Important victory over Joe Smith Jr. (27-4, 21 KOs) opened many doors for Artur Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KOs). On the horizon, he now has a full title unification with Dmitry Bivol, defense of the WBC, WBO and IBF belts with Anthony Yardom or a possible transition to heavy weight.
Recently, the most talked about is that a Russian living in Canada will go to London in October to cross his gloves with the aforementioned Yard. This may be due to information about an agreement between Bob Arum, Beterbiev's promoter, and Frank Warren, Yard's guardian. Anthony Rudman, who is pursuing a Russian legal career, has his own view on this issue.
“At the moment, there is no official offer that would be made to Arthur and his team. However, this does not mean that there are no negotiations between Top Rank and Frank Warren. Although no official proposal has been made yet.”
“I am sure that when the time comes, Top Rank will contact Arthur's entourage and himself and make an offer. Top Rank is definitely considering multiple options. Bob Arum made it clear who he sees as Arthur's next opponent. Arthur's trainer and his team are considering different options, Bivol, Yard and other boxers. Only then will we decide what will be the best choice for Arthur.”
“At the moment, I can only say that Arthur’s goal is to completely unify the light heavyweight category. I hope it will be in the next fight or in the near future. If this fight cannot take place on the DAZN platform (Arum himself blocked this opportunity - ed. note), I am sure that there is a way to organize it on ESPN, ”a lawyer from Canada summed up the topic.
