Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and John Ryder battle it out in the main event at Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico. The highly anticipated clash, held on Cinco de Mayo weekend, pits undisputed super middleweight champion against contender from England. The world championship bout is scheduled for 12 rounds. The date and time when the fight airs live stream in Australia is Sunday, May 7 at 9 am AEST.
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Mexican star, Canelo Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) fights in front of his home country crowd for the first time in over eleven and a half years. Coming off the win by unanimous decision against his old rival Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, the 32-year-old native of Guadalajara, Jalisco makes the second defense of his title. British John Ryder (32-5, 18 KOs) is looking for his fifth straight victory after taking the win via fifth-round RTD against Zach Parker. Islington, London’s 34-year-old makes his second attempt to land world title.
In the co-main, WBC flyweight champion Julio Cesar Martinez (19-2, 14 KOs) of Mexico defends his title in the 12-round championship bout against Ronal Batista (15-2, 9 KOs) of Panama. Also on the card, Oleksandr Gvozdyk (18-1, 14 KOs) of Ukraine and Ricards Bolotniks (19-6-1, 8 KOs) of Latvia square off in the 10-rounder at light heavyweight.
In addition, Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela (26-3-1, 16 KOs) of Mexico and Steve Spark (16-2, 14 KOs) of Australia contest for the WBA Intercontinental super lightweight belt in the 10-round bout. The full lineup can be found below.
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