Will Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol Winner Face David Benavidez Next?

A report that Saudi Arabia’s strongest boxing dealer want to stage a David Benavidez bout in December towards the winner of the June 1 undisputed mild heavyweight title match between Russians Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol is compelling leverage.

Make no mistake, Benavidez’s supervisor instructed Boxing Scene on Monday, his fighter’s choice continues to be to press Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for a September date in Las Vegas.

“It’s excellent that everybody’s speaking [about Benavidez],” Sampson Lewkowicz, Benavidez’s supervisor, instructed Boxing Scene in a phone interview. “For me, now, I’m quiet.”

That’s as a result of Lewkowicz is bullish on the drawing energy that Amazon Prime Video could have on behalf of the game.

Prime Video’s union with Premier Boxing Champions, which can promote Alvarez’s and Benavidez’s upcoming fights, will start Saturday with a Las Vegas pay-per-view card headlined by junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu’s two-belt title bout towards Sebastian Fundora.

Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) will then defend his undisputed tremendous middleweight title Might 4 in a Prime Video pay-per-view towards Mexican countryman Jaime Munguia, an unbeaten former junior middleweight world champion.

Alvarez’s request for at least $150 million to battle Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) “is just not loopy to me,” Lewkowicz stated.

That time is hooked to the concept that a Prime Video pay-per-view between Alvarez and Benavidez would wish to generate at the very least 1.6 million buys at $100 every, whereas additionally producing a major reside gate.

An business official instructed Boxing Scene that Las Vegas Raiders proprietor Mark Davis has expressed curiosity in internet hosting an Alvarez battle at Allegiant Stadium – house of Tremendous Bowl 58 – which may very well be fitted for a seating capability as much as 70,000.

If the typical value for a ticket to an Alvarez-Benavidez battle amounted to $600, that may translate to a $42 million reside gate.

“David solely desires a $5 million purse,” Lewkowicz stated. “He desires to win, grow to be a star after which make the cash. It’s not about cash for him proper now. It’s about legacy.”

A wrinkle in that plan was highlighted in final weekend’s report from talkSPORT.com’s Michael Benson, wherein he wrote that he “understands” Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh “would favor” to match Benavidez with the Beterbiev-Bivol winner in a December battle in Saudi Arabia.

Benavidez is scheduled to fulfill former mild heayweight titleholder Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June 15 on a Prime Video pay-per-view in Las Vegas. And whereas Beterbiev and Bivol have a rematch clause, a Benavidez bout may very well be squeezed in between these fights, based on the talkSPORT.com report.

Neither Lewkowicz, Beterbiev promoter Bob Arum nor Bivol supervisor Vadim Kornilov have spoken to Alalshikh about such a plan, they instructed Boxing Scene.

Definitely, Benavidez would earn greater than $5 million to take part within the Saudi Arabia bout and, given the profitable purses which have flowed from the oil-rich nation throughout the previous couple of years, there doubtless wouldn’t be resistance from PBC denying Benavidez from accepting that Center East appointment.

But, the curiosity from the Benavidez camp for now could be home.

“I’m anxious about [Canelo winning] Might 4 and [Benavidez emerging victorious] June 15,” Lewkowicz stated.

“After which we are able to all speak.”