factors at play here, so if it has to be Bivol vs someone else, David is a really good fight. He is out to prove that he doesn't need the Canelo fight and Canelo has always spouted that bullshit about "not deserving it" all the while giving title shots to super dangerous mandatories like Yildirim.

If Benavidez somehow manages to beat the guy who schooled Canelo then the tables would turn in an interesting way. The Canelo vs Bivol rematch isn't that interesting anymore, neither is the Beterbiev trilogy. The fight to make would be Canelo vs David in light heavyweight and that would be fantastic and huge.

But Benavidez isn't likely to beat Bivol, so I can stop dreaming for a bit.

 

[burningspear]

Does Beterbiev even want the rubber match? He said he didnt even want the rematch.

 

[froggyluv]

Does Beterbiev even want the rubber match? He said he didnt even want the rematch.

Did he say that? I heard Bivol say that although Biev was gracious after last fight, he didnt wanna shake his hand in that moment because they still had "one more to do and it was unfinished" (paraphrasing). Biev is strange tho -never seen such a formidable fighter so seemingly uninterested in the very Sport he is elite in "Just job. More concerned with Jannah..".

 

[borntoloseNOT]

This is good news if true, I like the fight for this summer

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Does Beterbiev even want the rubber match? He said he didnt even want the rematch.

What he meant is that he never wanted to fight Bivol a second time much less a third but he understands that it's necessary. From his perspective he'd already beaten Bivol the first time they fought so why rematch him?

 

[Blastbeat]

But Bivol just BEAT that boogeyman, so he has nothing to prove with Beterbiev. You are so desperate to see a replay that you prefer Bivol to drop the belt to Benavidez rather than fight him? Ye thats a ducks.

did you forget that Bivol lost to Beterbiev the first time?
yes, he still does have something to prove, its 1-1. the trilogy is tied 1 a piece. if they fight another time, thatll be 3 fights. there, i taught you basic math.
Benavidez has not done enough to equal Biev or Bivol in achievements. its not a duck, its a boxer fighting a more worthy boxer than your obsessive fixation. how much does Benavidez's team pay you for all these posts?

 

[borntoloseNOT]

did you forget that Bivol lost to Beterbiev the first time?
yes, he still does have something to prove, its 1-1. the trilogy is tied 1 a piece. if they fight another time, thatll be 3 fights. there, i taught you basic math.
Benavidez has not done enough to equal Biev or Bivol in achievements. its not a duck, its a boxer fighting a more worthy boxer than your obsessive fixation. how much does Benavidez's team pay you for all these posts?

I wonder how many trilogies have gotten to be a perfect 3 in a row fights. To be honest the drama of the back and forth tilt between the 1 and 1 Beter/Bivol doesn’t trump (at least in my humble eyes,) the entire division in a way that this should tie up the div for 3 consecutive fights. There’s a new player in the division, and Benavidez DOES deserve his chance. If changed thread title is correct, I’m all for it personally.

 

[burningspear]

i like bivol but for benavidez to beat him would be the perfect fuck you to canelo

 

[Blastbeat]

I wonder how many trilogies have gotten to be a perfect 3 in a row fights. To be honest the drama of the back and forth tilt between the 1 and 1 Beter/Bivol doesn’t trump (at least in my humble eyes,) the entire division in a way that this should tie up the div for 3 consecutive fights. There’s a new player in the division, and Benavidez DOES deserve his chance. If changed thread title is correct, I’m all for it personally.

Lots of great trilogies have taken place over time and not right in a row. I could list them all day. The issue is Beterbiev is older and in the twilight years of his career. So it behooves him to get the trilogy done, belts or some belts or no belts. I think it's a defining rivalry for both fighters, although Bivol has the bigger career moment with beating Canelo.
If Beterbiev was Bivol's age, I wouldn't really care so much.

 

[Severen]

did you forget that Bivol lost to Beterbiev the first time?
yes, he still does have something to prove, its 1-1. the trilogy is tied 1 a piece. if they fight another time, thatll be 3 fights. there, i taught you basic math.
Benavidez has not done enough to equal Biev or Bivol in achievements. its not a duck, its a boxer fighting a more worthy boxer than your obsessive fixation. how much does Benavidez's team pay you for all these posts?

Nobody other than hardcores care about Beterbiev and Bivol and even most of them, would rather see a new match up rather than the same fight 3 times in a row which will look exactly the same just for the sake of people like you getting the satisfaction of a trilogy just for the sake of a trilogy. The fights were not that good. Beterbiev coming forward and Bivol scurrying around.

 

[MMALOPEZ]

 

[BoxerMaurits]

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

This was already reported a short while back. Strangely enough after this Peter Berg guy claimed Bivol dropped Benavidez he quickly retracted his statement and claimed that it was actually the other way around. I don't think Berg is credible at all. He started off by saying that a jab was the hardest punch he'd ever seen lol. Total nonsense.

The irony in all of this is that Benavidez has been dropped before and by a jab against Ronald Gavril. Bivol hasn't been dropped in his pro career despite having faced some of the biggest punchers in the sport. In Beterbiev's case, the biggest.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

This was already reported a short while back. Strangely enough after this Peter Berg guy claimed Bivol dropped Benavidez he quickly retracted his statement and claimed that it was actually the other way around. I don't think Berg is credible at all. He started off by saying that a jab was the hardest punch he'd ever seen lol. Total nonsense.

The irony in all of this is that Benavidez has been dropped before and by a jab against Ronald Gavril. Bivol hasn't been dropped in his pro career despite having faced some of the biggest punchers in the sport. In Beterbiev's case, the biggest.

Gymstories and gymstories…

 

[Simple Southerner]

Biv will fight art next im almost certain