Bivol: I will fight the best in the world

WBA World Light Heavyweight Champion Dmitry Bivol (19-0, 11 KOs) May 7 in Las Vegas will fight with the super middleweight king Saul Alvarez (57-1-2, 39 KOs) and is going to show the world all the richness of his boxing arsenal.

“I believe in my skill and in my victory. I look forward to the May confrontation. My team and I wanted this fight, and we are happy that it will take place in the USA,” Bivol said.

“I am fighting one of the best fighters in the world, maybe the best. I want people to remember me and learn about my skills, see what I'm capable of. This is a great fight that will give me the opportunity to achieve my next goals. But first I have to beat Canelo, ”added the Russian.

Earlier, the leadership of the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO issued a joint statement announcing the non-sanctioning of boxing fights in Russia in connection with the military invasion of Ukraine. The vast majority of Russian boxers were excluded from the ratings.

Canelo vs. Bivol probably won't have a championship belt on the line, but the fight will go ahead, perhaps mostly because there's a lot of money invested in it. This, of course, is highly controversial, and many observers talk about the influence of the owner of the DAZN platform, the oligarch Leonid Blavatnik, on this situation.