How does his partner, Nancy, deal with her anxieties before such a perilous fight? “She said that this is, funnily enough, the calmest she’s been in the buildup to a fight for some reason. It is still a formidable task for Ryder to swap punches with a ferocious and fired-up Canelo. He’s coming off a difficult last year, followed by surgery and he’s got the pressure of being home for the first time in 11-and-a-half years.” “I also feel that, for this fight, the pressure’s all on Canelo. He showed that under real pressure Canelo goes square on with the hands high and he’s not really in a position to throw back. You’ve got to push him backwards and put him on those ropes. “His punch variation is very good and his explosive hand speed is great. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.Īfter newsletter promotion My eight-year-old daughter knows what I’m going up against. For more information see our Privacy Policy. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. This is the kind of danger Ryder faces and he concedes that Canelo has so many strengths and few weaknesses. Saunders suffered a shattered orbital bone when Canelo stopped him in the eighth round in May 2021 and the trash-talking Briton, who had won all 30 of his previous fights, has never boxed again. I thought he was well in the fight and just unfortunate with that injury.” But he went into the Canelo fight and put on a fantastic performance. I learned a lot of lessons and Billy Joe didn’t. It was my first 12-rounder and I took a lot from the fight. “The Billy Joe Saunders fight showed my inexperience at the time. It was a split-decision and I felt I could have won it. I boxed Rocky Fielding and I felt I was harshly judged again in Liverpool.
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“If anything I showed Canelo the blueprint of how to beat Callum Smith a year later. “When you look at the fights it’s not so clearcut,” Ryder says. It is also worrying that three of the men who beat Ryder were subsequently dismantled by Canelo. Ryder’s record, with five losses in his 37-bout career, does not compare with Canelo’s brilliant résumé. So we need to wait and see what he’s got left.”Ĭanelo Álvarez finds a way through Gennady Golovkin’s defence during their super middleweight title fight in September. He got the job done, but since then he’s had surgery. “That took a lot out of him too, with back-to-back camps, and the fight with Golovkin was not a vintage performance. That loss to Bivol obviously took a lot out of him and he had that great year in 2021 when he unified the super-middleweight division. “I’ve trained for the best Canelo, and I want him to be at his best, but it’s hard to say. But is there a chance Canelo is on the wrong side of the boxing hill? “Potentially,” Ryder says, “but I don’t want to put all my eggs in that basket. Ryder knows the great Mexican is determined to atone for the most disappointing year of his career. Some of his majestic lustre was lost and even though he won his next fight against his old rival Gennadiy Golovkin last September Canelo had to take time away from the ring to undergo wrist surgery. Until he fought Bivol, Canelo had lost one of his 61 fights and that had been back in 2013 against the immaculate Floyd Mayweather.īut Canelo suffered his second defeat when he was outboxed and outfought by Bivol.
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Canelo, who was 31 then, turned pro at the age of 15. Last May, the Mexican topped most pound-for-pound lists as the world’s best fighter as he moved up a division to challenge Dmitry Bivol, the outstanding and unbeaten WBA world light-heavyweight champion. His apparent confidence is not shared by the bookmakers, who make Canelo a prohibitive favourite, or almost anyone else in boxing.
I’ve had big fights in the past but nothing compares to this.” Ryder pauses and then, with a cheeky cackle, he adds: “But, if you think this is big, wait until the rematch.” His natural enthusiasm soon spills over and he says: “I’m actually buzzing. I’m taking myself there every night so there’s going to be no shock.” I’ve seen the venue, seen the changing rooms, seen the pitch. “I’ve been lucky enough to go to the arena in Guadalajara. John Ryder trades blows with Zach Parker during their WBO International super-middleweight title fight in November.
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