Dmitry Bivol is keen to pursue a clash with Artur Beterbiev after the Russian became the WBC, WBO and IBF champion after defeating Joe Smith Jr.
Beterbiev emerged victorious on Saturday night after defeating the American fighter, who put his WBO title on the line.
The win at the Hulu Theater in New York leaves all four belts shared between the two Russian boxers after Bivol beat Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in May to retain his WBA light-heavyweight strap.
Bivol’s promoter Andrey Ryabinskiy told Sky Sports before Saturday’s action that Bivol would want the winner of Beterbiev vs. Smith: "We like both of these fighters [Beterbiev and Smith] very much.
"Bivol would be extremely interested in having a fight against the winner of this bout, especially if the winner is Artur Beterbiev.
"The fight between Bivol-Beterbiev is a long-awaited dream of all boxing fans."
Top Rank president is aiming for the same match-up.
"We've over the years had conversations about Bivol and Beterbiev fighting. When things during Covid kind of locked up and everything was in paralysis it didn't go very far," DuBoef said. "I think that pot has gotten bigger as a result of the emergence of Bivol who came from nowhere with the big upset.
"I think that division obviously got a bit of a boost when Bivol upset Canelo."
There were other options available, explained the promoter, as he stated: "You have a guy, Anthony Yarde from your neck of the woods [the UK] that is a mandatory challenger for that [WBO title]. So he's going to be thrown into the mix. Bivol is in the mix obviously and you got guys like [former super-middleweight titlist] Gilberto Ramirez and things like that.
"I think there's really a lot of matches in that division now."