The Mexican Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, one of the great stars of boxing today, suffered the second defeat of his career this Saturday night by losing a unanimous decision to the Russian Dmitry Bivol, who retained his middle-heavyweight belt of the AMB.
The undefeated Bivol dominated Álvarez from the beginning of the fight in front of the stunned 20,000 fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, United States, who had come to cheer on ‘Canelo’ as part of the Mexican holiday on May 5.
Bivol, who jumped into the ring without an anthem or a Russian flag as a sanction for the invasion of Ukraine, is the second fighter to beat “Canelo” in his 61 fights, after the legendary Floyd Mayweather in 2013.