By Jack Tiernan: Canelo Alvarez’s coach Eddy Reynoso says it’s not a normal scenario for his fighter to be taking over the taller 6’0″ Dmitry Bivol this Saturday night time.
It’s no large deal for Reynoso that the 5’7 1/2″ Canelo is giving up 4 1/2″ inches in peak to the six-footer, contemplating that he’s already fought 5 opponents over six-foot throughout his 17-year skilled profession, and it’s nothing new for him to be preventing one other tall fighter like Bivol
Canelo’s tallest opponents:
- Caleb Plant – 6’1′
- Callum Smith – 6’3″
- Daniel Jacobs – 5’11”
- Avni Yildirim – 5’11 1/2″
- Rocky Fielding – 6’1″
- Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. – 6’1″
- Kermit Cintron – 5’11”
- Sergey Kovalev – 6’0″
- Gennadiy Golovkin – 5’10”
What may be harder is for Bivol to make the adjustment to preventing a man as brief as Canelo as a result of he’s been dealing with principally taller fighters throughout his eight-year skilled profession.
Bivol’s latest opponents:
- Umar Salamov – 6’3″
- Craig Richards – 6’1″
- Lenin Castillo – 6’0″
- Joe Smith Jr – 6’0
- Jean Pascal – 5’10”
- Isaac Chilemba – 6’0″
- Sullivan Barrera – 6’2″
- Cedric Agnew – 6’0″
“We’ve got at all times had taller boxers since he debuted,” stated Eddy Reynoso to the boxing media about Canelo Alvarez, having grown accustomed to preventing taller fighters like Dmitry Bivol.
“It was at all times challenges with him as a result of he’s a brief fighter, however he sees how far he has come along with his construct that he has identified find out how to use it. On Saturday, he must do the identical, what he has completed all his profession,” Reynoso stated of Canelo.
“Possibly when he moved as much as 168 kilos,” stated Bivol to Pro Boxing Fans, when requested how lengthy he’s wished to struggle Canelo. “I see his fights, and I see his good sides and his dangerous sides.
“No, I don’t need to discuss [Canelo’s bad sides]. I feel folks know what they’re and the weak sides that he has. I’d quite not talk about that proper now,” Bivol stated when requested in regards to the flaws in Canelo’s sport that he’s noticed.
“No, it doesn’t shock me as a result of he has an even bigger fanbase than me. It’s fantastic, and I settle for that,” Bivol stated when requested if he’s shocked that the judges have him because the underdog in opposition to Canelo.
“I anticipated this. It’s no drawback for me and a brand new problem for me. No, I don’t take into consideration that,” Bivol stated when requested if he considers what he’d achieve when it comes to being added to the pound-for-pound checklist if he beats Canelo.
“I solely take into consideration profitable this struggle and defending my belt. He’s a great boxing skilled? I don’t know; it’s simply his opinion,” Bivol stated when advised that Jake Paul is predicting a simple win for Canelo over him.
