In the wake of his loss to Dmitry Bivol in May last year, Canelo Alvarez called his Russian opponent a great champion and declared that he would “not give excuses“. Stating how Bivol intelligently managed his distance and “did enough to win,” Alvarez said, “I lost today and he won.” In this context, the Mexican boxer also admitted that he felt Bivol’s power in the fight. Likewise, he emphasized, “No excuses. I think that’s what happens in the sport of boxing, you win or lose“.
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However, recently, ahead of his upcoming bout with Jermell Charlo, the Undisputed Super Middleweight champion claimed he was recovering from a specific injury when he and Bivol shared the ring. Likewise, he stated that he could not give his 100% against Dmitry. While Canelo announced that he “shouldn’t have lost” against Bivol, fans branded his statements a lame excuse.
Canelo Alvarez is into mind games now?
Despite earlier announcing he did not have excuses, Alvarez recently informed that he “wasn’t 100% physically speaking” against Dmitry. According to Alvarez’s statements, due to a rib injury he suffered, he “couldn’t train 100%” and his “hand wasn’t 100%“. “I suffered a rib injury during training. I shouldn’t have fought,” Alvarez announced. In this context, he claimed that the defeat to Bivol was “still a pain in my heart“. “I still haven’t gotten over that moment. It affected me deeply because I shouldn’t have lost, I am simply better than him,” he added.
While Alvarez spoke about a rib injury, fans claimed he made excuses. As a result, one asked him to rematch Bivol right after the Charlo fight to prove that he was better than his Russian opponent.
then the rematch needs to be the next fight after Charlo can’t say this and then not do the rematch
However, one said, “EXCUSE EXCuse excuse.”
EXCUSE EXCuse excuse.
Given Alvarez’s statements, one hoped Errol Spence Jr. would also come up with something to justify his defeat to Terence Crawford.
Here we go with this shit🤣😂 I guess Errol should've said the samething
Meanwhile, one pointed out that Canelo was simply “OUT BOXED!”
He was out boxed! Not knocked out, OUT BOXED!
Similarly, a fan said that Bivol “outclassed” Canelo “plain and simple“.
Excuses excuses excuses. He outclassed you plain and simple. Calculated and didn’t give in to your mind games. Better keep that weight down because he’ll do the same again.
Finally, one spoke about the above-mentioned post-fight interview in which Alvarez announced he would “not give excuses”.
He went from no excuses during the post interview to 15 excuses per second now 😂 You cheapen your image champ cause even with all that we still dont see you beating Bivol sry
Hopefully, Canelo will rematch Bivol and get a chance to support his statements. Anyway, do you think Canelo is better than Bivol? Let us know in the comments below.
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