To the Ukraine with Love. Mexico Declares War on Russia. Canelo Alvarez Vs Dmitry Bivol. May 7. DAZN

[UncleTomFord15]

Don't care what anyone says canelo was losing to Kovalev up until the ko. Bivol either ud him or late rounds tko.

 

[R=G]

Don't care what anyone says canelo was losing to Kovalev up until the ko. Bivol either ud him or late rounds tko.

If Canelo loses, so what. He can just say he went up too much. But I think Bivol will look very good and that left hook will connect on Canelo in-between the punches.

 

[Agent Mulder]

 

[patscorpio]

 

[GzUp]

Canelo gonna have to put up a masterclass performance

 

[alpo]

bytching? Canelo is a certified cheater, nygga. You're lucky I'm being nice about it. I could overflow all these little threads never letting that go...needed help to beat a 37 yr old slow ass GGG and you acting like he's some transcendent type talent on the Floyd/Roy/Robinson level. Got his ass kicked the 2nd half of that fight too. It's no wonder he's hiding from Benavidez who has faster hands and better combinations..its no wonder he's hiding from Andrade who is a better boxer than him across the board. He's smoke and mirrors.

facts

 

[patscorpio]

Filip Hrgovic-Zhang Zhilei Will Be Co-Feature On DAZN’s Canelo-Bivol Show May 7

BY KEITH IDEC
Published Tue Mar 08, 2022, 07:26 PM EST


Filip Hrgovic and Zhang Zhilei will have most of the boxing world watching when they fight to become the IBF’s mandatory challenger for its unbeaten heavyweight champion, Oleksandr Usyk.

BoxingScene.com has learned that the 12-round IBF elimination match between Croatia’s Hrgovic and China’s Zhilei will be the co-feature before four-division champion Canelo Alvarez challenges WBA light heavyweight champ Dmitry Bivol on May 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. DAZN will stream Alvarez-Bivol, Hrgovic-Zhilei and other bouts to be determined as part of that streaming service’s inaugural pay-per-view event, which will cost subscribers $59.99 and non-subscribers $79.99.

Hrgovic (14-0, 12 KOs), a 2016 Olympic bronze medalist, is the IBF’s third-ranked contender. Zhilei (23-0-1, 18 KOs), who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and lost to British gold medalist Anthony Joshua at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, is ranked 13th by the IBF.

The 38-year-old Zhilei and fifth-rated Frenchman Tony Yoka were the only two of the nine IBF-ranked heavyweights approached who were willing to enter negotiations with Hrgovic’s co-promoters, Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and Wasserman Boxing, for this title eliminator. Yoka (11-0, 9 KOs) has since committed to a fight with Scotland’s Martin Bakole (17-1, 13 KOs), which was rescheduled from January 15 to May 21 at Accor Arena in Paris.

Seven other heavyweights declined the IBF’s invitation to negotiate for an elimination match with Hrgovic’s handlers due to injuries, scheduling conflicts or other reasons. Matchroom and Wasserman won an IBF purse bid February 24 with a joint offer of $650,000.

Hgrovic is entitled to 60 percent, or $390,000, because he is the higher-ranked contender. Zhilei’s side will receive $260,000, or 40 percent of the winning bid.

The 6-foot-6, 247-pound Hrgovic has won seven consecutive bouts by knockout or technical knockout. He most recently stopped Germany’s Emir Ahmatovic (11-1, 8 KOs) in the third round December 4 on the Devin Haney-Joseph Diaz Jr. undercard at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Two fights ago, Zhilei knocked down American veteran Jerry Forrest once apiece in the first, second and third rounds. An extremely fatigued Zhilei let Forrest back into their fight, though, struggled down the stretch and settled for a 10-round majority draw on the Alvarez-Avni Yildirim undercard in February 2021 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

The 6-foot-6, 274-pound Zhilei won his only fight since his draw with Forrest (26-4-2, 20 KOs) on November 27. The strong southpaw stopped Craig Lewis (14-5-1, 8 KOs) in the second round that night on the Teofimo Lopez-George Kambosos Jr. undercard at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York.

its a start for this card lol...time to see which one of these two will live up to some real hype

 

[FreedMind]

They finally found Filip an opponent

 

[patscorpio]

They finally find Filip an opponent

it was a damn shame he had to go down to the 13th-14th rated heavy for the IBF

 

[malbaker86]

I love my bday being on May 4th as a boxing fan

 

[((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL]

Wladimir Klitschko Says Bivol Should Not Be Allowed to Fight Canelo

 

[Adonis]

Aside from Beterbiev, Bivol, will be one of Canelo's biggest challenges. Bivol is a quick and accurate Boxer with great timing and Canelo is a boxer puncher that'll can either outbox you or wear you down with those body shots. I'm going to go with Bivol by decision, if Canelo beats him he'll get full credit from me.

 

[d3koms]

Gonna be a good fight.

 

[LinusCaldwell]

 

[Pimp]

Bivol doesn't have the power to keep Canelo away.