WATCH: Boxing Superstar Canelo Alvarez Showcases Immense Talent In a Video Game Proving His Prowess Goes Beyond the Ring

Mexican boxing legend Canelo Alvarez is one of the greatest names in boxing in recent times. A great counterpuncher, the boxer has won multiple world championships in four weight classes, from light-middleweight to light heavyweight. He also became the first boxer to become an undisputed champion at super middleweight. He held the WBA (Super), WBC, and Ring magazine titles since 2020 and IBF and WBO titles since 2021.

Besides his amazing prowess in boxing in real life, he is amazingly good at doing the same in VR. Watch how he boxes against an AI in a VR boxing simulator.

Canelo Alvarez aces a VR boxing match against AI to show his prowess

Canelo knows to be the champion everywhere, whether in the ring or a video game. Canelo’s competitive drive was evident right away, as he took the game extremely seriously. He slipped the blows of the opposing character with his legendary protective head movement.

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Canelo then hit back with a combination that resulted in an early knockdown. Canelo cursed as the character rose from the mat and landed a couple of powerful strikes. He quickly returned to form and landed another series of punches to win by KO. He was very happy to win the match and celebrated the victory while the audience cheered.

However, Canelo Álvarez had to face a tough time recently in one of the matches. Let’s get to know what exactly happened with him.

Cinnamon faces surprise defeat to Dmitry Bivol

On Saturday, Dmitry Bivol from Russia successfully defended his World Boxing Association light heavyweight championship with a unanimous decision win at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, giving a surprise defeat to Canelo Álvarez.

After 12 rounds, all three judges scored the fight 115-113 in Bivol’s favor, as the Mexican suffered only his second loss of his career, nine years after losing to Floyd Mayweather in November 2013.

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Bivol hushed the sell-out crowd to improve to 20 victories in 20 fights, while Alvarez, largely regarded as the finest pound-for-pound fighter before the battle, falls to 57-2-2.

Do you think Canelo Alvarez will be able to rise back stronger? Let us know in the comments.

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