Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is set to take on Dmitry Bivol on Saturday 7th May 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which means the weight limit will be 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 KG).
Also, on the undercard will be Montana Love’s and Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela’s fight, Shakhram Giyasov’s and Christian Gomez’s contest and Zhilei Zhang’s and Scott Alexander’s bout.
CANELO VS BIVOL STATS
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez steps into the ring with a record of 57 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws, 39 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Dmitry Bivol will make his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 19 wins and 0 draws, with 11 of those by knock out.
The stats suggest Canelo has a slight advantage in power over Bivol, with a 68% knock out percentage over Bivol’s 58%.
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is the same age as Dmitry Bivol, at 31 years old.
Bivol has a height advantage of 3 inches over Canelo. This also extends to a 2-inch reach advantage.
Both Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez & Dmitry Bivol fight out of an orthodox stance.
Canelo is the more experienced professional fighter, having had 41 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 9 years earlier than Bivol, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He has fought 288 more professional rounds, 436 to Bivol’s 148.
Dmitry Bivol is currently ranked number 2 by the RING in the 175lb division.
CANELO VS BIVOL FORM
Canelo has won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.
In his last fight, he defeated Caleb Plant on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 11th round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, IBF World Super Middleweight and WBO World Super Middleweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada, United States.
Previous to that, he had defeated Billy Joe Saunders on 8th May 2021 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, WBO World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship fight at AT&T Stadium, Arlington.
Going into that contest, he had beat Avni Yildirim on 27th February 2021 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship fight at Hard Rock Stadium, Florida.
Before that, he had won against Callum Smith on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Middleweight and WBA Super World Super Middleweight championship fight at Alamodome, Texas.
He had beat Sergey Kovalev on 2nd November 2019 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBO World Light heavyweight championship fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas.
Bivol remains undefeated as a professional.
In his last fight, he defeated Umar Salamov on 11th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Light Heavyweight championship fight at KRK “Uralets”, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Previous to that, he had defeated Craig Richards on 1st May 2021 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Light Heavyweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Going into that contest, he had won against Lenin Castillo on 12th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Light Heavyweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Illinois, United States.
Before that, he had defeated Joe Smith Jr on 9th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Light Heavyweight championship fight at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, New York.
Hehad beat Jean Pascal on 24th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Light Heavyweight championship fight at Mark G. Etess Arena, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, New Jersey.
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