The world of boxing has become accustomed to wins by Canelo Alvarez.
Considered one of the world's best pound-for-pound fighter, he has held championships in four different weight classes and had lost just one fight in his career, which came back in 2013 to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
That's why the combat sports world was rattled on Saturday when the unanimous decision came down against Alvarez in his light heavyweight clash against Dmitry Bivol, who retained the WBA (Super) light heavyweight title.
Nobody saw the upset coming as Bivol entered the fight as a +400 underdog.
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With the loss, Alvarez moved to 57-2-2 in his career, while Bivol improved his the spotless start to his boxing career to 20-0.
The fight drew out plenty of commentary from the sports world, including a successful bet from Mayweather and a challenge from Jake Paul.
Ayyo @Canelo I got next
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) May 8, 2022
ferguson upkicked COLD by chandler
— Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) May 8, 2022
oliveira chokes out gaethje but can’t win title
AND canelo got outboxed 🤯
crazy night in combat sports…
‼️ Dmitry Bivol BEATS Canelo Alvarez in a huge upset, masterfully outboxing the pound-for-pound king to win a unanimous decision. Canelo's first defeat since Floyd Mayweather in 2013, Bivol retains his WBA light-heavyweight world title. Wow.
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) May 8, 2022
We know who #1 is now 🤷🏿♂️
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) May 8, 2022
The boxer always prevails… Canelo is also a boxer but banked on his power to much
— Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) May 8, 2022
A lot went into Canelo losing tonight, Bivol was great, tall, strategic, in shape, threw combinations and had a GREAT CHIN! We all know Canelo punches hard! But he couldn’t hurt Bivol well conditioned and just a bigger guy! Canelo also only had 4 games plans. But a rematch?…
— Claressa Gwoat Shields (@Claressashields) May 8, 2022
Well they wanted to rob Bivol by keeping it close but they couldn’t. Fight was not that close. #canelobivol #boxing — Teddy Atlas (@TeddyAtlasReal) May 8, 2022
Respect to Canelo tho he take big risk 💯
— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) May 8, 2022
Congratulations Bivol you are a great dedicated and disciplined fighter. Great performance!!!! #CaneloBivol — RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) May 8, 2022