Canelo Alvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol fight prediction, undercard, odds, start time, expert pick, preview

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one would think there is a limit to how high he can eventually rise in weight and still be effective.

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Luckily, for pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez, he doesn't believe in limitations of any kind.

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Fresh off a 2021 fighter of the year campaign in which he became the first undisputed champion in super middleweight history

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Alvarez (57-1-2, 39 KOs) will move back up to 175 pounds on Saturday to challenge WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (19-0, 11 KOs) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas

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Three years removed from his last light heavyweight fight, when he knocked out Sergey Kovalev to claim the WBC title before immediately vacating it,

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the 31-year-old Alvarez will take on Bivol during the same week his promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport,

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revealed that Alvarez might be willing to challenge for the unified heavyweight title if Oleksandr Usyk,

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a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, was willing to accept a catchweight of 201 pounds.

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