Fights
Great abscess. Saul Alvarez loses points to Bivol
night of May 8 las vegas hosted a big boxing night from promoter Eddie Hearn.
In the main event of the show, the famous boxer, who became the absolute world champion in the second middleweight, 31-year-old Saul “Canelo” Alvarez from Mexico (57–1–2, 39 KOs).
His opponent was the 31-year-old WBA light heavyweight champion. Dmitry Bivol from Russia (19–0, 11 KOs).
Gathering all the belts, Canelo moved to a higher weight category. However, speaking against a larger opponent, Saul was unable to resist anything with his technique. The duel was entirely in Bivol’s favour.
Bivol earned his 20th win on points by a unanimous decision (115-113, 115-113, 115-1113) and retained the WBA belt.
Source: Sport UA
Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.