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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no,shrink-to-fit=no"><title>What's Next For Bivol? (or his dad)</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://htlbid.com/v3/barstoolsports.com/htlbid.css"><script async src="https://htlbid.com/v3/barstoolsports.com/htlbid.js"></script><script>window.htlbid=window.htlbid||{},htlbid.cmd=htlbid.cmd||[],htlbid.cmd.push((function(){htlbid.setTargeting("pagetype","blog"),htlbid.setTargeting("brandId","76029778"),htlbid.setTargeting("authorId","63390"),htlbid.setTargeting("tags",["dmitry-bivol","shannon-briggs"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_keywords",["fight","guy","team","mexican light heavyweight","jep","english","belt","thing","time","division","camp","way","good guy","jab","next opponent"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv2",["520","546","490","492","483"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv3",["483","520","546","490","492"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_positive","0.19"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_neutral","0.68"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_negative","0.12"),htlbid.setTargeting("is_testing","no"),htlbid.layout()}))</script><script>var googletag = googletag || {};
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Canelo Alvarez.</p><p>I mention his dad in the title <em>(and put him in the thumbnail)</em> only because I got to meet Mr. Bivol for the first time, and even though he was never a boxer<em> (he was a military man his whole life)</em>, he was some of the biggest mitts I have ever encountered.</p><p><img src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75" class="fr-fic fr-dib bs-image" draggable="true" alt data-image-provider data-image-author data-image-direct data-image-tracking data-image-id="u9cosCSzSpAkiu1DgvRTJCzh" srcset="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=320 320w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=480 480w, 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https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=3840 3840w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="eager" style="aspect-ratio:4.374301675977653;width:100%"></p><p style="text-align:center"><em>(Which hand is the boxer's?)</em></p><p>Second only to former heavyweight contender Shannon Briggs…</p><img src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75" class="fr-fic fr-dib bs-image" draggable="true" alt data-image-provider data-image-author data-image-direct data-image-tracking data-image-id="j8fiCmrOAfbboGQtXexmbkKw" srcset="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=320 320w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=480 480w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=640 640w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=750 750w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=828 828w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1080 1080w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1200 1200w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1920 1920w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=2048 2048w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=3840 3840w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="lazy" style="aspect-ratio:0.75;width:100%"><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div><p>Whose calcified fist looks like it is filled with more implants than a stripper's tit… But a LOT less lickable.</p><img src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75" class="fr-fic fr-dib bs-image" draggable="true" alt data-image-provider data-image-author data-image-direct data-image-tracking data-image-id="Q6ZGWJtXf7JAnIgRft6Cw8uV" srcset="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=320 320w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=480 480w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=640 640w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=750 750w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=828 828w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1080 1080w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1200 1200w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1920 1920w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=2048 2048w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=3840 3840w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="lazy" style="aspect-ratio:0.7502837684449489;width:100%"><p>For comparison… Here is a stripper's tit(s)…</p><div class="hq-image"><video autoplay loop muted playsinline alt><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2023/06/21/ed317aa1.gif?format=mp4&profile=high&level=5.0" type="video/mp4"><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2023/06/21/ed317aa1.gif?format=jpg" type="image/jpeg"></video><span class="image-attribution">Giphy Images.</span></div><p>In reality, Matchroom's Eddie Hearn says light-heavyweights Anthony Yarde or Dan Azeez are up next for Dmitry in September… Two opponents no one cares about.  But hopefully, it leads to a unification bout sometime in early 2024 against the winner of Artur Beterbiev vs Callum Smith in August.</p><p>Take a report.</p><p>-Large</p></body></html>

<p><strong>2022's Fighter of the Year</strong><em> (according to Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Ring Magazine, and me)</em>, Dmitry Bivol, was in town last week to accept an award from a writer's association and to witness Josh Taylor get dominated by Teofimo Lopez at MSG.</p><p>While he was in town, he swung by HQ to give me an update on what is next for the WBA light-heavyweight champ, and I do my best to steer him away from my good friend, Canelo Alvarez.</p><p>I mention his dad in the title <em>(and put him in the thumbnail)</em> only because I got to meet Mr. Bivol for the first time, and even though he was never a boxer<em> (he was a military man his whole life)</em>, he was some of the biggest mitts I have ever encountered.</p><p><img src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75" class="fr-fic fr-dib bs-image" draggable="true" alt data-image-provider data-image-author data-image-direct data-image-tracking data-image-id="u9cosCSzSpAkiu1DgvRTJCzh" srcset="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=320 320w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=480 480w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=640 640w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=750 750w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=828 828w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1080 1080w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1200 1200w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1920 1920w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=2048 2048w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_8092.5236fcf9.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=3840 3840w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="eager" style="aspect-ratio:4.374301675977653;width:100%"></p><p style="text-align:center"><em>(Which hand is the boxer's?)</em></p><p>Second only to former heavyweight contender Shannon Briggs…</p><img src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75" class="fr-fic fr-dib bs-image" draggable="true" alt data-image-provider data-image-author data-image-direct data-image-tracking data-image-id="j8fiCmrOAfbboGQtXexmbkKw" srcset="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=320 320w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=480 480w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=640 640w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=750 750w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=828 828w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1080 1080w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1200 1200w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1920 1920w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=2048 2048w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3716.8dfb7883.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=3840 3840w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="lazy" style="aspect-ratio:0.75;width:100%"><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div><p>Whose calcified fist looks like it is filled with more implants than a stripper's tit… But a LOT less lickable.</p><img src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75" class="fr-fic fr-dib bs-image" draggable="true" alt data-image-provider data-image-author data-image-direct data-image-tracking data-image-id="Q6ZGWJtXf7JAnIgRft6Cw8uV" srcset="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=320 320w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=480 480w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=640 640w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=750 750w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=828 828w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1080 1080w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1200 1200w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1920 1920w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=2048 2048w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2023/06/21/IMG_3715.569cc104.jpeg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=3840 3840w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="lazy" style="aspect-ratio:0.7502837684449489;width:100%"><p>For comparison… Here is a stripper's tit(s)…</p><div class="hq-image"><video autoplay loop muted playsinline alt><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2023/06/21/ed317aa1.gif?format=mp4&profile=high&level=5.0" type="video/mp4"><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2023/06/21/ed317aa1.gif?format=jpg" type="image/jpeg"></video><span class="image-attribution">Giphy Images.</span></div><p>In reality, Matchroom's Eddie Hearn says light-heavyweights Anthony Yarde or Dan Azeez are up next for Dmitry in September… Two opponents no one cares about.  But hopefully, it leads to a unification bout sometime in early 2024 against the winner of Artur Beterbiev vs Callum Smith in August.</p><p>Take a report.</p><p>-Large</p>