Canelo Álvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol

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Legacy is Earned
WBA (Super) light heavyweight
title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Canelo Álvarez Dmitry Bivol
Nickname Canelo
("Cinnamon")
Hometown Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan
Pre-fight record 57–1–2 (39 KO) 19–0 (11 KO)
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 174+2⁄5 lb (79 kg) 174+3⁄5 lb (79 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super middleweight champion
The Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
4-division world champion		 WBA (Super) light heavyweight champion
Result
Bivol wins via 12-round unanimous decision (115-113, 115-113, 115-113)

WBA (Super) light heavyweight champion, Dmitry Bivol. The fight took place on May 7, 2022,[1]
with Bivol prevailing as the winner by unanimous decision.

Background

After Canelo Álvarez unified all four major world titles to become

mandatory defense of his title in a rematch against Thabiso Mchunu on January 29, 2022, which the former won via split decision.[3]

Instead, it was announced on February 25, 2022, that Álvarez had signed a two-fight deal with

Matchroom Boxing; the first fight would see him returning to the light heavyweight division to challenge long-reigning undefeated WBA (Super) champion Dmitry Bivol on May 7 in a bout that would be televised as sports streaming service DAZN's first pay-per-view offering in the United States and Canada.[4]

Bivol first won the WBA interim light heavyweight title in only his seventh professional bout in May 2016, making his first defense of the full WBA world title in 2017, before being designated as Super champion in 2019. Against Álvarez, Bivol made his fourth defense of the WBA (Super) title, and his ninth world title defense overall.[5]

The fight was able to take place because while in response to the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine three of boxing's world governing bodies (the World Boxing Council, International Boxing Federation, and World Boxing Organization) had blocked championship fights involving Russian and Belarusian boxers, the World Boxing Association (WBA) chose to allow the fight to proceed.[6]

Fight card

Weight Class vs. Method Round Time Notes
Light heavyweight Russia Dmitry Bivol (c) def. Mexico Canelo Álvarez UD 12/12 Note 1
Super Lightweight
 United States Montana Love def. Mexico Gabriel Valenzuela UD 12/12
Welterweight Uzbekistan Shakhram Giyasov def. Mexico Christian Gomez UD 10/10
Lightweight United States Marc Castro def. Puerto Rico Pedro Vicente Scharbaai UD 6/6
Heavyweight
Zhang Zhilei
 def. United States Scott Alexander KO 1/10 1:54
Flyweight Mexico Joselito Velázquez def. Colombia Jose Soto TKO 6/10 1:06
Middleweight Mexico Aaron Silva def. United States Alexis Espino TKO 4/8 1:17
Super Featherweight
 Uzbekistan Elnur Abduraimov def. Puerto Rico Manuel Correa TKO 2/8 2:43
Super Lightweight
 Mexico Fernando Angel Molina def. United States Ricardo Valdovinos SD 6/6

^Note 1 For WBA (Super) light heavyweight title

Broadcasting

The bout was broadcast live by sports streaming service DAZN to existing subscribers worldwide excluding Latin America. The bout was broadcast on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.[4]

Country Broadcaster
Free-to-air Cable/Pay television PPV Stream
 United States (Host) — DAZN PPV
 Canada
Worldwideexcl. — DAZN
 Mexico
Canal 5
 		—
TUDN
Latin America —
ESPN Latin America
 Star+

^excl. Live on DAZN worldwide excluding Latin America.

References

  1. ^ Idec, Keith (25 February 2022). "Canelo's 2-Fight Deal With DAZN Done: Bivol On May 7, Golovkin On September 17". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  2. ^ "Canelo gets OK to chase title in fifth weight class". ESPN. 2021-11-17. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  3. ^ Donovan, Jake (30 January 2022). "Ilunga Makabu Edges Thabiso Mchunu Via Split Decision, Retains WBC Title And Calls For Canelo". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  4. ^ a b Random Hits (25 February 2022). "Canelo-Bivol DAZN PPV: 59.99 For Current Subs, 79.99 For New Subs". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  5. ^ "BoxRec: Dmitry Bivol". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  6. ^ "Alan Hubbard: How Russian champion Bivol sent shockwaves down Mexico way". www.insidethegames.biz. May 11, 2022.
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