Canelo/Bivol. Sunday. DAZN.

[diehard]

Canelo Alvarez 174.4 vs. Dmitry Bivol 174.6
(WBA light heavyweight title)

Montana Love 140 vs. Gabriel Gollaz 138.6
Shakhram Giyasov 146.6 vs. Christian Gomez 146
Marc Castro 134.8 vs. Pedro Vicente 134.8
Zhilei Zhang 276.2 vs. Scott Alexander 222.6
Joselito Velazquez 112.4 vs. Jose Soto 113.8
Alexis Espino 163.6 vs. Aaron Silva 164.4
Elnur Abduraimov 129.6 vs. Manuel Correa 128.6
Fernando Molina 139.6 vs. Ricardo Valdovinos 139.4

Venue: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
Promoter: Matchroom
TV: DAZN PPV, DAZN

[diehard]

Canelo is a 5:1 Favorite

Canelo Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol odds and ends…

Odds courtesy http://www.BetOnline.ag.

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez -500 (1/5)
Dmitry Bivol +400 (4/1)

Will the Fight go the Scheduled Distance?
Yes -250 (2/5)
No +200 (2/1)

Method of Victory
Saul Alvarez by Decision or Technical Decision 5/8
Saul Alvarez by KO, TKO or DQ 5/2
Dmitry Bivol by Decision or Technical Decision 13/2
Dmitry Bivol by KO, TKO or DQ 11/1
Draw or Technical Draw 18/1


Saul Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol Round Betting
Saul Alvarez – Round Betting
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ Round 8 18/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ Round 9 18/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ Round 10 20/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ Round 7 20/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ Round 11 22/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ Round 6 22/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ Round 12 25/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ Round 5 25/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ Round 4 28/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ Round 3 40/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ Round 2 50/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ Round 1 80/1

Dmitry Bivol – Round Betting
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ Round 10 50/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ Round 7 50/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ Round 8 50/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ Round 9 50/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ Round 11 66/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ Round 12 66/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ Round 5 66/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ Round 6 66/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ Round 3 80/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ Round 4 80/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ Round 1 100/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ Round 2 100/1

Round Group Betting
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 7 to 9 7/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 10 to 12 17/2
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 4 to 6 19/2
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 7 to 9 20/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 1 to 3 22/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 10 to 12 25/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 4 to 6 28/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 1 to 3 50/1

Round Group Betting
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 7 to 8 19/2
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 9 to 10 19/2
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 11 to 12 12/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 5 to 6 12/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 3 to 4 18/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 7 to 8 28/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 9 to 10 28/1
Saul Alvarez by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 1 to 2 33/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 11 to 12 33/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 5 to 6 33/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 3 to 4 50/1
Dmitry Bivol by KO/TKO/DQ in Round 1 to 2 66/1

[Kiwi]

Is it free on DAZN or not?

Also - how much is DAZN now?

[diehard]

Yes Kiwi, so far, so good. Nothing to indicate on my DAZN app that it's extra. Are you subscribed? Did you get a notice like bart that prices are going up this month?

[diehard]

Fight starts at High Noon! $$$???...so far, so good.

[Kiwi]

$14.99 to rejoin DAZN

Hmmmmm

[diehard]

Yep, you've fallen under the bart spell.  $15 a month.  Used to be $3 a month.  Mrs D thinks it happens at the time they take out your payment.  Of course, I never got a letter like bart did.  She thinks that we signed up for a year, and they can't touch the price until it comes due.  Come on Hearn, get with it!  Did I tell you that me and Eddie got back a long way???

But my question was, do you currently have DAZN where you can watch Canelo today at High Noon?

[diehard]

Be happy though. I'm hearing DAZN subscribers are paying $70 or so to watch today's fight.

[diehard]

Canelo-Bivol undercard results

By Miguel Maravilla

Lightweight Elnur Abduraimov (9-0, 8 KO’s) of Uzbekistan scored a second round knockout over Cuba’s Manuel Correa (11-1, 8 KO’s). Abduraimov dropped Correa multiple times as the referee stopped the fight at 2:43 of round two.

In the opening bout from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, super lightweight prospect Fernando Angel Molina (8-0, 3 KO’s) of Guadalajara, Mexico edged out a split decision over a very game Ricardo Valdovinos (8-2, 5 KO’s). Molina boxed well but Valdovinos gave him all he can handle in going the distance. It was a hard-fought battle as Valdovinos rallied in the final round dropping Molina. After six rounds, the judges scored the bout 58-56, 57-56 for Molina and 57-56 for Valdovinos.

[diehard]

Canelo Alvarez-Dmitry Bivol: Stats and Stakes
BY CLIFF ROLD
Published Sat May 07, 2022, 01:31 AM EDT
Momentum is a funny thing.

Saul Alvarez has it. One can look at his lack of losses since the Floyd Mayweather fight and see his position in 2022 as a result of a constant. It’s not. There's been a different level to Alvarez since the rematch victory over Gennady Golovkin. Caleb Plant, Sergey Kovalev, and Daniel Jacobs gave him good fights but there hasn’t been anyone since that rematch that felt like they were going to beat him.

