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Next fight of Saul Alvarez is not determined yet.
WBC decision to create a new Franchise belt met with great criticism in the boxing media. However, Mauricio Sulaiman believes that the new title, awarded to outstanding world champions exempting them from the mandatory title defenses, and it will contribute to the development of professional boxing at the highest level.
Despite the spectacular knockout of Sergey Kovalev and winning the championship belt in his fourth weight category, Saul Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs) wasn't able to climb in P4P rankings of ESPN channel.
Sergey Kovalev (34-4-1, 29 KOs) announced that he would not finish his career after Saturday's defeat to Saul Alvarez. 34-year old Russian plans a few weeks of rest and wants to return to the ring next spring.
Video of the fight, which was the main event of the evening in Las Vegas, and in which the highest-paid boxer of our time Canelo Alvarez was making a campaign for the title in his fourth weight division, where he met the owner of WBO belt Sergey Kovalev.
Fight for the WBO light heavyweight belt between Saul Alvarez (52-1-2, 35 KOs) and Sergei Kovalev (34-3-1, 29 KOs) will not begin before midnight ET. This battle will become the main event of the evening in Las Vegas, which will be held live on DAZN in the US.
