After the defeat of the leader of the pound-for-pound, the absolute champion of the second middleweight (up to 76.2 kg) from Mexico Canelo Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) in a fight against the WBA super champion from Russia Dmitry Bivol (20-0 , 11 KOs), shared their instant reaction to what happened: unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkinwelterweight division champion Terence CrawfordESPN sportswriter Max Kellermanabsolute world champion Clarissa Shieldslightweight champion Devin HaneyUnified Super Featherweight Champion Shakur StevensonMiddleweight title holder Jermall CharloUFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usmanmartial arts columnist Teddy Atlaslight division avenue Ryan Garcia and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather.
Gennady Golovkin: “Congratulations to Bivol on the win. It was great. Keep up the good work.”
Terence Crawford: “Canelo is losing.”
“It’s over. I don’t see him knocking out Bivol.”
“Bivol did it!!! Congratulations.”
“We know who’s number 1 now.”
“I didn’t lose.” Canelo Alvarez made a statement after the fight with Bivol
Max Kellerman: “What just happened in the ring is not a surprise. It was the toughest fight to win that Canelo could take at 79.4kg and under.”
Clarissa Shields: “I never thought I’d see Canelo lose again. I definitely didn’t do my homework on Bivol. Wow.”
Devin Haney: “The boxer always prevails … Canelo is also a boxer, but he put too much on his strength.”
Shakur Stevenson: “The fight is over. Canelo lost.”
Jermall Charlo: “Oh my ****sky god.”
“I just beat Canelo.” Press conference of Dmitry Bivol
Kamaru Usman: “For the sake of the fee !!!?”.
Teddy Atlas: “Well, they wanted to rob Bivol by keeping the score close, but they couldn’t. The fight wasn’t that close.”
Ryan Garcia: “Canelo lost pretty easily. The only way I could see Bivol lose was if the judges decided to steal his victory. You can’t win by just throwing punches on the hands, they don’t count punches.”
“Congratulations to Bivol. You are a great, dedicated and disciplined fighter. Great performance!!!”
Floyd Mayweather: “Easy raise money.”
Mayweather bet on Bivol’s victory: how much Floyd won
