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The long-awaited fight between Canelo Alvarez and John Ryder is finally at hand today as the duo is all set to face one another in the ring. The fight is taking place in Guadalajara, Mexico and the stadium is set to have enough capacity to welcome 50,000 spectators. The first fight of the main card between Oleksandr Gvozdyk and Ricards Bolotniks ended, leaving Bolotnik on his knees as the referee intervened to stop the fight.

Gvozdyk took a different approach to this fight that even left the boxing commentators confused. For the first five rounds of the match, he appeared out of his element. However, it seemed like a switch turned on as the sixth round began. Gvozdyk started to pick up and land power shots. He soon brought the Latvian fighter to his knees with a nasty cut above his brow. Bolotniks was able to stand up before the counts ended, but referee Celestino Ruiz stopped the fight and sealed the result of Gvozdyk’s victory via TKO.

Even though during the opening rounds Gvozdyk threw ineffective punches, Bolotniks was able to land some effective shots. Fans were unable to suppress their excitement and took to Twitter to share their responses to the fight.

Fans were sent into a

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez faces off John Ryder in the main event at Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico on Saturday, May 6. The undisputed super middleweight champion makes the second defense of his title against WBO mandatory challenger live stream on DAZN.

Canelo (58-2-2, 39 KOs), the 32-year-old Guadalajara, Mexico native, fights in front of his hometown crowd for the first time in more than 11 years. Ahead of his bout on Cinco de Mayo weekend against Ryder (32-5, 18 KOs) – the 34-year-old contender from Islington, London – the Mexican star says he is “excited” and promises “something special”.

‘It’ll be a little bit difficult in the first rounds, but I have the experience and I need to handle it’

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“It’s going to be something special after 12 years,” said Canelo. “I started my career here in Guadalajara in the little arenas. And now we are in the biggest stadium and the biggest response from the people. It’s going to be one of the best nights of my career for sure. I am really exc

Conor McGregor has taken aim at Canelo Alvarez.

On Saturday night, McGregor was attending the Katie Taylor vs. Chantelle Cameron boxing match in Ireland where he was asked about boxing. To no surprise, the Irishman was quite confident in his skills and took aim at Alvarez saying he thinks he would beat him no problem.

“I’m a southpaw, Ryder was a southpaw, Billie Joe [Saunders] was a southpaw,” McGregor said to the media at the Katie Taylor fight. “I’ve seen methods, I’ve seen things I’d do and I know he’s waning. I’d fight Canelo no f*****g problem. No problem.”

After McGregor’s comments, Alvarez was asked about it and admitted he didn’t hear about the Irishman calling him out. Yet, during the unveiling of his figure at the Wax Museum, Canelo Alva

Recently, there has been a hot debate that is going around on the question- Who is the ‘face of boxing’ now? Many believe Canelo Alvarez holds that mantle but this question has had people divided as some believe Gervonta Davis to be the ‘face of boxing’. This all started when after beating Ryan Garcia, ‘Tank’ was asked if he believes that he is the ‘face of boxing’ now, and ‘Tank’ replied, “Abso-f—ing-lutely”. However, prior to his fight against John Ryder, Alvarez chose to take a shot at Davis and made a statement that he’s not retired yet. The fight took place and Alvarez achieved a dominating victory against Ryder, though he couldn’t end the fight in a knockout.

At the beginning of the event, the seats were pretty much empty, however as the time for their fight arrived, the stadium was filled to the brim. Over 50,000 people were present to watch the duo go at each other, meaning just the gate for the fight was around $1 million. Recently, a Twitter user, Ray Jackson, shared the news of the PPV numbers for the fight. He claimed that the PPV buys were around 220k- 235k. However, fans were quick to point out their disbelief over his claims.

Fans react to PPV sales for Canelo Alvarez vs John Ryder

Boxing fans had a lot to say when the news broke about the pay-per-view sales of the Canelo Alvarez vs John Ryder fight. Smart Casual Sports expressed surprise at the fact that Canelo’s PPV numbers were similar to those of ‘Tank’ Davis’. He complimented Alvarez on pulling so much attraction even without an opponent like Ryan Garcia.

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Canelo Alvarez (59-2-2) successfully defended his WBO, IBF, WBA and WBC super middleweight titles and continued his rebound from the second loss of his illustrious boxing career on Saturday night with a unanimous-decision win over John Ryder (32-6).

The location of the fight made Canelo’s win over Ryder even sweeter as the 32-year-old handled business in front of a packed crowd at Estadio Akron, Zapopan in his hometown of Jalisco, Mexico.

In what appeared to be one of the smallest rings I can remember seeing in a championship fight in some time, Canelo outgunned the game, but overmatched Ryder en route to the easy decision victory (118-109, 118-109, and 120-107).

Canelo walked Ryder down most of the fight landing the harder and more impacting shots to the challenger, dropping h

Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela (27-3-1, 16 KOs) landed the WBA Intercontinental super lightweight title when he faced Steve Spark (16-3, 14 KOs) at Akron Stadium in Zapopan, Mexico on Saturday, May 6. The bout was featured on the card, headlined by Canelo Alvarez vs John Ryder live stream on DAZN.

Battling it out in front of his home country crowd, the 28-year-old native of Guadalajara, Jalisco defeated Toowoomba, Queensland’s 26-year-old by split decision, sending him to the canvas in the sixth round

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Watch Canelo Alvarez vs. John Ryder full fight video highlights from their main event showdown Saturday night, courtesy of multiple outlets.

Canelo vs. Ryder took place May 6 at the Estadio Akron in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Canelo Alvarez (59-2-2) and John Ryder (32-6) clashed in a super middleweight contest. The fight aired live on DAZN pay-per-view.

Catch all video highlights below.

For more on Canelo vs. Ryder, check out our live blog below.

Round 1: Lots of movement and feinting to start, neither man wants to make a mistake. Canelo striking first with punches from range. There’s a right to the body for the champion. Ryder pushes Canelo to the ropes and is looking for an opening to land body shots, but Canelo’s defense is tight. Canelo with a methodical approach as he picks his spots.

MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Canelo.

Round 2: Canelo starts the second with a few steady jabs. He hits Ryder with a couple of punches to the body. Ryder just not doing much of anything so far. There’s a jab from Ryder, but Canelo controlling the pace right now. Canelo narrowly misses on a right hand. Ryder struggling to get past Canelo’s guard. Hard body shot by Canelo. Jab by Canelo. There’s a quick right hook to the body for Ryder. Ryder fires but again his shots are deflected. Canelo scores with a left to the body.

MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Canelo. Overall, 20-18 Canelo.

Round 3: Big right hand connects for Canelo, hardest shot of the fight so far. Looks like that has Ryder bleeding. Canelo rips a couple of stiff punches to the body. Ryder attacks the body, but he’s a step slow. Canelo starting to throw the straight right. He connects with it off of couple of jabs. Ryder looking to counter. He hits Canelo to the body. Canelo backs him up to the ropes and lets a couple of right hands fly. Ryder blocks them, but the impact was still felt.

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