To the Ukraine with Love. Mexico Declares War on Russia. Canelo Alvarez Vs Dmitry Bivol. May 7. DAZN
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Mexican pound-for-pound king aims for Light-Heavyweight glory against unbeaten Bivol on May 7 in Las Vegas
Tickets for Canelo Alvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 7, live on DAZN, excluding Latin America and Mexico, will go on sale on Wednesday, March 23 at 10 a.m. PT. In the U.S. & Canada, the event will be offered exclusively on DAZN Pay-Per View (PPV).
TICKETS FOR MAY 7 GO ON SALE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 – CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS
Canelo (57-1-2, 39 KOs) returns to Las Vegas for his first Cinco De Mayo fight since 2019 where he defeated Daniel Jacobs at T-Mobile Arena in a Middleweight unification clash. The Mexican superstar has embarked on a sensational run of fights since that night, moving to Light Heavyweight to win a World title at a fourth weight against Sergey Kovalev before returning to Super Middleweight to beat Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders and Caleb Plant and becoming the first undisputed champion at 168lbs.
Canelo has chosen the toughest of paths once again for his next challenge as he attempts to become a two-time champion at 175lbs by meeting long-reigning WBA belt-holder Bivol. The 31-year-old (19-0, 11 KOs) has been untouchable as a pro in 19 outings in the paid ranks and Canelo will be his 10th defense of his crown. Bivol has seen off the likes of Joe Smith Jr., Jean Pascal, Sullivan Barrera and Isaac Chilemba on his path to meeting Canelo.
Tickets will go on sale starting at $105 (plus fees) on the following dates and times (all times PT) at AXS.com.
TICKETS FOR MAY 7 GO ON SALE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 – CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS
Canelo (57-1-2, 39 KOs) returns to Las Vegas for his first Cinco De Mayo fight since 2019 where he defeated Daniel Jacobs at T-Mobile Arena in a Middleweight unification clash. The Mexican superstar has embarked on a sensational run of fights since that night, moving to Light Heavyweight to win a World title at a fourth weight against Sergey Kovalev before returning to Super Middleweight to beat Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders and Caleb Plant and becoming the first undisputed champion at 168lbs.
Canelo has chosen the toughest of paths once again for his next challenge as he attempts to become a two-time champion at 175lbs by meeting long-reigning WBA belt-holder Bivol. The 31-year-old (19-0, 11 KOs) has been untouchable as a pro in 19 outings in the paid ranks and Canelo will be his 10th defense of his crown. Bivol has seen off the likes of Joe Smith Jr., Jean Pascal, Sullivan Barrera and Isaac Chilemba on his path to meeting Canelo.
Tickets will go on sale starting at $105 (plus fees) on the following dates and times (all times PT) at AXS.com.
- AXS, Fighter, DAZN and Matchroom (codes) Pre-Sales: Tuesday, March 22 from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- Public On-Sale: Wednesday, March 23 at 10:00 a.m.
Excellent breakdown.
This is definitely a very difficult fight for Canelo. Bivol is bigger, stronger and fresher than anyone he’s fought really. I think he can pull it off based on his experience, power and inside work. But the more clips I watch of Bivol the more I agree that this probably is the most dangerous fight he can have. Bivol is fast, strong, big and has really good movement. Scary.
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I may have to change my vote on this poll. Bivol’s output, movement, speed and power seem like too much. I don’t know if Canelo will be able to get inside and be effective.
This might be the fight where he realizes he’s way too small for 175
This might be the fight where he realizes he’s way too small for 175
Canelo is gonna try to walk him down and cut that ring off..that won't work like it did on Callum and Billy Joe. He's in and out and too busy. Those hooks are deceptively fast. Canelo is gonna have to be back on his A game to pull away.I may have to change my vote on this poll. Bivol’s output, movement, speed and power seem like too much. I don’t know if Canelo will be able to get inside and be effective.
This might be the fight where he realizes he’s way too small for 175
Montana Love To Fight Gabriel Valenzuela On Canelo-Bivol PPV Undercard May 7
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BY KEITH IDEC
Published Mon Mar 21, 2022, 04:05 PM EDT
Montana Love has been added to the Canelo Alvarez-Dmitry Bivol undercard.
Matchroom Boxing and DAZN announced Monday afternoon that Love will meet Mexico’s Gabriel Valenzuela in a 10-round junior welterweight match May 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Those two corporate partners also confirmed what BoxingScene.com reported two weeks ago, that unbeaten heavyweights Filip Hrgovic and Zhang Zhilei will square off in a 12-round IBF elimination match on the Alvarez-Bivol undercard.
Love-Valenzuela and Hrgovic-Zhilei will be part of DAZN’s inaugural pay-per-view show, which will cost $59.99 for DAZN subscribers and $79.99 for non-subscribers through either DAZN’s app or traditional pay-per-view platforms.
Cleveland’s Love (17-0-1, 9 KOs) will encounter an opponent comparable to his most recent conquest, Carlos Diaz, when he squares off versus Valenzuela (25-2-1, 15 KOs). The 27-year-old Love stopped Mexico’s Diaz (29-2, 14 KOs, 2 NC) in the third round December 4, on the Devin Haney-Joseph Diaz Jr. undercard at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The left-handed Love has displayed power in his past two fights that he hadn’t previously shown in several fights that were televised as part of Showtime’s prospect series, “ShoBox: The New Generation.” Before he stopped Diaz in his Matchroom/DAZN debut, Love beat Belarus’ Ivan Baranchyk (20-3, 13 KOs), a former IBF junior welterweight champ, by technical knockout after the seventh round of an action-packed, back-and-forth fight August 29 on the Jake Paul-Tyron Woodley undercard at RocketMortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland.
Guadalajara’s Valenzuela, 27, has won 15 straight fights since he settled for an eight-round majority draw with Canada’s Jessie Wilcox (then 9-0-1) in May 2018 in Toronto. Valenzuela hasn’t lost since he dropped a six-round unanimous decision to countryman William Zepeda (25-0, 23 KOs) in March 2017 in Guadalajara.
The winner between Croatia’s Hrgovic and China’s Zhilei will become the IBF’s mandatory challenger for its heavyweight champion, Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs).
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.
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Ban me if Bivol wins more than 4 rds 
nikkas in here bigging up 11ko power
nikkas in here bigging up 11ko power
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I just don't think canelo has looked as slick in his last couple fights. Granted it could be that he just didn't respect BJ and plants power. But I still feel like his head movement wasn't as sharp. So I'm a little concerned with thatBan me if Bivol wins more than 4 rds
nikkas in here bigging up 11ko power
Bivol doesn't have many KO's but he's got enough power to hurt anybody with a clean shot. And he definitely has enough power to get respect. I don't think canelo can just walk him down headfirst like he did with bj and plant. He's gonna have to be way more methodical with bivol. I think he'll take a similar approach to how he fought kovalev. Shell defense and a lot of countering from the high guard. The bigger guys are slower so I think canelo feels more confident that he can stay at close range and slip anything they throw. Which could spell disaster if his head movement isn't on point. I still got canelo by UD but I wouldn't be surprised if he got dropped at some point.
Bivol is very skilled..this isn't a joke. Canelo fans better wake the fukk up.