By Miguel Maravilla
Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez talks about his unanimous decision loss to WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Canelo called for a rematch.
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The only reason I would want to see a rematch is so Dimitry can make another load of money he deserves it….but performance wise it was a blowout and not worthy of a rematch for sure!
Exactly. Stylistically it would be a waste of time. Canelo struggles against master level boxers. Mayweather, Lara and Bivol. He has not yet figured out how to beat this style and never will.
Now your just hating!!
Last week on this site I told you folks you were seriously underestimating Bivol. Now my bets are in!
Canelo, I like you, I respect what you’ve done and the work it took to get you there, but you ain’t beating Bivol until you change levels, you change distances, and you do both of the above in a way that can’t be predicted. If you don’t do that you’re gonna have the same result except worse. Bivol has your number and it won’t get any better for you next time.
How is he going to make the changes when he is running from the challenges. He’s been fighting these big slow guys at high-weight classes. He needs to take his ass back down to 154-168 and take on the real challenges.
A top tier fighter in this era fights one or two fights per year. 3 at most. This means you can’t fight everyone so someone always gets to claim the top guy is ducking someone, whether it’s true or not.
Canelo rarely fights off his back foot because nobody is strong enough – especially in your lower weight classes – can push him back. The uppercut he threw was useless to a taller man who wasn’t showing any signs of falling into it. The only way Canelo wins given a same level performance from Bivol is to work a lot more on getting under those shots while coming forward with constant head movement. His head never really changed levels, he never changed distances, and he relied on his relaxation and counters to win. Bivol don’t leave receipts.
Nine of those guys at those weights can beat Bivol so what do you mean real challenges ?
Blowout, Ray Charles can see this!
Canelo would lose the rematch as well in my opinion.
Your right, and in a rematch it would be if possible worst.
I think it was the new tattoo around the neck. Maybe that hampered his breathing. Seriously though, as Dean mentioned, the only reason for a rematch is the payday. But a general consensus score of 118-110 does not warrent a rematch.
That was the most vulnerable canelo seen! And he wanted uzik next for the heavy weight title!!!!! He needs to go back to 168 and fight the benavides,charlos and munguias just to name a few instead to trying to imitate paquiao by winning belts in 8 classes! Rude awakening for the red guy.
Iam a boxing fan, just that, not a fan of any particular boxer and that help me to see a bit clear any given situation. Haters never give the boxer his dues, everything what he does is wrong and the loyal fans are the opposite. Canelo is an especial case of a kid that from selling freezes and refreshments on buses became what he is now, one of the richest athletes on the planet and a money generating machine, and in here is what I see the obscure side, protect this money machine. I don’t believe he is the one that make any arrangements with the judges, if there was one, but the scorecards show something like this, because they evidence that the first third part of the fight was already in Canelo’s favor before hand, so, this mean he needed 2 rounds to get a draw or 3 only to win, being the 1 to 4 the most forgettable rounds if nothing special happens. Canelo barely won the third round and maybe another one later, but cards were mysteriously clones, what that mean Bivol won more than clear at least 9 rounds, but seems that somenthing was prepared and Canelo just needed to win or at least be a bit competitive the 11 and 12 to win the fight. Very rare
Canelo complaining about the judges is 24 K gold.
Great comment… LOL
Where are the Canelo fans at? You guys are NOT loyal lol. You were the same ones that were against him after both GGG fights. You jumped on the bandwagon until he lost now you’re nowhere to be found lol.
I am a fan of boxing not individual boxers, I knew Bivol was very capable of winning and I placed my money on him
Canelo is a draw and for boxers who have never seen 7 figures, it’s a blessing to fight him. No one knows what’s going to happen In a rematch, if one does bet the farm and stop being critical of Canelo it’s his prerogative if he wants to make Bivol rich.
