Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez sweeps aside John Ryder and sets sights on Dmitry Bivol rematch next

Undisputed super middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez wants a rematch with Dmitry Bivol after beating John Ryder on Saturday night. Alvarez and Ryder fought in Guadalajara in Mexico, in Canelo’s first fight in his home country in more than a decade.

Ad There was plenty of pressure on the champion as he faced down his WBO mandatory challenger as he was returning from hand surgery to address an injury that he claimed had been keeping him from his best for two or three years. Boxing'I'm the face of boxing' — Davis delivers seventh-round knockout win over Garcia23/04/2023 AT 08:42 That period included last year’s defeat to Bivol in May as he challenged for the WBA light heavyweight championship, losing to the Russian fighter, and also the underwhelming performance in the trilogy rematch against Gennadiy Golovkin at 168lbs.

Despite the defeat for Canelo last May, he has been adamant that he wants to run it back in pursuit of his second belt at 175lbs. «Same rules, same terms, same everything,» Alvarez said of a potential rematch against Bivol after beating Ryder.

Before any Bivol fight, Alvarez had to get past Ryder and landed a perfectly-timed uppercut at the end of the second round, breaking the Briton’s nose and sewing some panic in the fighter as he dealt with heavy bleeding. 'I'm the face of boxing' — Davis delivers seventh-round knockout win over Garcia Joshua says Wilder 'keen' for fight in Saudi, Fury will 'leave me waiting' Joyce suffers shock first pro defeat to Zhang in blow to title chances In the fifth, Ryder was knocked down to the canvas after a one-two combination that saw the Englishman use almost the full referee’s count for recovery.