Is Kovalev-Beterbiev next?

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  1. baconmaker

    baconmaker Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Is Kovalev-Beterbiev fight next? I'd like to see it more than Kovalev-Stevenson. I think Kovalev-Stevenson fight would be missmatch, where Kovalev knocks out Adonis in 5 rounds.

    Kovalev-Beterbiev is the only interesting fight available in LHW. Beterbiev doesn't need more time, he has a lot of amateur fights and is already ranked in top 5. Just make it happen!
     
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  2. Hercegovac

    Hercegovac Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Seems like they're working up to Beterbiev-Stevenson

    Maybe the winner will fight Kovalev
     
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  3. Robney

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    Highly unlikely. It would mean that Mohammedi would have to take step aside money once again or Kova loses the IBF belt. And it's probably a harder and less finacial attractive fight too. So Kova would risk his belts and the chance to become undisputed for a huge payout.

    Would be a stupid career move.
     
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  4. STB

    STB #noexcuses Full Member

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    All roads lead to Stevenson-Kovalev
     
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  5. Brixton Bomber

    Brixton Bomber Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Stevenson loses that one, and badly.
     
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  6. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Stevenson vs Beterbiev before Stevenson vs Kovalev? Really? What about the purse bid and their (Stevenson and Beterbiev's) promoter Yvon Michel previously saying that he didn't want to match them up against each other?
     
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  7. plank46

    plank46 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    beterbiev has been signed to protect stevenson from kovalev.
     
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  8. Rumsfeld

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  9. Hercegovac

    Hercegovac Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm going off of what an employee of Al's and of pbc's is saying.

    Whenever anyone mentions Kovalev vs Stevenson on Malinaggi's Twitter, Paulie keeps saying that Beterbiev-Stevenson is waaaay more likely and if anything it seems like all roads are leading to Beterbiev-Stevenson, that's probably why they were on same card in more or less showcase fights.

    So if someone inside the pbc circle is saying Beib-Stevenskn then I'm going to take their word for it
     
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  10. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I wasn't implying you were making it up it was just a genuine query given what Michel had previously said regarding matching them up together and the purse bid for Stevenson-Kovalev only days away. It's surprising if true.
     
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  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    GYM signed Beterbiev before Stevenson became a world champion though. Beterbiev actually made his debut on the undercard of Stevenson vs Dawson, but they signed him a few months prior to that and had been in negotiations with him for a while before that trying to get him to sign with them too. Berterbiev was one of the most sought after amateurs in the world and a lot of promoters would've wanted his signature on the dotted line.

    "It was not a question of money, it was a question of having a plan and a good staff," said Michel. "He was not looking for a short-term, big bonus, although he had offers in that direction (from promoters in Germany and the U.S.) that we would not have been able to compete with.

    "He came here twice to see our (fight) cards and he made up his mind. When he came back the second time, he brought his boxing gear."
     
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  12. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Not very likely, at least for another year.
     
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  13. persianprince

    persianprince Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I will not call Stevenson a ducker, if he choses to face Beterbiev instead of Kovalev.
     
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  14. Mendoza

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    I hope not. I'd like to see the match in 2 years. Then the winner has a better legacy.
     
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  15. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    This is the biggest fght in boxing

    They really should try to get the casusals as amped as us fans

    It wouldnt make sense to have it next

    They got to hype this even morer then they're hyping May 2 even morer!!!
     
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