Canelo Alvarez Reveals Why He ‘Cant Do’: Boxing News: Canelo Alvarez has, at last, explained why his humiliatingly one-sided victory against Dmitry Bivol last year prevented a rematch from taking place. Follow Boxing News Updates with InsideSports.IN.
Canelo (59-2-2, 39 KOs), without elaborating, claims that he “tried” to make the rematch happen but Bivol (21-0, 11 KOs) started making demands.
Canelo instead fought the 41-year-old Gennady Golovkin and John Ryder in back-to-back bouts rather than persevering to negotiate the battle with the skilled WBA light heavyweight champion Bivol.
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Canelo Alvarez Reveals Why He ‘Cant Do’ Dmitri Bivol Rematch
For his undisputed super middleweight title fight against Canelo, Bivol reportedly wanted to drop from 175 to 168 because he didn’t want the Mexican superstar to use one of his two available defences—fighting outside of his natural weight class—as an excuse for his loss.
Canelo’s left wrist ailment was his other justification. Canelo avoided facing Bivol in a rematch despite having surgery to correct the issue, which has solidified the perception that he wanted to avoid being thoroughly outclassed by the more technically adept Bivol.
Canelo Alvarez Reveals Why He ‘Cant Do’ Dmitri Bivol Rematch- “Best Option”
Canelo Alvarez Explicates Why a Bivol Rematch Was Abandoned: “I Tried But He Started Asking For Things”
As per a Twitter post shared by Michael Benson, it said “ Canelo Alvarez on the Dmitry Bivol rematch not happening: “I tried. I tried but he started asking for things and it made everything hard. Then I thought the best option was to move and start working with PBC. I’d like to have that rematch, but right now we can’t do that.”
It is safe to state that Canelo won’t fight Bivol again because he is aware that he cannot win the bout. It’s not so much the size of Bivol that Canelo can’t handle.
It’s the abilities. Canelo is a man who essentially trains by himself by imitating other fighters he watches on television. Unfortunately, Canelo never learned the foundations of the sport since the boxers he emulated were those who were successful because of their hand speed or strength. Canelo’s offensive strategy against Bivol was one-dimensional; he relied heavily on single punches, avoided throwing combos and aimed for the knockout with each strike. Bivol, on the other hand, concentrated on landing three-punch combos and lit up Canelo like a Christmas tree.
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