Less than a month before Canelo Álvarez's long-awaited fight against Dmitry Bivol, where the Mexican will test his physical condition to climb the light heavyweight and snatch the World Boxing Association (WBA) belt, one of the topics that has jumped in the fans is the ranking of the best Libra for Pound .
After becoming the undisputed champion of supermiddleweight during 2021, the tapatio rose in the whole for different experts, so several portals ranked him at the top, among which ESPN and Boxrec, two of the most popular boxing magazines internationally, stood out.
The last update of the two magazines put him back in first place, so he firmly positions himself as the best pound-for-pound boxer of the moment; however, one of the lists caused controversy in the results.
According to the Boxrec ranking, the most consulted statistics site in the world of boxing, Canelo was ranked number one, but followed by Kazakh Gennady Golovkin, who did not fight for more than a year, but after his victory against Ryoto Murata returned to the top of the table.
This was heavily criticized by the fans, as despite his imposing record of 42 wins, a draw and a single defeat, the fighter from Kazakhstan was out of activity for 16 months.
Triple G returned to action until his knockout victory against Olympic champion Murata, whom he defeated in nine rounds at the Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, for which he successfully defended his belts from the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF), and the Organization International Boxing (OIB), which could test again against Saul Álvarez himself.
1. Saul Alvarez, 871 points
2. Gennady Golovkin, 690 points
3. Terence Crawford, 490 points
4. Tyson Fury, 482 points
5. Oleksandr Usyk, 427 points
6 Anthony Joshua, 244 points
7. Mairis Briedis, 238 points
8. Deontay Wilder, 209 points
9. Callum Smith, 201 points
10. Artur Beterbiev, 193 points
Other controversial names on the list, besides the 40-year-old Kazakh, are those of the British Callum Smith or the Austrian Mairis Briedis, who do not appear in other rankings for the best pound-for-pound boxers, but who enter the Top 10 boxers for Boxrec.
When will Canelo Alvarez's next fight be?
The expectation and excitement for a new match by Saúl Alvarez increases as the date approaches, so in recent days the content related to combat has increased, which is scheduled for next Saturday, May 7 at the T-Mobile in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The fight will be broadcast in Mexico on open television through TV Azteca and Televisa, while in the United States it will be broadcast on the streaming platform DAZN, the company that has worked hand in hand with Canelo in recent months, especially because of its relationship with the promoter of Eddy Hearn, Matchroom Boxing.
Canelo Álvarez recently spoke to ESPN about the way he is preparing the fight against the Russian boxer, where in the middle of his statements he spoke about the new vegan diet that you have implemented and are comfortable with.
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