Via Knitting Ambrosio: Teddy Atlas is concerned that the referees could give Canelo AlvarezGolden goose” a controversial decision on Dmitry Bivol if the two meet in a rematch next May.
Atlas admits he’s conflicted about whether WBA light heavyweight champion Bivol (21-0.11 KOs) should give Canelo a second shot because he feels the Mexican star hasn’t earned one their rematch due to their previous fight was one-sided last May. .
It wasn’t a close match, although the three referees gave it 115-113 x 3. Atlas went 10-2 or 11-1 in favor of Bivol. From Atlas’s point of view, there was nothing close about the matchup, and Canelo has done nothing since then to suggest that a rematch would be different.
Canelo looked terrible, defeated 40-year-old Gennadiy Golovkin on September 17, and luckily GGG was shot to pieces or else would have lost. Even going over the hill like Golovkin, he still almost beat Canelo.
Where Atlas feels that Bivol should be in the rematch against Canelo is the huge pile of dough he will earn from the match. Atlas says Bivol should “Holding while grasping is good,” pick up the money while it’s still there.
“These judges want to give it to Canelo, you don’t have to make excuses for them. They have a reason. You are the golden goose“Teddy Atlas said to The struggleabout Canelo Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol.
“I don’t want to see a guy who lost convincingly gets another hit, and he didn’t earn it and received another shot when the other boxers should have taken that shot and another hit to the system; another shot into the system where the umpires can screw Bivol,” Atlas said of Canelo’s lack of deserving of a rematch against Bivol.
Ken Rideout said: “I wouldn’t have fought that fight if I were Bivol. “The only reason you have to take it is because of the money involved. Unbelievable.
“I think if he can get Beterbiev and unify the titles and do everything he has to do. If he catches Beterbiev and defeats him, other than moving the weight classes, no one will be there. [175]. He cleaned up the department.
“I think Bivol will have one of the greatest lightweight careers in history if he unites against Beterbiev and beats Canelo for the second time. He will have more money than he ever intended to have, and he has nothing left to prove lack of a change in weight class. He didn’t hit me like that person.
“He is very confident and comfortable about who he is. Why not go out unbeaten on top? You have proven everything, and you have enough money to live happily ever after. It would be a great way to get out,” Rideout said of the Bivol.
Atlas said: “Again, show me a guy who turned down that money. “What else would you do? You have to take care of your family. You have to think about the future. You have to secure the future when you can.
“Most likely, that’s what it’s going to be. If Canelo’s people really want that fight,” Atlas said.
Rideout said: “I believe he wants a rematch with Bivol.
“That’s going to be the simplest thing in the world, money,” Atlas said. “The root of all evil, the root of all bad judgment in the world is money. Listen, go get the money because you might never get the chance again. Grasping while grasping is good.
“Take care, secure the future for your family. That’s why you’re in this business. Do it, no doubt. my fear is if you [Bivol] do it, you can do it at your own peril.
“This business, it’s not fighters; It’s not a sport that can sometimes let you down. It is the sport’s operators and referees that can let you down, and that would be my concern,” Atlas said.
“I am with you. I think that would be a real concern,” Rideout said. “Like I said, if he can fight Beterbiev and beat him at this point if they’re going to rob him, they can, but if you can go out with all your belts and big bag of money, see you soon,” Rideout said of Bivol.
