GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Canelo Alvarez returns to Mexico for the first time in more than a decade to face John Ryder in the main event at Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico, home of the Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas) soccer team. A crowd of 50,000 is expected.

Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) is defending his undisputed super middleweight championship for the second time. He unified the division with an 11th-round TKO of Caleb Plant in November 2021, and after losing a decision to Dmitry Bivol challenging for the WBC light heavyweight title last May, Alvarez rebounded with a unanimous decision victory over Gennadiy Golovkin back at 168 pounds to close their trilogy.

Great Britain’s Ryder (32-5, 18 KOs), earned the title shot by defeating Zach Parker in November to become the WBO super middleweight interim titlist in four rounds, after Parker couldn’t continue because of a broken right hand.

In the co-main event, Julio Cesar Martinez (19-2, 14 KOs), of Mexico, defends his WBC flyweight world title against Panama’s Ronal Batista (15-2, 9 KOs).

Follow live as Mike Coppinger recaps the action as it happens in Guadalajara.

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