Canelo Alvarez Duel Against Russian Boxer Dmitry Bivol Ready To Be Held, WBC President: Sport Must Be On The Sidelines Of War Conflict, Athletes Are Not Involved

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JAKARTA - Despite the fact that some boxing figures such as Mike Tyson strongly criticized Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the boxing match between Tsar Land fighters, Dmitry Bivol vs Saul Canelo Alvarez is ready to be held.

Mauricio Sulaimán, president of the World Boxing Council (WBC), explained that next May 7 in Las Vegas, Nevada, a fight between two boxers will take place, as it is an opportunity to show the world that boxing is above politics.

"It would be a shame to try to cross out a fight between "Canelo" and Bivol; so I'm glad this fight happened and in the ring both opponents can show that boxing is far above politics," said Solomon.

Since March 1, the head of professional boxing has stated that the WBC will not exclude fights involving Russian and Belarusian athletes. He considered that sportsmen were not part of the war conflict.

In this case, Sulaiman guarantees that fans will be treated to an exciting battle between Canelo and Bivol.

"This is a complicated matter because of what happened, but we have also said that the boxers are not to blame for anything. I am happy that a fight that has nothing to do with this conflict will happen," he argued.

In this way, the current best Mexican fighter, who is also the world Super Middleweight champion, will face a champion who, despite being unbeaten by several fighters, does not represent an opponent at his level.

Canelo, who hails from Guadalajara, Jalisco, has only lost one loss in his record 59 fights. Meanwhile, Russian champions Bivol collected 19 wins.