Bivol dominated him and barely got the nod, as champion. At 168, Canelo being the champion is the excuse they’ll need to score the fight for him. He waited years to give Golovkin a third fight.
Bivol gave Canelo a chance to fight for the 175 title. Bivol gave him a boxing lesson ,kicked his butt. Yet still the Vegas judges made it look like a close fight. Even those judges couldn't bring themselves to give Canelo their usual "Vegas" scorecards to give him a ludicrous draw like they did against GGG 1 & even worse gave him a vegas "win" in GGG2. Bivol whupped Canelo fair & square Bivol is the A side. Canelo needs to shut his mouth & stop trying to act as though he's something special because He's NOT!!!!!!!
I like Kornilov, like Team Usyk and World of Boxing, he has a reputation of being a straight shooter and easy to deal with, and all they demand is fair treatment and to be treated with respect. He's right about the judges in the first fight. Bivol dominated the fight but they still only had him winning by a solitary round. Treat me right, and I'll treat you back right.
I like the idea a lot, wish he would fight Beterbiev first though. That fight is like some meat that's past the sell by date and we think it's still good but we're wondering what that smell coming from the fridge is.
And your point being? Canelo has wanted the Bivol fight since the night they first fought. Heck, Canelo even wanted an immediate rematch but he had already signed with Golovkin, plus DAZN wanted the Golovkin trilogy as well.
Not smart. Why go to 168, you beat him, then you have to kind of drain yourself. If Benavidez can make 168, so can Bivol though, but not smart. Will watch the fight regardless.
Sounds like he's begging for the payday and falling into Canelo's trap. Overconfident like Golovkin. These fighters never learn. He almost 'lost' last time. With the extra edge Canelo gets here, I could see Bivol losing this on the cards. If he pulls it off, great, but seems very stupid, especially when he has the leverage of having the win over Canelo.
Canelo will do everything in his power to stack things in his favour against his Korean-Moldovan papi or just avoid it.
The risk for Canelo to lose belts and prestige in 168. It is most likely that he will not let Bivol into this harbor.