Via Knitting Ambrosio: John Ryder (32-5, 18 KOs) really has a chance to beat Canelo Alvarez tonight live on DAZN PPV in a life-changing match at Estadio Akron in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Ryder can win; If he did, Canelo said he would retire. In other words, he doesn’t rate Ryder highly enough that he wants to continue his career if he is defeated.
That’s not a good sign that Canelo is betting his career on tonight. However, he understands that if he can’t beat a boxer like Ryder tonight, he won’t stand a chance of defeating the enemy. young shark At 168 lb, David Benavidez and David Morrell Jr, surrounded him, trying to tear him to pieces.
Ryder sees weakness in Canelo
Like Ryder, those two talents see weakness in Canelo and ready to pick him up. Canelo tonight must find a way to regain his lost youth because last year he looked a lot older than 32 years old.
What fans saw from Canelo (58-2-2, 39 KOs) last year was a four-round boxer who is only capable of throwing singles and goes through a long period of each round with his back to the rope. , rest tired. foot.
Ryder is a hard worker who puts a lot of pressure on his opponents, knocking them down with his relentless fighting style until they suffocate and easy picks for him to conquer.
We heard from Canelo this week that his loss to Dmitry Bivol and a listless performance against Gennadiy Golovkin last year was due to his left hand injury.
It was hard for fans to accept Canelo’s excuses as his main problem in those two games was fitness or lack of fitness, and it didn’t matter if his hands weren’t working.
Why is the fight between Canelo and Ryder important?
Canelo-Ryder is important because it is an opportunity for Ryder to earn life-changing money to support himself and his family.
It’s also important to Ryder because he’s never won a world title and he would win the title if he beat Canelo. Assuming Canelo fulfills his retirement threat, Ryder will then likely face David Benavidez in a big money battle on PPV.
For Canelo, his career is at stake. Therefore, he has to beat Ryder for things to continue and to get the rematch against Bivol that he focuses on in September.
“It means everything to him. Canelo hasn’t fought in Mexico since 2011, and he’s long wanted to bring a fight to his people,” Coppinger told. GAME.
“He said what means a lot to him is that he is doing it in the prime of his career, not in a farewell fight like so many other Mexicans like Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales . He is doing it in his prime as the undisputed champion.
“It’s pretty crazy here. Wednesday’s press conference was packed with people. You can barely move in it. Everyone is hungry for a match against Canelo. Canelo said that there will be more than 50,000 people at Akron Stadium and I think it will be a long time. Coppinger said demand has made a big deal here.
Max Kellerman said: “You mentioned that 2022 is tough for Canelo because he just suffered his second loss of his career. “I mean, the [Erislandy] Lara’s fight is near, but he’s made his decision there. I officially lost [Dmitry] Bivol. The only other loss belonged to Floyd Mayweather when Canelo was a quarterback.
“He wanted to avenge that loss. Stylistically, if I were to try to beat Canelo, I’d pair him with Bivol. Why do it when there are so many big name fighters with better styles that he hasn’t faced before?”
Canelo still denies losses
Alvarez is yet to accept a decisive twelfth-half decisive defeat to Bivol last May. Canelo thought he deserved to win in the first 5 rounds, and the reason he lost was because of a tired hand injury.
It has no meaning. How did Canelo’s hand injury get him out of gas? That seems like a weak excuse for the Mexican superstar and how he understands what happened to him that night.
“I asked Canelo yesterday, ‘What makes you think you can beat him after the way the first game went?’” Coppinger said of his conversation with Canelo about why. he wants a rematch with Bivol. “He said, ‘Simple. I’m better than Bivol, and the reason I lost,’ here are his words, ‘I injured my left hand.’
“He operated on it after [Gennadiy] Golovkin fights. He said because of that, he was down and tired of not being able to train properly. Now, I think there’s more to it than that, but that’s his belief. What’s interesting to me is that Canelo wants to rematch at 175th, Bivol’s weight. Bivol wanted the fight at 168 and neither of them wanted to budge,” Coppinger said.
“Why? Because Bivol was light heavyweight, and Canelo fought in lightweight,” said Kellerman. [Sergey] Kovalev was at lightweight before fighting Bivol and looked good there. But Bivol fought for most of his career in the light heavyweight division, and Canelo barely fought there.
“Why would lightweight want to fight super middleweight, and super middleweight would want to fight lightweight?” Kellerman said.
“In boxing, the boys want to fight in their weight class. Canelo said, ‘I know how this goes. If I beat Bivol at 168, people will say I have exhausted him, and I want full credit, and I want to prove that I can beat him in the weight division. his own,'” Coppinger said. “Really, that’s why Canelo is such a big star.
“He always takes on the most difficult challenges. I asked Bivol the same question and he said, ‘What about my fans? They will say I can’t beat Canelo in his weight class, and besides, I want the undisputed championship at 168.’
“He said Canelo just wants to keep his title if he loses again. Imagine if Bivol beat Canelo for the undisputed championship at 168, then went on to fight and beat Beterbiev for the undisputed championship at 175. That would be the all-time thing. great,” Coppinger said.
“It will be,” Kellerman said. “Beterbiev, I’m glad you brought him up because in style, Canelo-Beterbiv, if it’s not the best fight you can make in boxing, it’s one of two or three best match.
“By the way, you can say the same thing about Canelo-Benavidez. By the way, Canelo-Charlo. Even if the fight I’m about to talk about isn’t as good as the confrontational style, [Demetrius] Andrade presents a real challenge [for Canelo].
“If I had to pick a wish list, it would be a number of battles that I would choose. Did Canelo say anything about those people to you? Kellerman said.
“He said something about David Benavidez. I think that’s the fight we’re likely to see next year,” Coppinger said. “Benavidez says he wants to spend two important Canelo weekends [on Cinco de Mayo and the Mexican Independence Day holiday].
“Those are the weekends that used to belong to Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya. That will be Cinco de Mayo Day weekend this weekend and Mexican Independence Day weekend in September.
“Canelo said, ‘Listen, it’s easy said, but much harder to do.’ Just look at how David Benavidez fought against Caleb Plant in March [on PPV]. But I really think we’re going to see that battle, and it’s going to be a big one,” Coppinger said.
