Canelo Alvarez will improve his conditioning over 12 rounds at light-heavyweight when he rematches Dmitry Bivol next year.
The pound-for-pound great was stopped in his tracks earlier this month when Russian champion Bivol comfortably defeated him at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Alvarez had been entertaining a possible move to cruiserweight before the underdog sent him back to reality with a dominant decision victory.
And there are already plans underway for Alvarez to get a rematch with the Russian, after he defends his undisputed super-middleweight title twice this year. His promoter Eddie Hearn has already started drafting plans for another Cinco De Mayo fight week against Bivol after Alvarez faces Gennady Golovkin on September 17 and an as-yet unnamed opponent in December.