In a rematch It will be even less for Canelo Bivol has to much talent defence and strength, this was a bridge to far for Canelo
Well if he wants a rematch the money will have to be equal I suggest
Why a rematch Saul? You just said that you won. 😉
That fight was boring as fuk. Bivol obviously extremely skilled boxer + defensive magician and this was great for getting his name out there. But I’m not very hyped about seeing him fight against to be honest. Considering he’s a natural light heavy and a lot naturally longer than canelo I would’ve liked to see him go in for the kill, especially in the later rounds when canelo was clearly out of gas. And I’m saying that as a person who doesn’t like canelo, just keeping it real.
It was a very good fight, very entertaining. What fight were you watching?
At least Bivol was not robbed – but very nearly was! Fans are robbed that the real Light Heavy fight is Bivol – Betterbiev. Just like we were robbed by Kovalov vs Stevenson never taking place. Mexican fans are the best and they support there own so money talks.
We weren’t robbed of Stevenson vs.Kovalev. Chickenson clearly wanted no parts of Kovalev.
The danger here is what has played out time and time again in recent’ish history. When a fighter achieves high accolades by going UP the weights, he will eventually return back DOWN the weights after either losing or having sufficiently ‘cleared up’. Canelo has now lost in his upward march so he may now come back down only to find his body can’t adapt to the reverse gear resulting in another inevitable loss against someone he would undoubtedly beat if he was going the other way…..
Anyone who knows boxing will know that Canelo has always had problems with fighters who use the jab very well.
Mayweather, Caleb Plant, BJ Sauders, Daniel Jacobs and Kovalev all of which controlled the fight against him at times with the use of a good jab and movement.
He looked like he was looking for the exit, we might be seeing the start of the end of Canelo
It wasn’t just the job, when did you see Canelo be pushed around before?
Without knowing anything about Bivol, I predicted that Canelo would knock him out after figuring him out and getting his timing. Boy was a wrong. Bivol dominated this fight, but still needed to win the final round to avoid a draw. Just goes to show how dominant Bivol was, since the judges were looking for every chance to score this fight so Canelo didn’t lose. Canelo should simply accept that he was beaten, and hope he does better in a rematch. Bivol exposed him in this fight.
He’s complaining now that Bivol is a light heavyweight and is a bigger fighter but he never complained when he out weighted Cotto by more than 25 pounds in their encounter. One that Cotto won by outboxing him but was not given the victory.
In the rematch they need to respect Bivol & play the Russian national anthem this time. America isn’t at war with Russia so cut out the trendy woke crap! Other nations didn’t ban the American national anthem after the US invaded Iraq twice & Afghanistan. Keep the politics & the CIA out of boxing! Bivol is a class act & a very likeable guy.
Canelo was humbled by a very humble fighter, Bivol. If there’s a rematch, look for the same results.
Reminds me of when Trinidad ran into Hopkins. Canelo went up, got beat, now go back down and take on some of the other challenges from 160-168. There are some big fights to be made that will test Canelo at the lower weights.
Canelo didn’t get away with the bullying tactics, hitting Bivol on his arms and shoulders. He couldn’t/didn’t get his jab going either. Bivol boxed very well too he didn’t deviate once from his plan and he didn’t start to fade after 6 rounds like recent Canelo opponents and it showed the big difference from dominating at 168 to going up to face a bona-fide world class light heavy with the pedigree of Bivol.
The essence of a rematch is to clear a doubt about the outcome of a bout or to enable a champion win back his title. Certainly not to give a fighter who lost dismally another bite at the cherry just for the sake of it. No need whatsoever for a rematch
Canelo does not belong at 175! He is too short and arm length is too short to fight true 75 pounder. He belongs between 154 and 168 period. Canelo was unable to land body shots or uppercuts because his opponent was just too big. 5 inches taller 4 inches of reach. No shame in his losing to Bivol. Bivol is the best at 175. I’ve been watching him for years and was shocked when I heard Canelo was going to fight him
I called it from the jump and people laughed at me. Now they know different. Bivol beat him easily without having to go through the gears. Any rematch will only result in a worse beating. I couldn’t be happier for Bivol. He’s a humble and classy champion. We need more fighters like him in the sport.
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bivol is just better than canelo he is the light heavy king and will be for quite a while
told ya. Bivol EASY. AND Canola will not win another big fight. Nuff said.