Canelo Alvarez is scheduled to defend his undisputed super middleweight championship on May 6 against interim WBO champion John Ryder in his native Guadalajara, Mexico. The fight will mark Alvarez' first match in there since stopping Ryan Rhodes. Five months later, he defeated Kermit Cintrón on Nov. 26, 2011, in Mexico City.
the fight would occur in Jalisco, Mexico on May 6. At at the time, WBO president Francisco"Paco" Valcarcel told Yahoo Sports that Alvarez would indeed fight Ryder next, but said he was uncertain of the date or the venue.
Now, the stage is set and Alvarez appears to have all of the advantage. 58-2-2 with 39 knockouts, he will be fighting for the first time since his victory by unanimous decision in the final match of his storied trilogy with Gennady Golovkin last September in Las Vegas. Shortly after, Alvarez underwent surgery on his left wrist in October.
This fight also comes a year after Alvarez was upset by Dmitry Bivol in a light heavyweight title bout in May. Ryder, the 34-year-old British boxer and mandatory WBO challenger will look to accomplish a similar feat, as he is the underdog in this matchup. 32-5 with 18 KO wins, 1 KO loss, Ryder took to Twitter after the announcement.
If Alvarez, 32, defeats Ryder, he'll face Bivol for a rematch in September, only this time the two would clash at super middleweight.
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