Check for Canelo vs. Bivol on DAZN in your country
Check for Canelo vs. Bivol on DAZN in your country
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is boxing's pound-for-pound king and rightly so.
Winning world titles in multiple weight divisions, Canelo has often had to topple some of the best to claim the sport's biggest prize including Gennadiy Golovkin and Sergey Kovalev.
Now he faces another unbeaten fighter on Saturday in the form of WBA world light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol who is 19-0 (11 KOs) live on DAZN (except Mexico and Latin America).
But who are the fighters whose first loss inside the ring have come against Canelo, DAZN finds out below.
Canelo's unbeaten victims
- January 20 2006: Miguel Vazquez (debut) via split decision.
- February 10 2006: Pedro Lopez (0-0-1) with a first round KO.
- March 2 2007: Javier Martinez (debut) with a round eight stoppage.
- April 18 2008: Gabriel Martinez (17-0-1) after Martinez retired in his corner in round 11.
- February 21 2009: Euri Gonzalez (17-0-1) with a round 11 stoppage.
- April 20 2013: Austin Trout (26-0) via unaminous decision.
- September 17 2016: Liam Smith (23-0-1) with a round nine KO.
- September 15 2018: Gennadiy Golovkin (38-0-1) via majority decision.
- December 19 2020: Callum Smith (27-0) via unaminous decision.
- May 8 2021: Billy Joe Saunders (30-0) after Saunders retired in his corner in round eight.
- November 6 2021: Caleb Plant (21-0) with a round 11 stoppage.
Will Dmitry Bivol become Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez's twelfth unbeaten victim, find out on May 7 live on DAZN (except Mexico and Latin America).