On Saturday, May 7, 2022, Canelo Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) and Dmitry Bivol (20-0, 11 KOs) headlined a high stakes 175-pound title clash for Bivol’s WBA title.
A victory for Canelo would catapult him into a third clash with Gennaidy Golovkin, a fight that would pay well and likely pad his record against a GGG that is past his prime.
Bivol was an afterthought, and although he didn’t vocalize that he felt disrespected, he proved that nobody should have been looking past him.
In the end, Bivol did a masterful job of boxing and frustrating Canelo over 12 rounds.
The official scores were 115-113 three times for Bivol. on our live results page, Round By Round Boxing scored the bout 115-113 for Bivol as well.