by Keith Idec

Eddie Hearn doesn’t assume any goal observer may persuade him that Artur Beterbiev received six rounds towards Dmitry Bivol on Saturday evening, not to mention eight.

As sure as Bivol’s promoter is that Bivol deserved to win their mild heavyweight championship unification conflict, Hearn conveyed confidence throughout their post-fight press convention that his fighter will get an instantaneous rematch. Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s Normal Leisure Authority, informed Bivol, Hearn and others at ringside that he desires to schedule a second bout between Beterbiev and Bivol as quickly as attainable.

The GEA financed all the card headlined by Beterbiev-Bivol at Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs), who received a majority determination, and Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) every earned roughly $10 million for a long-awaited bout that topped boxing’s first totally unified 175-pound champion of the four-belt period.

Hearn, chairman of Matchroom Boxing, doesn’t assume something apart from a rematch versus Bivol is sensible for the injury-prone Beterbiev, who will flip 40 in January.

“Yeah, I imply, ‘His Excellency’ [Alalshikh] mentioned, ‘Improper determination. We do a rematch.’ … We all know he’s a person of his phrase,” Hearn mentioned. “We all know he supported Dmitry Bivol. We thank him a lot, not only for the alternatives for Dmitry Bivol, however what he’s given boxing tonight by making that battle. And there needs to be a rematch as a result of Artur Beterbiev, you already know, there’s at all times gonna be the controversy of that battle.

“And he’s a real champion. What different battle is there for Artur Beterbiev? I imply, the entire world will wish to see that once more. The entire world will know. , I’m positive there’s some that discovered a Beterbiev victory. However all people I do know that is aware of boxing didn’t inform me that at ringside.”

Judges Pawel Kardyni (116-112) and Glenn Feldman (115-113) disagreed with Hearn’s evaluation. They scored eight and 7 rounds, respectively, for Beterbiev as a result of the Russian champion pressured Bivol for many of their 12-round encounter and landed the flusher punches often towards a cerebral, fleet-footed technician who tried to out-point him whereas usually shifting backward.

Choose Manuel Oliver Palomo gave Beterbiev and Bivol six rounds apiece (114-114).

Alalshikh thinks all three judges acquired it fallacious.

“I don’t assume the result’s truthful, in my view,” Alalshikh mentioned as he walked away from ringside. “I believe it’s as least for Bivol [by] two rounds … the 2 fighters like my brother, OK? However I believe Bivol [won] two rounds extra. I don’t know why the consequence [is] like this, however in my view, I’ll focus and I’ll attempt to do the rematch. They deserve it. They deserve it. In the event that they settle for, we’ll do it.”

Beterbiev, 39, and Bivol, 33, expressed equal curiosity in combating once more subsequent.

“We should always ask boxing followers,” mentioned Bivol, who refused to make what he thought-about “excuses” for his first skilled loss. “Do they need this rematch? If they need [it], I wish to give this rematch and I wish to get this opportunity, after all, once more.”

Montreal’s Beterbiev, who went the gap for the primary time since he was an newbie, would welcome the worthwhile alternative to beat Bivol extra decisively in a second battle for his IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC and WBO belts.

“If ‘His Excellency’ need,” Beterbiev informed DAZN’s Chris Mannix within the ring, “we gonna do [it].”