On the night of Sunday, May 7, in the main fight of the boxing evening for five belts (IBF, WBC, WBA Super, WBO and The Ring) at the Estadio Akron arena in Guadalajara (Mexico), the absolute world champion in the second middleweight star Mexican Saul ” Canelo “Alvarez (59 wins, 39 of them by knockout, 2 draws, 2 losses), who gave his daughter a real fairy tale for her birthday, and the holder of the WBO “temporary” belt Briton John Ryder (31 wins, 17 of them by knockout), 6 defeats). The Mexican, who has not fought in his homeland since 2011, confidently defended his belts.
Despite the fact that the 32-year-old Saul Alvarez had an undeniable advantage, the fight lasted all 12 rounds. True, in the fifth three-minute period, 34-year-old Ryder, nicknamed Gorilla, who by that time had already had a broken nose, was knocked down, but was able to continue the confrontation.
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— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) May 7, 2023
After the final gong, all referees unanimously gave the victory to Canelo - 120:107, 118:109 and 118:109. The Mexican has significantly outperformed the Briton in all respects: he has more accurate shots (179:80), jabs (62:11) and power (117:69).
By the way, judging by the referee’s notes, one servant of Themis gave the Mexican all 12 rounds, and two more “gave” Ryder, who fought to the end, two three-minutes at the end of the fight.
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— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) May 7, 2023

After successfully defending the belts, Saul Alvarez called his family into the ring and kissed his beautiful wife.
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— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) May 7, 2023
Recall that Saul Alvarez has not entered the ring since September 2022, when he defeated Kazakh veteran Gennady Golovkin by unanimous decision and closed the defeat from Russian light heavyweight Dmitry Bivol.
Earlier, FACTS reported that Ukrainian Gvozdyk knocked out an opponent from Latvia on the undercard of the Alvarez-Ryder fight.
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