On May 7, 2022, Dmitry Bivol (19-0, 11 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBA (Super) champion, defends his title against the reigning WBA, WBC, WBO, and The Ring super-middleweight champion Canelo Álvarez (57-1-2, 39 KOs).
Canelo Álvarez is coming in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate; his last fight was a 11th round TKO victory over Caleb Plant, 6 months and 1 day ago. Dmitry Bivol is on a 19-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Umar Salamov, 4 months and 26 days ago.
The winning odds are at 75.3-24.7 in favor of Dmitry Bivol. It is going to be a competitive fight and Canelo Álvarez will put up a very good fight, but Bivol will prevail.
Dmitry Bivol defeated Canelo Álvarez via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA (Super) light-heavyweight title. Bivol improves his record to 20-0, while Canelo adds a loss to his record at 57-2-2.