In the upper night of 7/5, Canelo Alvarez had to receive the first defeat after 9 years from the confrontation of Mayweather. At the end of the 12 tense round, the final victory belonged to Bivol. Russian boxers lost to Canelo in the first 4 rounds, but waving upstream for the rest of the time and winning.
The transcript of the three assessors in the match between Canelo and Bivol both marked Russian boxers won with the score of 115-113. While Canelo won in the first 4 rounds, Bivol won the last 7/8 match to overcome the opponent of Mexican with a close score, thereby successfully protecting the WBA Super belt Light Heavyweight.
With many boxing fans, Canelo's failure makes them somewhat disappointed when Mexico's fist has been unbeaten for the past 9 years. However, it is undeniable that the public has a light bivol before the game begins. The Russian boxer has the advantage of playing in the weight class, and he successfully defended the WBA belt 8 times before Canelo.
“Of course I want a rematch,” Canelo declared after the defeat of Bivol. The puncher who won against legends like GGG and Amir Khan proved not to submit when he received a failure with only 2 points. He also said he wanted a rematch against Bivol in the near future.
In response to Canelo's challenge, Bivol immediately agreed. He said: “I accept his challenge. I want to get respectfully as a boxing boxing champion.” In fact, Bivol is considered to be the best puncher in the world in the Light Heavyweight weight class at this time.
In the match against Canelo, Bivol was more experienced. He did not flinch when he was in the first half, thereby slowly wearing Canelo's physical strength to win in the second half of the match. Many times Canelo had to receive very heavy punches on the head area launched by Bivol.