Canelo Alvarez wants rematch against Dmitry Bivol and says he did not deserve to lose fight

Canelo Alvarez suffered the second defeat of his profession towards Dmitry Bivol (Getty)

Canelo Alvarez insists he needs a rematch towards Dmitry Bivol and believes he didn't should lose their combat in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

The Mexican suffered the second defeat of his profession as Bivol produced a masterclass to retain his WBA gentle heavyweight title.

All three judges scored the competition 115-113 in favour of Bivol, nonetheless, many felt that the 31-year-old Russian had gained by an much more comfy margin.

Alvarez was tipped for a trilogy combat towards Gennady Golovkin later this 12 months, however following his loss, Canelo now says he needs to face Bivol for a second time.

‘Sure, we wish the rematch and we need to do significantly better within the rematch,’ Canelo mentioned after his defeat.

‘I really feel that always judges rating issues that maybe they shouldn’t, for instance I used to be blocking photographs and I used to be rolling punches, and I believe typically that’s the place the error could have been made.’

Canelo Alvarez says he by no means felt he was behind throughout the combat (Getty)

Requested if he thought he was ever behind on the scorecards throughout the combat, Canelo replied: ‘No.’

And when requested if he would’ve thought in another way had he identified he was behind, Canelo mentioned: ‘Extra aggressively, I believe.’

Dmitry Bivol has retained his WBA gentle heavyweight title (AFP through Getty)

Bivol, in the meantime, revealed after the combat that he exploited Canelo’s tendency to throw extra energy punches.

‘The entire combat I used to be centered, I noticed he threw solely exhausting punches, and after exhausting punches he was just a little bit drained,’ mentioned Bivol.

‘Canelo is an efficient fighter for a counter-puncher, however I made him be extra ahead and I used to be the counter-puncher at this time, and this was the important thing.’

All three judges scored the combat 115-113 in favour of Dmitry Bivol (NSAC)

Talking after the combat, Eddie Hearn praised Bivol for his ‘excellent’ defensive show towards Canelo.

‘We talked going into this combat about how good Dmitry Bivol is, how robust this combat approach, and it was a punch-perfect efficiency,’ mentioned Hearn.

‘He needed to field precisely the way in which he boxed to win that combat. The judges had it proper for me. He gained the combat. Did Canelo look just a little bit flat? Did he look drained? I believe it was the brilliance of Dmitry Bivol.

‘You noticed his arms after the combat. He caught almost all the pieces on the glove.

‘His protection was excellent, his toes have been nice. He was aggressive sufficient within the combat to win the rounds.

‘A giant, huge shock, however tonight belongs to Dmitry Bivol.’

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