Artur Beterbiev vs Najee Lopez possibly on November card

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  1. Chuck Norris

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    Chuck Norris, Aug 3, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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  2. jmb1356

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    Bivol 3 isn't next? So why did he vacate the WBC?
     
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  3. MarkusFlorez99

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    This is too soon for Najee
     
    MarkusFlorez99, Aug 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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  4. Reinhardt

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    Najee was handpicked to lose, only advantages for Najee that I see is he's 25 and Beterbiev is 40 and he has a 3 inch height advantage.
    I've never seen Najee fight so we'll see if his team chose the proper victim or does the selection of a 25 year old backfire
     
    Reinhardt, Aug 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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  5. Ice8Cold

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    Hmmm.

    Could have fought Benavidez if not Bivol, but Najee Lopez?
     
    Ice8Cold, Aug 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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  6. OldSchoolBoxing

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    Lopez by KO.

    Just kidding
     
    OldSchoolBoxing, Aug 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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  7. OldSchoolBoxing

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    Because Benavidez will fight Yarde, it's the main event...
     
    OldSchoolBoxing, Aug 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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  8. Ice8Cold

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    Yes but they could have just tried to make a fight with Beterbiev instead, considering the Benavidez - Yarde fight was announced fairly recently.

    Just screams like a tune-up fight for both whilst Beterbiev is 40.
     
    Ice8Cold, Aug 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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  9. OldSchoolBoxing

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    Benavidez will never fight Beterbiev. His face was reconstructed by a mediocre fighter called Morrell. I don't want to imagine what kind of scary things Beterbiev would do to him.
     
    OldSchoolBoxing, Aug 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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  10. CST80

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    Beterbiev won't even have to use his trusty old patented rabbit punch to knock the excrement out of Najee. A jab might be enough to do the trick. This is a horrendous fight, quite frankly I'd rather see a rematch with Gvozdyk than this.
     
    CST80, Aug 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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  11. tarrant45

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    blah blah blah, meanwhile Beterbiev is fighting a nobody. I'm sick of hearing what everyone would do to Benavidez while they keep fighting anyone but Benavidez.
     
    tarrant45, Aug 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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  12. UniversalPart

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    Bivol has been dropping those belts and getting stripped too.

    Also swerved Benavidez and the Beterbiev TRILOGY too.

    He wants easy money now and the hunger has gone. He is in Canelo "cash out" mode but Turki is going to blackball him.
     
    UniversalPart, Aug 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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  13. jaytxxl

    jaytxxl Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Funny you say that because I personally believe he’s fighting Canelo next and probably trying to do it at 168.
     
    jaytxxl, Aug 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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  14. UniversalPart

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    I don't think so

    Crawford will school Canelo (might get robbed though) and the Bivol rematch becomes redundant. IMO.
     
    UniversalPart, Aug 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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