Dmitrii Yuriyevich Bivol vs. Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán & Zhìlěi Zhāng vs. Scott Alexander RBR

The thing is, I'm all for debates and different sets of opinions, I mean it's the sole purpose of a forum.

There are a few people on here that thought Alvarez had the better shots and that it was a pretty close fight.

I mean fooking hell.. No words.

 

I actually scored 4 for Canelo and one was a pick ‘em. 2,4,6,9 and the 1st was pretty bland with nobody doing much of significance, so give that to whoever you like better I guess.

 

Bivol has that soviet pendulum counter down to perfection. Nelo felt those

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He picked Bivol and the over.

 

congrats bivol

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I'll put money on it should it happen.


Canelo looked like a tough old bull ( always dangerous) in there tonight but he tired, and looked skill wise that his prime days are now over.

He's no longer top dog. I'll be honest and say what I think in that it's down hill now for Canelo regardless of the weight he fights at.

I saw many flaws tonight that I hadn't seen before in him. He's past prime period, imo. Mexican beef or not.

 

@CST80 case in point.. Incredible.

 

Canelo with his overrated head bobbing against bivols straights is hilarious and was predictable

 

Risk was mitigated by how much better shape he was in than Canelo by those late rounds and the fact that he was able to impress the latter with his punches (Canelo's tough, disguised it as well as he could, but the shots were taking a toll). It would've been dumb to step in earlier in the fight, but those late rounds were Bivol's time to turn the screw. He did at least take more of a shot at it in 11 and 12 (I'd be interested to see how those were officially scored).

 

Agreed, Bivol won tonight, rightfully so…ain’t got a thing to do with GGG, he isn’t Bivol.

 

No, he wasn't fighting a 40 year old or a limited fighter for once.

 

Which of those rounds do you disagree with, since it’s so “incredible” it should be pretty easy to pick ‘em out.

 

Canelo's new style

Plod forward
Throw power shots
Stand back and admire work
Back up opponent
Throw power shots
Repeat

Same MO since Kovalev

Bivol just figured it out

Canelo abandoned his boxing years ago because it would not have worked against these bigger guys.