Canelo Alvarez finally met his match in Dmitry Bivol, a 31-year-old Russian light heavyweight who proved at T-Mobile Arena that pound-for-pound greatness has its limits.
Boxing
Dmitry Bivol outboxed Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez to win a unanimous decision and silence the pro-Alvarez crowd at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.
Alvarez (57-1-2, 39 knockouts) on Saturday faces another undefeated champion, his fourth such foe in his last five fights.
Dmitry Bivol takes on Canelo Alvarez in the main event Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.
Canelo Alvarez’s promoter said Wednesday that Las Vegas is “definitely the front-runner” to host the third fight between Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin this fall.
Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s pound-for-pound king, will challenge WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol for his belt Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Stevenson outclassed the game Valdez and earned the win by scores of 118-109, 118-109 and 117-110.
Nico Ali Walsh needed just 2 minutes, 50 seconds Saturday night to turn a chorus of boos into a cacophony of cheers inside MGM Grand Garden.
WBO junior lightweight champion Skakur Stevenson will fight WBC champ Oscar Valdez in the main event of a Top Rank card Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden.
Because he marred his last outing Sept. 10 against Robson Conceicao with a subpar performance — and a preceding positive test for a banned substance — Oscar Valdez seeks redemption.
Floyd Mayweather says he’ll put $20M on the line if an NFL team is willing to sign former Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown.
Errol Spence Jr. spoke with the Review-Journal about his upcoming fight and preparation for Yordenis Ugas, whom he fights Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Yordenis Ugas, the WBA welterweight champion, nearly quit the sport he loves so deeply a few years after a dangerous defection from his native Cuba.
Sebastian Fundora (19-0-1, 13 knockouts) pummeled fellow 154-pound contender Erickson Lubin (24-2, 17 KOs) at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, to secure the WBC’s interim title.
Sebastian Fundora, an unbeaten 6-foot-6-inch super welterweight, is fighting Erickson Lubin on Saturday at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
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