On the one hand, I agree that these are Canelo's problems, since he needs a revenge to restore his reputation. But we must also not forget that if Bivol loses weight, then this will not give Canelo any advantage - on the contrary, Bivol will gain an advantage. Most athletes use methods to cut weight to the desired numbers through various procedures, as a result of which weight is lost due to dehydration and fat burning. Muscles remain in place. Thus, when fighting in a lower weight class, Bivol will be just as strong and perhaps even a little faster. Therefore, I think that Canelo will try to gain weight himself in order to fight in the Bivol weight category.
Each body is different, everyone has different metabolism, but in most cases, muscles burn faster and first, than fat. That is why sitting on a diet wont make fat women fit
We do not know what is really written in that rematch clause, but Bivol only needs that if he only needs money. He has already beaten Canelo. It is Canelos obligatory to fight in 175, because Bivol did not aim to fight in super middleweight in first place. And I think that Bivol is not really interested in having that rematch. Instead, it will be more interesting for him to face Beterbiev or to go to cruiserweight, then make a step back and fight in 168.
In professional sports, things work differently (although even in the case of women, I'm not sure that your judgment is correct). Professional athletes lose weight not really, but formally - they lose weight before weighing in order to regain a significant part of it in the remaining day before the fight. That is why any diuretics are prohibited along with other types of doping.
That is called weight classes in boxing, so that no boxers are into an advantage or disadvantage as they are going to fight in a weight. So they really have to lose weight prior to the fight itself, and then the the boxing organizations, weigh in in accordance. But then again they can rehydrate to as big as 10 lbs or more after that weigh in. However, there are certain clauses inserted in contract that a boxer can only rehydrate this big as not to have any advantage to his opponents. And I agree that diuretics is prohibited because they want the boxers to lose that extra lbs legally by diet.
Regarding your reasoning about the interests of Bivol and Canelo, I agree, and it seems to me that Canelo will not seek revenge - he has already been humiliated once, there is no reason to believe that this will not happen again.
He is too proud to lose the fight against Bivol. And we didn't expect that Bivol can do that against the best version of Bivol. But I guess Canelo's mistake is facing a prime light heavyweight, unlike before when he faces Kovalev, who is ageing champion at 175. But Canelo admit that he had difficulty in that fight.
As I said before, for me Bivol has everything in his hands, I think he could even have Canelo in his hands, but he wants to have him there as if he were his last resort in case of... this has a lot to do with what he wants el Reuso, for me el Ruso is gaining more fame, more recognition and the truth is that I think he is achieving it, he has a lot of concentration in it, and that determination is what I admire most about him, of course his boxing technique is very rudimentary, but the truth has worked very well for him and I think he will continue like this and improve it, I think he wants more titles, fewer rematches and advance to the maximum, and later if he will come with his rematches and therefore it translates into more money.
Not bad for some bettors who would like to risk some few bucks to bet on Ramirez because his odds are really juicy but I guess it's not that easy considering that he is up against Dmitry Bivol who defeated Canelo Alvarez. As for me, I'll wait for the other options regarding this fight and I think I might splurge a little on Ramirez's odds. Few more days to go before we will witness this fight.
In my opinion, Gilberto Ramirez has a great chance of winning this fight.
Ramirez has a huge boxing experience. He hasn't lost a single fight. He has a very strong motivation to win the title from the Russian boxer.
Mexican boxers are known for their will to win (at one time I was very impressed by Jack London's story "The Mexican").
Ramirez is not an amateur, he is a professional and has always been a professional.
Now he has a great desire to win. I think that now he is training hard and is completely focused on preparing for the upcoming boxing match.
Both of them has an experience, it's just that Ramirez got more bouts than Bivol but in terms of professionality, Bivol is not that really behind Ramirez and certainly view them as even because they're both hungry to have their own legacy and be the undisputed champion in the light-heavyweight division if one can defeat Beterbiev or Yarde. Another thing, I don't recall that someone here labeled Ramirez as an amateur in this thread, but one thing is for sure, this will be an epic fight.
I can not deny that it is a great opinion bro, I also think so, for me Bivol is a boxer who is not looking for something minimal, for me he is looking for the big, obviously everything is related to money, between better and The more advanced the boxer is and the more famous he is, the more fame he will be able to grab, and I think this is clear to him, therefore, for me, that is the reason why he does not accept a rematch against Canelo at the moment, perhaps he does not. He looks so interesting, in fact he is going for more titles, but he wants to get more triumphs that guarantee him the best fights and he wants to be the most famous, that translates into more money.
Canelo does not give up and is looking forward to this result:
Canelo Alvarez waiting on Bivol vs. Ramirez outcome on Nov.5th before he decides next fightBy Sean Jones: Canelo Alvarez is waiting on the outcome of the November 5th fight between WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol and Gilbero’ Zurdo’ Ramirez before he decides who he’ll fight next May.
Canelo (58-2-2, 39 KOs) lost to Bivol last May in Las Vegas, but after the Mexican star initially said he wanted an immediate rematch to try and get revenge for the loss, he later changed his mind, deciding to fight Gennadiy Golovkin.
Source:
https://www.boxingnews24.com/2022/10/canelo-alvarez-waiting-on-bivol-vs-ramirez-outcome-on-nov-5th-before-he-decides-next-fight/