Is Bivol’s strategic delay a clever move for Mega Pay Day?

Artur Beterbiev yesterday expressed his frustration on social media about unified light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol using it in his trilogy match. Previous uncontroversial 175-pound champion Betterviev (21-1, 20 KOs) has questioned whether Bibolu will delay the fight to age him and make him assaultable.

Bivol’s Choice: Money fights over a trilogy

What 40-year-old Beterbiev isn’t seeing is that Vibor (24-1, 12 KOs) appears to be in a retention pattern, awaiting the outcome of Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford “Battle of the Century” on September 13th.

Dmitry has a great chance to fight in a rematch with Canelo if he wins. Bivol has already beaten the Mexican star in 2022. recently. Alvarez said he is open for a rematch. Even Crawford could be a Bivol’s option if Turki Alalshikh offers money from Omaha, Nebraska. Terence knows that his victory chances are small for anyone, but if Tulki offers him $60 million to the fight, he is not going to say no to Biboru’s fight.

Financially, it is Bibolu’s greatest interest to wait for Canelo Crawford’s results to get a bigger payday than to fight a tough trilogy match against a 100% healthy Betterbiev that he might lose.

Looking at the 12th round of the second fight last February, Artur had Bivol on the verge of being knocked out, so we can see why Dmitry would stop Trilogy and move in the direction of a more profitable payday for those who appear in the winners of Alvarez vs. Bud Crawford Bout.

“He said in an interview he wanted to keep it at the late autumn and the end of the year. And now it’s completely unknown. Artur Beterbiev said about Dmitry Bivol on Instagram.

Beterbiev requires Bivol Reality Check

Vivol can get by delaying the high-risk Beterbiev to wait for the Canelo Claudeford winner’s outcome. Bivol’s pot of gold is very big compared to his third fight with Artur, and if Beterbiev is 100% healthy, he will likely lose.

Bivol will ultimately fight Beterbiev in a year or two, but by then he is 41 or 42 years old, not a threat to beating him.