What a joke his career has become. He was once a promising quarter of the best division in the sport. Kovalev and Gvozdyk are vanquished. There's only one name to step up and I don't think HE is ducking YOU. Bivol must be getting pretty good DAZN money as he doesn't seem hungry for that Betterbeef. A few years back Bivol said he had no problem making 168 and I believe him. Why not pick up some belts at 168 to cut off the Canelo money train and force the fight? Could he really not have handled the likes of Uzcategi? He seems like he's regressing.
It must be that Canelo money....they dangled in front of him... supposedly they were negotiating in the summer for Mexican independence day but Canelo went with Plant. This game is pure business now, less risk, more payday etc. Fight with Beterbiev is risk....but he could easily beat him. Sucks for the fans.
The Bivol fight wasn't promoted at all. Sad to see him, with his talent, not being better presented to the US audience.
He needs a big fight in the worst way and I think he is going to finally get one if Zurdo takes care of business this weekend. Both guys are Dazn fighter's and have been mentioned together quite a bit lately. This fight isn't going to be one to elevate either into the mainstream but for us hard-core fans it's a fantastic matchup between two undefeated bad asses.
