I have posted this in the other forum, but it's also better to post it here as we have boxing fans that has teleported,
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https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1771550634942111745
What do you think guys? It seems that Turki Alalshikh has a beautiful plan. Forget Canelo for now, it will be David Benavidez to fight the winner of Bivol and Beterbiev and it will be held on Saudi or course.
We have speculated though that him moving at 175 lbs, sooner or later will have to face the winner of that great fight.
Beautiful plan of Turki Alalshikh indeed and Benavidez is like winning the lottery without having to go through Canelo. The good thing about this Alalshikh is that he is very willing to shell out large amounts of money just to bring the best fights that fans wanted to see.
Yes, they have deep pockets, and we have seen the Saudis really sponsoring big fights since 2019 if I'm not mistaken. And with their billions, recently, they are the hub for big fans, except for some boxers that they don't like. And Eddie Hearn and other promoters are really into it, except Oscar Dela Hoya.
But this fight is going to be risky for Benavidez as either Bivol or Beterbiev is a monster at 175 so he must have a tune-up bout to acquaint himself to this division before facing the champion.
He had sparred with Bivol before, if I'm not mistaken. Not sure about Beterbiev. He will have a fight with Gvozdyk in June. But I guess it might be scrapped as well as he will be waiting for the result of Beterbiev vs Bivol and they might go this June.