Who do you hope wins on Saturday, Bivol or Alvarez?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Perkin Warbeck, May 5, 2022.


Who will you be rooting for: Canelo Alvarez or Dimitry Bivol?

Poll closed May 10, 2022.

  1. Rooting for Bivol

    71 vote(s)
    57.7%

  2. Rooting fo Canelo

    17 vote(s)
    13.8%

  3. Neither, I just hope to see a good fight

    35 vote(s)
    28.5%

  4. I'm not interested in this fight

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. lobk

    lobk Original ESB Member Full Member

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    I’m just hopping the right guy gets the nod and there is no controversy. Would be great if either guy scores a knockout and eliminate any controversy.
     
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  2. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    What? Is this true?

    'Callum Smith make guaranteed purse for this fight upto $4 million and it will increase maximum to $7.5 million based on pay-per-view share if'

    'This is a big money for fight both boxers. Canelo is due to earn a guaranteed $40 million while also claiming 60% of PPV proceeds, per multiple reports. Plant is slated to earn a guaranteed $10 million plus 40% of PPV proceeds.'

    'Certainly, the Mexican boxing icon will make new records in the upcoming clash. As per reports, he will earn a guaranteed purse of $15million for a fight against Bivol.

    Moreover, the purse bid has already confirmed that he will get 70 percent of pay-per-view sales.

    Whereas his opponent, Bivol, who will compete in one of the biggest fights of his career, will get a guaranteed purse of $2million. This is probably the highest payday for the Russian pugilist. Moreover, he will clinch 30 percent of pay-per-view sales.'

    Bivol's highest purse is reputedly just $500,000. He's defended his title seven times
     
    Serge, May 6, 2022
    Serge, May 6, 2022
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  3. bulldoze

    bulldoze Member Full Member

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    We are still none the wiser.
     
    bulldoze, May 6, 2022
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  4. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot Live as if you were to die tomorrow Full Member

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    What the ****
     
    Ph33rknot, May 6, 2022
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  5. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I want to see Bivol win and for Canelo to stop feasting on the weak era he now fights in. He is a great fighter, but a little overrated. There is no way Canelo could have done much in an era of Spinks for example, but today boxing is watered down.
     
    PernellSweetPea, May 6, 2022
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  6. Levook

    Levook Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I just want to see a good fight and have the better man win. I really hope there is no controversy or freak incidents that make boxing look like a circus. A great fight with a clear, deserving victor & a good display of sportsmanship afterwards would be wonderful. Hopefully it will attract lots of new fans to boxing.
     
    Levook, May 6, 2022
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  7. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I want Bivol to win because he represents everything right and noble about our sport, is one of the nicest, most humble and likeable fighters in the sport, his highest payday despite making seven defences of his world title until now is $500k and he deserves the big money, and because Clenelo is the richest fighter in the sport and he has the judges in his pocket all the time, judges who have gifted wins to him after stealing them from his opponents numerous times. And he is also the poster boy for corruption in the sport and a ginger ****house toad who has a deck so stacked in his favour he's literally rolling with loaded dice and you have to spark him out cold for a fortnight to come away with a draw.
     
    Serge, May 6, 2022
    Serge, May 6, 2022
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  8. fistsof steel

    fistsof steel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good fight but Bivol has to TKO Canelo to win in Las Vegas can not see that happening.!!!
     
    fistsof steel, May 6, 2022
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  9. NullaLexInk

    NullaLexInk Sometimes a fella's just gotta be movin' on Full Member

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    I like Canelo's style and I'm not really all that familiar with Bivol since I've only got into boxing in the past year, but I'm a sucker for an upset too. I'll be happy with either one winning, as long as it's a genuinely earned victory.
     
    NullaLexInk, May 6, 2022
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  10. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Canelo is from a foreign country too. :deal:
    If he wins, good for him. Help from the officials is a matter of interpretation. We seen what happened when he legitimately beat GGG, many fans still accussd him of getting help from the officials. Blaming the judges for scoring it wrong has become a way for people to cope with or rationalize Canelo winning. It's all a bit mental. May the best man win.
     
    shadow111, May 7, 2022
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  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Versus Larry Mosley – Ray Corona – 99-91
    Versus Austin Trout – Stanley Christodoulou – 118-109
    Versus Floyd Mayweather – C.J. Ross – 114-114
    Versus Erislandy Lara – Levi Martinez – 117-111
    Versus Miguel Cotto – Dave Moretti – 119-109
    Versus Gennady Golovkin – Adalaide Byrd – 118-110

    Versus Kovalev

    Dave Moratti and Julie Lederman had Alvarez leading 96-94 at the time of the stoppage, while Don Trella had it 95-95
     
    Serge, May 7, 2022
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  12. Hanz Cholo

    Hanz Cholo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don’t care as long as the winner squares off with the winner of Smith vs Beterbiev.
     
    Hanz Cholo, May 7, 2022
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  13. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    Bivol obviously
     
    Robney, May 7, 2022
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  14. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Cringe.
     
    Babality, May 7, 2022
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  15. sdot_thadon

    sdot_thadon Active Member Full Member

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    Been watching Canelo since he was a kid, pre stardom, so no surprise I'd like to see him win. That said he's tap dancing on the boundary line of too far with his ambitions. I feel he's in more risk of losing fights than I've seen him in years, perhaps I'm wrong. But hoping he keeps pulling it off.
     
    sdot_thadon, May 7, 2022
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