Last Saturday night, Turki Alalshikh repeated his hope to make a trilogy battle between Artur Betterbiev and Dmitry Biblical after better Biev’s defeat of the 12-round majority decision in Riyadh. After the fight, Betterbiev (21-1, 20 CO’s) has already said that he wants the trilogy game.
Betterbiev was understandably unhappy with the results of his re-broadcast because he looked like he had done enough to win the battle, but the judges gave it to Biblical (24-1, 12 COs). The scores were 115-113, 116-112 and 114-114. Biblical has mostly fought the whole battle, not endearing, and it is very boring for the supporters.
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I watched the fight twice and won better Biev 7-5 on the first viewing and 8-4 on the second. He deserves the victoryBut the judges worked with their standings and gave it to Biblical. I had no dog in this hunt and did not care who won the Betterbiev-Bivolol 2 match, but I saw it as a clear victory for betterbiev. Biblical looked like a track star, ran around the ring, didn’t want to get involved, clap and make a mess of the fight. So awful to look at.
“He deserves it, and we want to see the third,” Turki Alalshikh told the Bumpy ground About his will to make the trilogy struggle between Artur Betterbiev and Dmitri Biblical. “If Artur accepts, we will have the third.”
People on social media say that they do not want to see a third battle and that they are more partial David benavidez Get a crack at the four titles against Biblical or, preferably, against Betterbiev. This is the much more entertaining battle. If the ultimate goal is to entertain fans and not bored, Betterbiev against Benavidez is the way to go. BIVOL’s fighting style is a cup of poison For the fans.
As we saw in this era of boxing, titles no longer matter. It’s more about entertaining the fans. Runners like Dmitri Bivol and Shakur Stevenson do not belong in the main fighters or even on the main cards. They belong on provisional maps. Turki wants to save boxing, but he works against his goal by fighting that will not entertain casual fans, who only watch the sport at rare occasions. Despite the sport, runners should only be placed on preliminary maps and fan pleasant fighters.
“Of course we are not 16. We are almost 40 years old (correction: Betterbiev is 40), and I do not shake hand with my opponent is strange, but if he is so, there is no problem, ‘Biblical told the mediaAnd reveal that Betterbiev didn’t want to shake his hand after their fight.
“I came to him after the fight in the ring, and I told him that I respected him, and I shook his hand. After that he spoke to Turki Alalshikh, and he came to us, and he said, “I will shake your hand only after the third fight,” and I congratulated him.
“It doesn’t matter,” Biblical said when asked if he preferred to fight next against Betterbiev or David Banavidez. “I could be better,” Dmitry said if he would be better in the trilogy with Artur. “I wasn’t 100% happy with what I did in the ring.”
Last updated on 02/23/2025
