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Saúl Canelo Álvarez fell for the second time in his career after losing against Dmitry Bivol by unanimous decision, despite the fact that the Mexican boxer stated after the fight that Bivol had only won 4 or 5 rounds at most.
The popular and expert Mike Tyson explained what the boxer from Guadalajara lacked to cause damage to the Russian boxer. Iron Mike, who was in the front row with his wife to see the fight, explained that the jab would have been key for Canelo Álvarez.
“I just think if Canelo had used his jab effectively, hard, his opponent wouldn’t have been able to get in” .
Tyson uploaded a video to social networks in which he explained how to use the jab and even practiced with a bag how the Mexican had to hit his rival to cause damage.
“The guy was coming in because he wasn’t worried about Canelo’s jab. So he became more aggressive, he became brave. ‘If he’s not hitting me, he has no defense.’ If he uses the jab, the opponent is going to walk directly towards him like he did.” Finally, he advised Álvarez: “In the next fight, use your jab and it will be a new fight.”
In addition to the use of the jab as an offensive , Tyson also detailed his errors in defense that cost him to be hit hard on several occasions by Bivol on the ropes.
“When Bivol was punching, Canelo should have moved, dodging the jab, anticipating the combination coming up behind. If he dodged the jab, the opponent would not cast the combination”.
“I told my wife during the fight and then I saw that she started using it, so I guess her corner warned her”, Tyson settled .
The three judges scored the fight 115-113 in favor of Bivol (20-0), who retained his WBA light heavyweight world championship. The fight was more uneven than the judges’ ballots indicated (Real America News scored 9 rounds for the Russian).
Canelo, who saw a chain of 16 fights without defeat since his stumble against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2013, said that he would like to have a rematch: “This does not stay like this”.
But judging Apparently Saturday night, that might be a bad idea for the 31 year old from Guadalajara.
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