The WBC was officially ordered by the WBC to defend themselves against the compulsory David Banavidez next. They have until April 8 to hammer an agreement.
However, given Bivol’s interest in a trilogy with Artur Betterbiev, the WBC belt will surely be dropped. Biblical does not want this droid, benavidez. Too dangerous.
This move places Bivol in a position where he will decide whether he wants to face Benavidez (30-0, 24 COs) to hold or evacuate his WBC belt, so that he may be interested in former undisputed champion Artur Bererbiev in the trilogy match that Turki Alalshikh is allegedly interested.
Order: Biblical vs. Surfac
Ring magazine reports Those WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman mentions that the World Goat Council Biblical “has officially ordered” to defend against Benavidez. If Bisvol wants to keep his belt, he has to defend against Benavidez. It’s as simple as that.
Biblical could pay the Mexican monster “benavidez a step aside. It would have to be a good piece of money for him to agree to let Biblical bypass him, because it makes more sense for him to fight. It is useless for David to keep waiting and letting Biblical and Betterbeiv play two squares for years.
None of their fights was entertaining to look at our fans who love action. Biblical runs around the ring, and betterbiev looks slow, old and tired. The two are boring. The best things for fans are for Benavidez to fight Biblical and complete his short reign so that new blood can take over.
Fans are tired of seeing Biblical and Betterbiev fights. They want benavidez, 28 to get his lap because he earned it after defeating the WBA ‘ordinary’ champion David Morrell on February 1st. Benavidez is Krptonite For Bivol’s fighting style with the way he squeezes uninterrupted, throwing fast combinations, cut off the ring well and never make tires.
All the things that enable Biblical to succeed against Artur Betterbiev would not work against benavidez. Biblical promoter, Eddie Hearn, is aware of that, so he is not eager to get Benavidez a chance to fight against him. Hearn said he wants one of these options for Bivol’s next battle:
- Canelo Alvarez – Rematch
- Artur Betterbiev
- Callum Smith
This is the bigger and better struggle for benavidez. If he takes the step aside, chances are good that Artur will defeat Betterbiev Biblical in their trilogy. He knocked Dmitri once and came close to defeating him a second time in their re-broadcast on February 22 last month and lost a 12-round majority decision. The judges achieved it 115-113, 116-112 for Biblical and 114-114. However, the fight looked like a draw. The judges worked Artur.
Last updated on 03/05/2025
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