Fans want to see Dmitry Bivol moving to the cruise and cause IBF champion Jai Predaia for his belt after his victory over the indispensable champion of the Super Middle Category Arthur Beterbiev in their revancier last Saturday night.
Rebetaia would probably welcome the fight against the buffalo, because he speaks high about him and loves his technical skills. It would take a lot of courage on the buffalo side to increase by 25 pounds, but this is similar to what Canelo Alvarez dealt with when he moved to 175 and struggled with him in 2022.
Bigro’s promoters in Matchroom Boxing tell fans and media that he is 2-0 against Beterbiev because they think he deserved to win the first fight last October. If they really believe that, it means that there are no more mountains that could climb at 175. The buffalo could move into a cruise to cause a division king, repeated (27-0, 21 ko).
They do not want to do so a buffalo (24-1, 12 ko) because the risk of it would be thrown out too high. Also, promoters Matchroom Eddie Hearn and Frank Smith hope that Canelo Alvarez will want to fight him in a rematch. It’s not very likely, but they hope it happens.
If the buffalo does not fight Beterbiev in the trilog match and does not get a Canelo fight, moving to the cruise to combat the repeatia makes the most sense. Let’s see if Bive’s movement, fast combinations and clinks will succeed for him against Jaia. There are not so many differences in size between them.
BIVOL OPTIONS ON 168
– Beterbie’s trilogy
– Canelo Alvarez
– David Benavidez
– Callum Smith
– Terence Crawford
– Anthony Yarde
The Beterbiev trilogy will collapse whether Turki Alalshikh will follow this. It must be aware that fans are not all interested in seeing the third fight between them. They want something different.
Last time updated 25.02.2025
