Follow all the action of the Canelo Alvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol WBA light heavyweight title fight in Marca USA from the T-Mobile in Las Vegas, Nevada.
reactions
Canelo Alvarez
“I felt I won, I did enough, but that’s boxing, you win and you lose. He’s a good fighter, I felt his weight a lot, I couldn’t connect him that easy. I made a great fight and in the end the people are the ones who win.
There are no excuses, he is a great fighter, you have to accept defeat.
He goes in or out, he uses his distance well, I did enough to win, but that’s the way it is.
I want a rematch, it doesn’t stay that way.”
Saul Canelo Alvarez will face Russian Dmitry Bivol to try to snatch the World Boxing Association light heavyweight title in a bout that takes place at the T-Mobile in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It will be the ninth time that Bivol will expose the 175 lbs. crown, the Russian will not only risk the belt but also his undefeated record in 19 fights. In his record he has rivals such as Sullivan Barrera, Jean Pascal, Joe Smith Jr. and Craig Richards.
In the other corner, Alvarez has been champion in four different divisions: super welterweight, middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight. He took the light heavyweight crown from fellow Russian Sergey Kovalev, whom he knocked out in 11 rounds.
Bivol comes into this fight with a record of 19 wins, 11 of them by knockout, he does not know what it is to lose and his knockout average is 57 percent.
Canelo has a service record of 57 wins, 39 knockouts, one loss and two draws, his chloroform percentage is 65.
Bivol was born in Tokmak, Kyrgyzstan, but his family moved to Russia where he began his boxing career, as an amateur he won two U17 world titles, was twice crowned national champion and won a bronze at the 2008 AIBA World Youth Boxing Championships, leaving his record at 268 wins and 15 losses.
Canelo” Alvarez is coming from becoming the undisputed super middleweight champion after defeating Caleb Plant in November 2021. A triumph that he assured cost him “a little bit more than I thought”. Now he will face Bivol, who is the light heavyweight champion ( 175 pounds).
