Alvarez has been the king of the ring for a long time, the number one boxing attraction and the wealthiest fighter on the planet, but on Saturday night he was given a boxing lesson over 12 rounds by Dmitry Bivol. The magic left the golden fists of Canelo.
Alvarez fought like a man without urgency or threat and Bivol, an unbeaten light heavyweight world champion simply stuck to the most basic of boxing skills. Bivol jabbed, moved, held, countered, refused to panic and then jabbed some more. It was a flawless display from the Kyrgyzstan-born Russian.
Bivol is the WBA world light heavyweight champion, he was unbeaten in 19 fights, a product of the ancient Soviet system and he simply refused to be shaken from his strategy; Bivol remained calm in every round as Canelo failed to change the fight or the pace. Canelo started to feel sorry for himself from about round seven and was breathing heavy from about round ten. Bivol was too big and smart and Canelo knew it.
Canelo came to the ring looking like a man with a burden on his shoulders and fought like a mystery man at times; the Mexican idol was uncertain, short with punches and then faded as the fight progressed.
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