Canelo Álvarez Doesn’t Believe He Lost To Dmitry Bivol: “I Think He Won Four Or Five Rounds Maximum”

Undisputed super middleweight champion, Canelo Álvarez, doesn’t feel he lost to undefeated WBA light heavyweight champ, Dmitry Bivol on Saturday night.

Álvarez spoke with reporters during the post-fight conference following his unanimous decision defeat to Bivol over the weekend and revealed he believes the 31-year-old Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan native only maybe took four or five rounds from him at best. 

“Personally, I’m feeling good. I’m not giving any excuses. I do feel that I won the fight,” Álvarez said (h/t Bad Left Hook). “I think perhaps, maybe I lost four or five rounds, but I definitely didn’t lose the fight. I think I got a little bit tired towards the final rounds, but I felt good. We’ll see what’s next. Maybe the weight was a slight issue, and I didn’t feel 100 percent during the fight. I’m always looking for difficult fights. I went up and looked for this difficult fight. Naturally, I feel good at 168, but I’m always up for challenges. That’s boxing. Tonight I was looking for greatness. I think as I said, he won four or five rounds maximum. I felt a little bit fatigued going into the final rounds. Perhaps it was because of the fight. But personally, I feel as I said, that he only won four or five rounds.”

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