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Unbeaten Dmitry Bivol retained his WBA light-heavyweight world title with a unanimous points decision over Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on Saturday, handing the Mexican superstar just the second defeat of his career. Russia's Bivol, 31, improved to 20-0 with 11 knockouts while multiweight champion Alvarez, the pound-for-pound king who went in a heavy favorite, fell to 57-2 with two draws.
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Bivol stuns ‘Canelo’ Alvarez to retain WBA light heavyweight title
LAS VEGAS: Unbeaten Dmitry Bivol retained his WBA light-heavyweight world title with a unanimous points decision over Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on Saturday, handing the Mexican superstar just the second defeat of his career. Russia’s Bivol, 31, improved to 20-0 with 11 knockouts while multiweight champion Alvarez, the pound-for-pound king who went in a heavy favorite, fell to 57-2 with two draws. His only other defeat was to Floyd Mayweather at light middleweight in 2013.
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez suffers shock defeat to Dmitry Bivol in WBA light-heavyweight title fight
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez suffered just the second defeat of his professional boxing career as he was stunned by Dmitry Bivol in Las Vegas. Bivol was the reigning WBA light-heavyweight champion coming into the bout, but Mexican superstar Alvarez — who stepped up in weight to take on the Russian — was still expected to come away with the belt. Ad/> However Alvarez — rated as male boxing's best pound-for-pound fighter — had no answer to his skilful opponent, who ended up ahead on the scorecards of all three judges by the same score of 115-113.
Bivol stuns 'Canelo' Alvarez to retain WBA light heavyweight title
Unbeaten Dmitry Bivol retained his WBA light-heavyweight world title with a unanimous points decision over Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on Saturday, handing the Mexican superstar just the second defeat of his career.
Dmitry Bivol retains light-heavyweight belt with unanimous win over Saul Alvarez
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has been defeated in a unanimous points decision which allowed Dmitry Bivol to retain his WBA light-heavyweight title and maintain his unbeaten record.