Dimitri Bivol won a unanimous decision over Canelo Alvarez to retain the WBA light heavyweight title in a major upset Saturday night. Today we will discuss about Canelo Alvarez: Vegan| Results| Record| Who won the fight
Canelo Alvarez: Vegan| Results| Record| Who won the fight
Santos Sl lvarez Barragán (American Spanish: [saˈul alβaɾes]; born 18 July 1990), better known as Canelo lvarez, is a Mexican professional boxer. He has won multiple world championships in four weight classes from light middleweight to light heavyweight, including the integrated title in three weight classes and the lineal title in two. Alvarez is the first boxer in history to become the undisputed champion at super middleweight, holding the WBA (Super), WBC and Ring magazine titles since 2020 and the IBF and WBO titles since 2021.
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Real name | Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán |
Nickname(s) | Canelo (“Cinnamon”) |
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Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (174 cm) |
Reach | 70+1⁄2 in (179 cm) |
Born | 18 July 1990 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
Vegan
Canelo Alvarez was clear from the start. He is not consuming meat to gain the right weight.
According to Alvarez, he started a vegetarian diet because he could adapt his eating habits, whether it was chicken, fish or meat.
“I’m not too complex when it comes to food, I adapt a lot, I adapt quickly,” Canelo told ESPN.
“It’s not something I did all of a sudden, that I give up whatever I ate before, from one day to the next. Throughout the week I try to eat vegetarian and if one day I eat something else, meat, chicken. Whatever, I eat it, no problem.”
Alvarez is considered the best boxer in the world. He has a record of 57 wins, 1 loss – and 2 ties against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 60 appearances.
Results
Dimitri Bivol, in one of the biggest boxing upsets in recent memory, made a unanimous decision on the sport’s top star Canelo Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday.
All three judges scored the fight 115-113, but the fight was not that close.
Bivol was in control from the opening bell as he used his superior size, range and jab to retain his light heavyweight title.
“I prove myself today, I am the best [in my division],” said Bivol, who lives in Russia. “Eddie Hearn, sorry, I broke your plans with Gennady Golovkin.”
Bivol was referring to the trilogy battle planned for September 17 between Canelo and Golovkin. Instead, Alvarez stated that he plans to exercise his contractual right to an immediate rematch.
“It doesn’t end like this,” said Alvarez, who was ranked the #1 pound-for-pound fighter by ESPN.
Record
Canelo Alvarez is arguably the biggest boxing star in the world.
Alvarez, 29, has been boxing professionally since the age of 15. He has won multiple world titles in four different weight categories, including his most recent fight, when he jumped two weight classes in November and defeated Sergei Kovalev in the 11th round to win the WBO light heavyweight title.
In October 2018, Alvarez signed a five-year, 11-fight contract with sports streaming service DAZN worth at least $365 million. The deal was the largest in the game at the time (Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout would later sign a 12-year, 426.5 million deal). Alvarez’s deal eclipsed the terms of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s six-fight, 30-month contract with Showtime that guaranteed $200 million, though Mayweather earned additional money from PPV revenue generated from the deal.
Who won the fight
Canelo lvarez had three minutes to avert disaster, a round to knock out Dimitri Bivole and salvage what the world thought would be an easy win.
One minute into his last chance, lvarez, the Mexican superstar who fought over the Cinco de Mayo weekend, was being booed by a crowd that loved him. A minute later, Mike Tyson, sitting at the edge of the ring, decided he had seen a lot and left.
Alvarez was not one to turn away the miracle. He was not going to put the big bivol on his back. Surprisingly, the bivol was great. Nothing was working. And when the three minutes ended, with a few more clean shots from Bivole, the question was whether the three judges would win for the star of Saturday night’s show at the T-Mobile Arena.