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March 2, 2022; San Diego, California, USA; Saul \u0093Canelo\u0094 Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol face off for the first time at the Sheraton Hotel in San Diego, California ahead of their May 7, 2022 bout. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland\/Matchroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Canelo Alvarez<\/strong> and Dmitry Bivol<\/strong> came face-to-face today in San Diego to officially launch their clash at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday May 7, with Bivol defending his WBA World Light-Heavyweight title against the pound for pound king on Cinco de Mayo weekend Sin City.
 
The May 7 blockbuster will be available to subscribers around the world on DAZN, excluding Latin America and Mexico. In the U.S. & Canada, the event will be offered exclusively on DAZN Pay-Per View (PPV) – newly introduced for very select events to come – and priced at $59.99 for current subscribers and $79.99 for new subscribers (inclusive of a one-month subscription to DAZN).
 
An announcement on ticket on-sale dates and prices will be made due course.
 
Canelo Alvarez<\/strong>
 
\u201cThank you to Dmitry Bivol for the opportunity to fight for your world championship, thank you so much. I\u2019m glad to be back with Eddie Hearn and working with him, with DAZN, I\u2019m really excited for this year.
 
\u201cWhen I work hard and do my best in the ring, I make a good fight for the fans. Thank you everybody and I\u2019ll see you on May 7.
 
\u201cI don\u2019t care, I like challenges, it makes me feel alive \u2013 challenges for me in everything in my life. I like a good challenge and now I have a very good fighter in front of me and I\u2019m excited for this fight.
 
\u201cBivol is a really tough fighter and it\u2019s going to be a really good fight for Cinco de Mayo weekend with my people in Las Vegas \u2013 Mexican weekend. I\u2019m really excited and I\u2019m going to prepare really well because this fight is going to be really hard.\u201d 
 
Dmitry Bivol<\/strong>
 
\u201cI want to say thank you to all my team, my promoter, World of Boxing and to DAZN, Eddie Hearn and Canelo for the opportunity to make this fight.
 
\u201cI believe in my skills and when I come to the ring I believe in my victory. I\u2019m looking forward to May 7, thank you.
 
\u201cMe and my team wanted this fight and I\u2019m glad this fight will be in the United States and one of the Mecca of boxing. This is also very exciting, and it means a lot to me.
 
\u201cThis is very important for me especially because I\u2019m fighting one of the best if not the best in the world right now, I want people to be able to see me and my skills, this is a big fight that can give me the ability to achieve my other goals and go on if I win this fight.\u201d
 
Eddie Hearn<\/strong>
 
\u201cLegacy is earned is a strapline for this event and I don\u2019t think anything could be more fitting when you talk about Canelo Alvarez. Back on DAZN PPV on May 7 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez challenge Dmitry Bivol for the WBA Light-Heavyweight title.
 
\u201cIt\u2019s an absolute honor to sign a multi-fight deal with Canelo Alvarez and his team, the great Eddy Reynoso and of course DAZN as well \u2013 working with this man is very special.
 
\u201cI think we all appreciate in boxing that the big fights never get made and that\u2019s because the teams and fighters sometimes look for easier options, I\u2019ve never worked with anyone like Canelo Alvarez and Eddy Reynoso.
 
\u201cThis is a true great of modern-day boxing and when you look at the resume off the back of the two fights with GGG, fights against Daniel Jacobs for the middleweight championship, stepping up two divisions to fight Sergei Kovalev for the WBO light-heavyweight championship. Within one year becomes undisputed 168-pound champion by beating all three champions in Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders and Caleb Plant.
 
\u201cIf that wasn\u2019t enough, now he moves up again another division to fight in my opinion the best light-heavyweight in the world in Dmitry Bivol. Dmitry Bivol is undefeated, current WBA champion of the world, we\u2019ve worked with him for a long time, his manager Vadim Kornilov and world of boxing who we have a great relationship with.
 
\u201cThis young man has been looking for an opportunity like this for a long time, this is not a young man who\u2019s reached the end of his career or is past his prime, this is an outstanding champion in his absolute prime ready for the opportunity of his life against the pound-for-pound king of boxing \u2013 Saul Canelo Alvarez.\u201d 
 
Eddy Reynoso<\/strong>
 
\u201cThank for you for the award, special thanks to Ring Magazine for making this happen. We\u2019re very happy for this fight against a very tough challenge, a great champion in Dmitry Bivol.
 
\u201cWe\u2019re definitely looking forward to the challenge that we have, we\u2019re trying to build Canelo\u2019s legacy obviously into the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Thank you to everyone who is here.\u201d  
 
Vadim Kornilov<\/strong>
 
\u201cWe appreciate the opportunity; this is a very exciting fight for us and something we\u2019ve vowed for a very long time. We appreciate team Canelo for giving us the opportunity, we look forward to it and I hope everybody is going to be healthy and ready for the fight. I\u2019m looking forward to a great event.\u201d
 
Joseph Markowski,<\/strong>
 
\u201cIt\u2019s a really exciting day for us at DAZN and we couldn\u2019t think of a better event and a better partner in Canelo Alvarez, Eddy Reynoso to launch out DAZN PPV platform. As Eddie alluded to, clearly our global schedule is getting stronger and stronger, the subscription value that we are offering is continuing to be very strong with our special events around PPV we\u2019re truly excited about the opportunity that gives out business in the coming years.
 
\u201cEddie spoke about the quality of this match-up, the deal with Canelo gives us a fantastic couple of events this year and we can\u2019t wait to serve that on the DAZN PPV platform to our audience around the world. To both men, thank you for your partnership and best of luck in your preparation, we look forward to seeing all of you come May 7 on DAZN PPV.\u201d
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Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol came face-to-face today in San Diego to officially launch their clash at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas<\/p>\n

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