![]() Everything, TV, moving, things had to change here in Guadalajara. There were a lot of things that made it hard to put the fight here. I’m going to bring everything tomorrow night.Ĭanelo Álvarez and John Ryder stepped on the scales at a ceremonial weigh-in on Friday at the Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara. It’s an honor for me and I’m proud of it. I enjoy this because it is hard to put on this kind of fights and have people respond like this. ![]() I’m glad and grateful that the people respond like this. You can expect something special, and the result is even better. “I was always thinking about fighting again in Guadalajara of course. It’s going to be one of the best nights of my career for sure. And now we are in the biggest stadium and the biggest response from the people. “I started my career here in Guadalajara in the little arenas. “It’s going to be something special after 12 years,” Álvarez said at yesterday’s ceremonial weigh-in at the Teatro Degollado. It’s Canelo’s 35th professional fight on Mexican soil but the first since 26 November 2011, when he stopped Kermit Cintrón inside five rounds in the third defense of his WBO title at 154lbs. Álvarez has promised “something special” for tonight’s main event. I’m not in the main fight hotel so everything is a bit calmer, it’s nice and we’ll dial in when we need to.” I’ve got good people around me, familiar faces, and there’s nothing new here. My career has always been a work in progress. “I have always believed that I was destined for bigger things. He regained his world title so now it’s down to me. It’s been a different camp as I stayed with Joe Cordina for three weeks was fantastic, it’s one big family and he’s like a brother. Tony Sims is a great trainer and a real boxing historian, but it’s all very modern in my camp too. You work with what you can get which we have. “To prepare for him, you have to take him off his pedestal initially as he is who he is, but you won’t be able to get Canelo in to spar to prepare for Canelo. It’s a dream opportunity and I don’t plan to waste it. After 12 rounds, my hand will be raised, and the new, from Islington, London, UK, undisputed world super middleweight champion, John Ryder. Obviously, he’s had the surgery on his hand and maybe there’s question marks on wear and tear, but I want the best version of him because I will give the best version of me.īritain’s John Ryder finds himself in hostile territory in Guadalajara. ![]() Last year he had the Bivol defeat, I found it strange that he went back to light heavyweight, and then he went back to 168 and while I don’t think it was a bad performance, I think people were expecting him to stop him and put the final nail in the coffin of the trilogy and he didn’t, although he did win comfortably. “I think it is a good time to fight him, he has a lot of miles on the clock. I’ve worked hard to get here, and I deserve to be here. People think I am here for the paycheck, I am not, I am here to show that dreams can come true. It’s been a long time since he boxed here and who expects anything of me? No one. Most fighters have gone to Vegas or Texas to fight him, but I’m in Guadalajara in the Lion’s Den. “I think to go and fight a champion, you should go to their backyard to take their titles and that’s what I am doing. “I know it’s going to be hostile I am prepared for it,” Ryder said this week. “I needed a couple rounds, three rounds, to start punching to know I was good with the hand. I respect my opponents because I know they’re coming for everything.”Īsked about his surgically repaired left hand, Álvarez says it “felt really good” and that he’s “ready for everything”. I’m in this position a long time and I know. “When they’re going for everything (all the championship belts), they turn it on. “He’s a very strong fighter, man,” Álvarez says. The Mexican credits Ryder for being a “very strong fighter”, adding that his own status as boxing’s biggest star tends to bring that out in his opponents. I’m glad to be here and thankful (to be here) with my people.” “I’m blessed to be here with my people who have supported me from the beginning. “It’s a historic moment for me,” Álvarez says in his much-improved English. 05.33 BST Álvarez: 'It's a historic moment for me'
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