Absolute world champion Alvarez lost to Russian Bivol

The Mexican fighter suffered his second defeat in his career.

Absolute world champion in super middleweight Saul Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) lost to WBA light heavyweight champion Dmytro Bivol (20-0, 11 KOs).

The fight was in Las Vegas. and at stake was only the Russian's championship belt.

During the fight, Alvarez could not confirm the status of the favorite, and his opponent looked more confident and struck a series of accurate blows. As a result, the judges unanimously gave the victory to Bivol – 115-113, 115-113, 115-113.

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For Canelo, this is only the second defeat in his career. In 2013, the Mexican lost to the legendary Floyd Mayweather.

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We will remind, earlier Canelo spoke about a possible fight against Usik .

Based on materials: ZN.ua

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