Eddie HEARN: BIVOL will ensure ‘much easier’ trilogy victory, calls for Canelo Challenge

Promoter Eddie Hearn says his warrior, Dmitry Biblical, will beat former undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Bererbiev “Much easier” If they fight again.

Hearn’s Canelo Push

Hearn claims that Bivol (24-1, 12 COs) will ‘get better and better’. He now insists that Canelo Alvarez go up to 175 to challenge Biblical for his titles. It was one of the things Hearn talked about about the struggle. He felt that if Biblical caught the undisputed championship of Betterbiev, it would motivate Canelo to move in weight to face him for the belts.

Hearn will have to lower his expectations about the battles that can get Bisvol now that he is the four champion. These are the right options of Biblical:

1. Artur Betterbiev – Trilogy
2. David benavidez: WBC Compulsory
3. Callum Smith

The mercenary factor

The only way this can happen is if Turki Alalshikh throws a insane amount on Canelo, as he does with the Terence Crawford match in September. If Turki is willing to pay, he can attract Canelo to do even Cruiserweight to challenge the IBF champion Jai Opetaia. Alvarez is a mercenary and will fight if the price is right.

Apart from that, he will not give Biblical the time of day. He lost three years ago against a unanimous 12 -round decision three years ago on May 7, 2022, and the competition was one -sided enough for Canelo to choose not to try to avenge the loss. So, unless Turki offers the 5’8 ″ Canelo an enormous amount of money, he will never fight BISVOL again because it is an involuntary battle for him. As we saw the last time, he is too small to beat the 6’1 ″ Biblical.

Last Saturday night, Biblical deprived the previously unbeaten Betterbiev (21-1, 20 COs) and won a twelve round majority decision at the venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Biblical ran, beat and held around the ring all night. It seems that Betterbiev has won six rounds.

Many fans saw the battle as a draw and not as a win, but the judges gave it to Biblical with a scores of 115-113, 116-112 and 114-114. I had a draw, but Biblical is expected to win. Some people believe that Biblical has won because there are more possibilities to make money with him as if betterbiev has the four belts. Canelo and David Banavidez would be more open to fighting the finesse fighter than better biev.

The 8-4 score by the American Judge for Biblical was a real surprise because it was so off that it created the impression that Betterbiev never had a chance to win.

“There are so many fights out there. Canelo Alvarez, does he really want to roll the dice to become a two -weight world champion? “The promoter Eddie Hearn, who insisted that Canelo Alvarez move to 175 to challenge his fighter, Dmitry Biblical, for his undisputed light heavyweight championship.

‘Dmitri is ready for all entrants, and by the way, he’s going to get better and better. If he fights again against Betterbiev, he will hit him much easier this time, ”says Hearn.

‘As @bivol_d Fight again Artur Betterbiev, he will beat him much easier this time ‘👀 @Eddiehearn pic.twitter.com/jlad5x5har

– Dazn Boxing (@daznboxing) February 26, 2025