GUADALAJARA, Mexico—Canelo Alvarez returned home and remained the undisputed super middleweight champion Saturday night, May 6, beating John Ryder by unanimous decision before more than 50,000 fans in his first fight in Mexico since 2011.
Alvarez bloodied the British challenger’s nose and knocked him down, cruising to the victory by scores of 120–107 on one card and 118–109 on the other two to improve to 59–2–2.
“I hit him too much in the head and he did not go down,” Canelo said at ring side after the fight. “I’ve always said it, when they fight me, they give their 100%, it gets complicated because they usually give me the fight of their lives”….