Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) puts his undisputed super middleweight title on the line when he faces John Ryder (32-5, 18 KOs) at Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico on Saturday, May 6. Making the second defense of his crown and battling it out in front of his home country crowd for the first time in over eleven and a half years, the champion faces the mandatory challenger from England, who makes his second attempt to claim world title. The pair squares off in the scheduled for 12 rounds bout live stream on DAZN.
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Following a kickoff press conference held in Guadalajara earlier this week, the fighters hosted a launch press conference at Petco Park Stadium, home of the San Diego Padres.
‘It’s going to be a danger for me, but I feel good’
Canelo Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) is coming off the win by unanimous decision scored last September in Las Vegas when he won the trilogy fight against his old foe Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and retained his WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO belts. In May 2022, the 32-year-old native of Guadalajara, Jalisco failed his attempt to become a two-time light heavyweight champion dropping a UD against current WBA titleholder Dmitry Bivol.
“The press conference in Guadalajara was an unbelievable moment for me because I saw my grandma, my dad, my mom, my brothers, my family there,” said Canelo Alvarez whose last fight in Mexico goes back to November 2011 when he stopped Kermit Cintron in the eleventh round. “A lot of media guys I saw when I started boxing. For me, I feel very proud and happy to bring this fight to Guadalajara and give the people some of the experience I have in other places as the best in the world.”
“I think it’s the perfect time. A long time ago I wanted to fight in Guadalajara, but I think this is the perfe
