Artur Betterbiev has chosen to continue his efforts to negotiate a trilogy battle with Dmitri Bilyvolol after Biblical has disappeared from negotiations. Betterbiev coach Mark Ramsey says Biblical “disappeared” and stopped calling back.
Ramsey says Bsvol is offered more money by the Russian organizers who would have been bigger than he received in both their battles. He still chose not to go through the fight.
The former undisputed light heavyweight champion Betterbiev (21-1, 20 COs) is now fighting against Deon Nicholson on November 22 in the Anb Arena in Riyadh.
BIVOL DISPOSED FROM FEIGNED TRAININGS
“We tried to negotiate a battle for months, and he just disappeared. At one point, the Riyadh season wanted to organize that fight, and at some point there were a few people in Russia who wanted to organize the fight in Moscow,” said coach Marc Ramsey said Second -bedT, with the exposition of the problems that Artur Betterbiev tried to negotiate a third battle with Dmitri Biblical.
It is clear that Biblical feels that the money is not good enough to follow a third fight with betterbiev, because he would not step away from it was a number of bigger than he got for the first two fights.
Both battles were difficult for Biblical because he took more punishment from Betterbiev than in any other struggle during his career. He beat Artur last year alone in the 12th round. He was fortunate that Betterbiev didn’t put the whole battle on him so much, because he wouldn’t be able to resist it.
Marc Ramsey Details BIVOL’s actions
“They (the Russians) brought a lot of money to the table, and more money than he (Biblical) earned and made more money than he made for the first and second fight in Saudi. He still refused it. He completely disappeared from the negotiations,” Ramsey said of Biblical. “We decided to continue with Artur. He is 40 years old. We don’t want to wait for anyone. ‘
It is good that Betterbiev has not wasted the rest of 2025 with its negotiations for the trilogy. He is fighting against Deon Nicholson on November 22 in Riyadh, and he can then face David Banavidez.
Betterbiev won’t wait for Biblical
“He completely disappeared from negotiation, and at some point there was no recall or information at all. So we decided to go in a different direction. The way Team Biblical is acting at the moment, I doubt, ‘Ramsey said when asked if he believed that the trilogy battle would happen. “We want to get back into the ring soon. We decided to go a different path.
Biblical would not have disappeared from negotiations if someone had not promised him an even bigger payday to fight another fighter. The one talked about is Biblical Fighting Canelo Alvarez or possibly Terence Crawford next, after the two met on September 13 next month.
Get the Crazy Money Crawford, it’s understandable why Dmitri wants to fight the winner of that fight rather than for $ 10 million or whatever is offered for a third fight with Beterebiev.
Crawford gets $ 50 million for the Canelo match. Biblical would know that it was too risky fighting against betterbiev and the struggle possible. If he were to be beaten again by Artur, his chances of fighting the Canelo-Crawford winner might go into the drain.
“Of course, he wants to fight against BiVol a third time, and he wants to do it now. He was ready to do it six years ago, the first fight. Biblical waited and waited until Artur was 40 years old before fighting against him,” Ramsey said.
Even with Biblical waiting for six years, Betterbiev still beat him and earned the victory in their re -broadcast in February last year. The judges really worked in the second Biblical collision in Riyadh. At worst, betterbiev earned a draw.
Last updated on 08/06/2025
