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Boxing News’ 2022 Upset of the Year: Dmitry Bivol W UD 12 Canelo Alvarez

Dmitry Bivol takes the Upset of the Year award for his brilliant display against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in May

BN Staff

3rd January, 2023

Boxing News’ 2022 Upset of the Year: Dmitry Bivol W UD 12 Canelo Alvarez
Dmitry Bivol attacks Saul "Camelo" Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena on May 7, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

1 Dmitry Bivol W UD 12 Saul “Canelo” Alvarez

Even though we knew Bivol was good going into this fight, and even though there was always the risk of Alvarez one day biting off more than he could chew, that should take nothing away from the way in which Bivol outclassed and played with “Canelo” back in May. In control from first bell to last, Bivol refused to let Alvarez’s reputation have any sort of impact on him and stayed true to his boxing fundamentals, silencing a vocal Mexican crowd in Las Vegas to take a unanimous decision after 12 rounds.

2 Jai Opetaia W UD 12 Mairis Briedis

3 Martin Bakole W MD 10 Tony Yoka

4 James Metcalf W UD 10 Kerman Lejarraga

5 Luis Alberto Lopez W MD 12 Josh Warrington

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