Canelo Alvarez will go back to the hoop on May 6 in his local Guadalajara, Mexico, to protect his 4 tremendous middleweight identify belts towards Britain’s John Ryder.
Promoter Matchroom Boxing introduced Alvarez’s subsequent combat Tuesday. The bout will probably be at Akron Stadium, the house of Mexican football membership Chivas.
Álvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) is preventing for the primary time since he gained the overall bout in his famed trilogy with Gennady Golovkin by way of unanimous determination ultimate September. Álvarez can also be preventing a yr after his one-sided disenchanted loss to Dmitry Bivol in a gentle heavyweight bout.
The 32-year-old Alvarez is returning on Cinco de Mayo weekend to combat in Mexico for the primary time in 11 1/2 years.
Alvarez, who lives in San Diego for many of the yr, has staged his ultimate 22 bouts in the USA. He hasn’t fought in Mexico since beating Kermit Cintron in Mexico City in November 2011, and he hasn’t fought in his place of origin since June 2011.
Alvarez had surgical operation on his left hand overdue ultimate yr, however he has recovered briefly sufficient to tackle his subsequent problem. He amassed all 4 168lb global identify belts all over an excellent four-fight run in the course of the department beginning in overdue 2020 and finishing with a stoppage of Caleb Plant in November 2021.
“I feel really happy to be coming back in May, because following my surgery, I was unsure of when I’d be coming back,” Álvarez mentioned in a commentary. “Returning to the ring and coming back to fight in Jalisco, where I’m from, makes me especially happy.”
The 34-year-old Ryder (32-5-0, 18 KOs) will probably be a vital underdog, however he has earned period in-between variations of 2 tremendous middleweight global identify belts all over his present four-fight unbeaten run.
Ryder fought two times in 2022 and earned arguably the 2 largest victories of his occupation, successful a cut up determination over former middleweight champion Danny Jacobs earlier than preventing prior to now unbeaten Zach Parker ultimate November.