I'd be surprised if they match him up with Eleider Alvarez as they're GYM stablemates and sparring partners. Incidentally, I found this funny picture of them at a press conference though. By the looks of it Beterbiev doesn't like Alvarez, judging solely from this picture that is. Beterbiev looks like a psycho in it. I doubt it's Alvarez he's actually looking at like that though. It's probably his opponent or a member of their team and the angle of the shot just makes it look that way. http://imgur.com/9libWK2
No, he won't be seeing more than 500k unless someone bids crazy prices, which no one will unless it's a third-party. Main Events isn't a huge company, and Gaymon knows this. He won't big huge. He's not bidding against Rabinsky. WBO (B) In fights for the title held in any other country, the Champion shall receive 80% of the purse and the Challenger shall receive the remaining 20%. IBF 10.E. Disbursement of Bid Proceeds The Champion will receive 75% and the Challenger will receive 25% of total amount of the bid.
Read my statement above, he won't. People don't know how pursebids work? Remember, Klitschko/Povetkin? Povetkin's promoter won the purse bid, but Povetkin didn't see any of the huge money that Klitschko ended up getting. Yeah, Povetkin's promoter won, but Povetkin didn't get a huge sum of money in comparison to Klitschko.