Dmitry Bivol stuns Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez to retain WBA light heavyweight title

Dmitry Bivol produced a punch perfect display to cause a massive upset and claim a unanimous points victory over Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Bivol, the WBA light heavyweight champion, was awarded the decision after earning a 115-113 points win on all three judges scorecards.

It was only the second defeat of Canelo's remarkable career and first since a majority decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr back in 2013. Between then and now, the Mexican had won 16 of 17 fights - a draw with Gennady Golovkin the only blemish - and unified the middleweight and super middleweight divisions.

But the step up to light heavyweight to face Bivol proved a step too far on the night for Canelo, who struggled to break down the guard of the Russian champion and was visibly fatigued by the end of the bout.

Bivol, meanwhile, found plenty of success throughout the bout at T-Mobile Arena, using his size and reach advantage to consistently land his shots.

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