Gollaz Valenzuela, a 27-year-old from Mexico, was fighting on the world-class level for the first time. Love, a 27-year-old from Cleveland, has fought twice since a breakthrough performance in August, a seventh-round TKO of former champion Ivan Baranchyk. The action didn't sustain over the next 10 rounds, though, and Love won by the same score on all three cards: 114-112. Love (18-0-1, 9 KOs) floored Gollaz Valenzuela (25-3-1, 15 KOs) in Round 1 before he was dropped himself in Round 2. 10 junior welterweight, eked past Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela in the chief-support bout to remain undefeated.
Results: Love wins close decision to stay unbeaten And now is walking to the ring to the classic "Mexico Lindo y Querido." A Mariachis band is playing their version of Europe's "The Final Countdown." Alvarez appears in the Arena from an elevated platform. Cheers coming down from every corner of T-Mobile Arena. The fight is next!īivol is already in the ring and Alvarez is making his way out. Russell Mora is the referee and Tim Cheatham and Dave Moretti from Las Vegas, and Steve Weisfeld from New Jersey are the judges. Ring announcer David Diamante is doing the intros. Canelo unleashed a lot of right hands, but nothing impactful. He pumped the range-finder in Alvarez's face over and over. Round 1: Bivol was incredibly active with the jab, his best weapon. He rebounded nicely down the stretch with powerful right hand followed by a left hook to the body. Alvarez's face already red from Bivol's jab. Haven't seen Canelo this frustrated in a long time. Round 2: Big Bivol round! He scored with a bundle of three- and four-punch combinations. Alvarez doing great work on the inside but hasn't been able to sustain. He continues to find success at range with the jab, and he's reeling off combos that meet the mark. Finally, in the closing seconds of the frame, Alvarez broke through with a big right uppercut. Round 4: Canelo pressing hard but Bivol catching most of the shots on the gloves.
Alvarez hasn't faced adversity like this since the Gennadiy Golovkin rematch. He pinned Alvarez on the ropes around the midway point and unloaded with about six or seven shots, though Alvarez evaded many. The boxing acumen, footwork and size of Bivol proving to be a formidable challenge. Round 6: Most uneventful round of the fight so far, but Bivol remains in control. Alvarez needs to land something big to change this fight. He's pushing Canelo backward and his movement is giving Alvarez fits. Round 7: Bivol continues to be the ring general. Is the upset in the air? Wild scene in Las Vegas through eight. Throwing his size around on the inside now, creating some space with pushes. Round 8: Bivol isn't just outboxing Canelo - he's outfighting him. He was able to press Bivol on the ropes and landed a couple of solid body shots as the crowd roared, seemingly trying to cheer him to victory. Bivol looks fresh and continues to use his legs and jab to outbox Canelo. Round 10: Canelo's body language isn't great, and his output is dipping.
Alvarez doesn't have much on these punches anymore. Round 11: Biggest round of the fight for Bivol, who blasts Alvarez with a bundle of power shots. Alvarez wasn't all that competitive with Bivol. Round 12: Bivol closes the show with another clear round to cement what should be a clear victory in a major upset. "It doesn't end like this," said Alvarez, who entered the ring rated No. Instead, Alvarez said he plans to exercise his contractual right to an immediate rematch. "Eddie Hearn, sorry I broke your plans with Gennadiy Golovkin."īivol was referring to the planned trilogy fight between Canelo and Golovkin slated for Sept. "I prove myself today, I'm the best ," said Bivol, who resides in Russia. LAS VEGAS - Dmitry Bivol, in one of the biggest boxing upsets in recent memory, scored a unanimous decision over the sport's top star, Canelo Alvarez, on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.Īll three judges scored the fight 115-113, but the bout wasn't nearly that close.īivol was in control from the opening bell as he used his superior size, range and jab to retain his light heavyweight title.
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