'It doesn't end like this,' Canelo said before leaving the ring.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Canelo Alvarez paused on his way to the ring to pose with his right fist high in the air, basking in the adulation of thousands of his frenzied fans expecting nothing more on this Cinco de Mayo weekend than another big win by a fighter already considered one of Mexico's all-time greats.
And now the questions begin. Did Alvarez take too big of a risk moving up to 175 pounds to take on a tough champion in Bivol? Did the loss to the Russian damage the legacy Alvarez has built in the last decade along with his status as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world? Bivol was more than that on this night. He was a bigger, slicker fighter who did what Alvarez usually does to his opponents - impose his will on the man across the ring from him.
"We talked going into this fight how good Dmitry Bivol is, how tough this fight was and it was a punch-perfect performance," said Eddie Hearn, who promotes Alvarez."He had to box exactly the way he did to win the fight. Did Canelo look a little bit flat? Did he look tired? I think it was the brilliance of Dmitry Bivol."
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