Alvarez might be facing the man with the best shot at it since Golovkin in 2018 (DAZN PPV, 8 PM EST).

Dmitry Bivol had momentum. Though he’s never been what one would call a thriller, Bivol was building a nice resume. In the dying days of HBO Boxing, he was one of the young guys they were putting some heat behind, culminating in a one-sided victory over former champion Jean Pascal. The string of good outings continued into the early days of DAZN with a one-sided rout of current, then future, titlist Joe Smith Jr.

Bivol hasn’t looked much different since. The quality of competition has. Taking all of 2020 off, Bivol has fought only three times since the win over Smith in March 2019. They were fights he could have won in his sleep and Bivol went about his work. The Craig Richards fight was closer on the cards then it was in the ring. It’s been easy to forget Bivol is out there, still no worse than second best at light heavyweight.

Saturday, in an excellent contest on paper, momentum could swing wildly.

Let’s get into it.

Stats and Stakes

Dmitry Bivol

Age: 31

Titles: WBA Light Heavyweight (2017-Present, 8 Defenses)

Previous Titles: None

Height: 6’0

Weight: 174 ½ lbs.

Stance: Orthodox

Hails from: Tokmak, Kyrgyzstan

Record: 19-0, 11 KO

Press Rankings: #1 (TBRB), #2 (Ring, ESPN), #3 (BoxRec)

Record in Major Title Fights: 8-0, 3 KO (11-0, 4 KO including interim title fights)

Last Five Opponents: 119-11-3 (.906)

Notable Outcomes, TBRB and/or Ring Rated Foes: Sullivan Barrera TKO12; Joe Smith Jr. UD12

Additional Current/Former Titlists Faced: Jean Pascal UD12

Vs.

Saul Alvarez

Age: 31

Titles: Ring/WBC/WBA Super Middleweight (2020-Present, 2 Defenses); WBO Super Middleweight (2021-Present, 1 Defense); Lineal/TBRB/IBF Super Middleweight (2021-Present, 0 Defenses)

Previous Titles: WBC Super Welterweight (2011-13, 6 Defenses); Ring Jr. Middleweight (2013); WBC Middleweight (2015-16, 1 Defense); TBRB Middleweight (2015-17); WBO Jr. Middleweight (2016-17); Ring World Middleweight (2015-18, 2 Defenses); IBF Middleweight (2019); Lineal World Middleweight (2015-20, 4 Defenses); TBRB/Ring/WBC/WBA Middleweight (2018-Present, 1 Defense)

Height: 5’8

Weight: 174 ¼ lbs.

Stance: Orthodox

Hails from: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Record: 57-1-2, 39 KO

Record in Major Title Fights: 17-1-1, 10 KO (18-1-1, 11 KO including WBA sub-title fights)

Last Five Opponents: 133-5-1 (.960)

Notable Outcomes, TBRB and/or Ring Rated Foes: Ryan Rhodes TKO12; Josesito Lopez TKO5; Austin Trout UD12; Floyd Mayweather Jr. L12; Erislandy Lara SD12; Miguel Cotto UD12; Amir Khan KO6; Liam Smith KO9; Gennady Golovkin D12, MD12; Rocky Fielding TKO3; Daniel Jacobs UD12; Sergey Kovalev KO11; Callum Smith UD12; Billy Joe Saunders RTD8; Caleb Plant TKO11

Additional Current/Former Titlists Faced: Miguel Vazquez SD4, UD10; Carlos Baldomir KO6; Lovemore N’Dou UD12; Kermit Cintron TKO5; Shane Mosley UD12; Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. UD12

The Pick: Bivol maintains the standard of opposition we’ve come to expect from Alvarez. It’s his fourth undefeated opponent in five starts and eighth opponent ranked in the top ten by TBRB or Ring in Alvarez’s last nine starts. Competing for the second time in his fourth weight class, Alvarez gives up several inches in height, a little bit of reach, but counters with a whole lot more experience.

Alvarez also has more variety in his game, mixing in a heavy-handed body attack with deft counter punching, excellent head movement, and smart feet. If he can get to the ribs early, a Bivol who uses his legs a lot could find a long road in the second half of the fight.

Alvarez has to get to his body first.

Bivol also has good feet, quick hands, and a really good jab. Bivol isn’t flashy but his fundamentals are excellent. He throws a textbook 1-2 and has an underrated left hook. Bivol isn’t a consistent body puncher, but he has a long right to the body he can employ and one he used well against Sullivan Barrera.

This could end up looking a little like Alvarez’s fight against Erislandy Lara with both men thinking in spots where fans might want to see them throwing. Bivol is bigger than Lara and should be more active than the Cuban was that night and if he can get into his in and out rhythm the chance is there to give Alvarez fits.

Alvarez though is in a groove that makes it hard to pick against him until we see him lose again. It’s hard to shake the idea that Bivol has to win more than seven rounds to win this fight too. This could be one folks are arguing about when it’s over but the smart pick is Alvarez by decision.

Rold Picks 2022: 19-5