Artur Beterbiev is #13 in the new WBC rankings. [url]http://www.tvasports.ca/2014/10/10/beterbiev-dans-le-top-15-1[/url]
Hopefully the other sanctioning organizations will include him when their new rankings come out. We're due for new IBF and WBO rankings any day now.
beterviev vs cloud fight was very very similar to Lemiuex Vs. Ayala.....watch both fights in replay and the styles of the fights and everything is very very similar lol
agreed, but the styles of the fighters and their opponents were very similar....ayala moves more than cloud, but cloud has a much better chin and record but both cloud and ayala were very limited boxers, and both lemieux and beterbiev seem to be hunters that setup for power inside shos....dont get me wrong beterbiev is much more complete, i just noticed how similar the fights were
Yes, he's #10. [url]http://www.wbanews.com/wba-ranking[/url] WBA-IBF UNIFIED CHAMPION: BERNARD HOPKINS WBA WORLD CHAMPION: JUERGEN BRAEHMER 1 VACANT 2 ROBIN KRASNIQI 3 SEAN MONAGHAN 4 NADJIB MOHAMMEDI 5 RADIVOJE KALAJDZIC 6 OLEKSANDR CHEWRVIAK 7 KONNI KONRAD 8 DMITRIY SUKHOTSKY 9 ENRICO KOELLING 10 ARTUR BETERBIEV 11 VASILY LEPIKHIN 12 ERIK SKOGLUND 13 SULLIVAN BARRERA 14 MARCUS OLIVEIRA 15 MEHDI AMAR
That won't change anything, unless he get to be mandatory. I mean, who would take a fight with just for the sake of it right now? We will see how brave Kovalev really is once he retired Hopkins. Stevenson has a good excuse. And there is Braehmer...
Have him in an international title fight next, top 5 rating, then an eliminator...viola! Forced hands and we know the sanctioning bodies like to bend over if you offer then a lil bit of green
Kovalev won't care about fighting Beterbiev, they fought on the same team and know each other well. However, Main Events and GYM have beef so the fight might not be do-able. GYM should make Mohammedi a big offer, beat him and they get his IBF mandatory spot - the best mandatory spot in the sport.
Hopefully they will pay enough to get a decent opponent. Someone like Agnew, Shumenov, Murat or Campillo, or even someone better like Chilemba or Rodriguez.
