Canelo Álvarez vs. Ryan Rhodes

Verde y Oro
DateJune 18, 2011
VenueArena VFG, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Title(s) on the lineWBC super welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Mexico Saúl Álvarez United Kingdom Ryan Rhodes
Nickname "Canelo" "Spice Boy"
Hometown Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK
Pre-fight record 36–0–1 (26 KO) 45–4 (31 KO)
Age 20 years, 11 months 34 years, 6 months
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 153.2 lb (69 kg) 152.8 lb (69 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBC
Super Welterweight Champion
The Ring
No. 9 Ranked Light Middleweight		 WBC
No. 3 Ranked Super Welterweight
The Ring
No. 4 Ranked Light Middleweight
European super welterweight champion
Result
Álvarez wins via 12th-round TKO

Canelo Álvarez vs. Ryan Rhodes was a professional boxing match contested on June 18, 2011, for the WBC super welterweight championship.[1][2][3] The bout was held at Arena VFG in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and was televised on HBO.[4]

Background

After his dominate victory over Matthew Hatton to win the vacant super welterweight belt over Matthew Hatton on 5 March 2011, Canelo Álvarez quickly signed to make his first defence against European super welterweight champion Ryan Rhodes.[5][6][7]

Harold Lederman, HBO's unofficial ringside judge called the Litzau and Broner bout with Bob Papa. Roy Jones Jr. was pulled from that fight and was back on for the main-event, because his promotional company has a relationship with Litzau.[8]

The fight

Álvarez would overwhelm Rhodes with his accurate punching with both hands. Álvarez would open up cuts under both of Rhodes' eyes and would drop him with a right hand behind the ear in the fourth round. In the final round, Álvarez would land a right hand in the opening minute that hurt Rhodes. With less than a minute left in the bout when a flurry caused Rhodes to take a step back and cover up with Álvarez throwing power shots against Rhodes who was not able to respond, which prompted the referee wave off the bout at the same moment Rhodes' trainer Dave Coldwell chose to throw in the towel.[9][10]

Aftermath

Alfredo Angulo, Cornelius Bundrage, Kermit Cintron, Miguel Cotto, Vanes Martirosyan and Sechew Powell were all mentioned as potential next opponents for Álvarez.[11]

The fight averaged 1.6 million viewers on HBO.[12]

Undercard

Confirmed bouts:[13]

Televised

Preliminary card

  • Featherweight bout: Mexico Sergio Villanueva vs. Colombia Onalvi Sierra
    • Villanueva defeated Sierra via unanimous decision.
  • Super featherweight bout: Mexico José Manuel Osório vs. Colombia Alexander Monterrosa
    • Osório defeated Monterrosa via technical knockout.
  • Light heavyweight bout: Mexico Marco Antonio Periban vs. Mexico Alfredo Contreras
    • Periban defeated Contreras via unanimous decision.
  • Light welterweight bout: Mexico Carlos Pérez vs. Mexico Cesar Figueroa
    • Figueroa defeated Pérez via technical knockout in the second round.
  • Flyweight bout: Mexico Jesús Jiménez vs. Mexico Patricio Camacho
    • Jiménez defeated Camacho via knockout at 1:18 in the third round.
  • Featherweight bout: United Kingdom Gary Buckland vs. Mexico Jose Roberto Gonzalez
    • Buckland defeated Gonzalez via unanimous decision.

Broadcasting

Country Broadcaster
 Hungary Sport 2
 Mexico Televisa
 United Kingdom Sky Sports
 United States HBO

References

  1. ^ "Saul Alvarez vs. Ryan Rhodes". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  2. ^ Ambitious Álvarez isn't pressured by high expectationsRing TV Archived June 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Max Boxing - News - Saul "Canelo" Alvarez Prepares to Begin His Title Reign". Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
  4. ^ "Photos: Saul Alvarez in Top Form for Ryan Rhodes Clash". May 24, 2011.
  5. ^ Tony Curtis (March 24, 2011). "Rhodes eyes WBC title". Sky Sports. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  6. ^ "Ryan Rhodes promises to upset Saul Alvarez in title bid". bbc.co.uk. BBC. March 25, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  7. ^ Kevin Mitchell (March 25, 2011). "One fight too far for Ryan Rhodes? Either way, it will not be dull". The Guardian. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  8. ^ HBO makes Lederman an analystRing TV Archived June 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Ryan Rhodes stopped by Saul Alvarez in WBC title fight". bbc.co.uk. BBC. June 19, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  10. ^ Dan Rafael (June 20, 2011). "Alvarez highlights weekend action". espn.go.com. ESPN. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  11. ^ Justin Tate (June 19, 2011). "Saul "Canelo" Alvarez KOs Ryan Rhodes: Who's Next? Top 5 Alvarez Challengers". bleacherreport.com. Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  12. ^ "HBO's First Half Posts Similar Ratings from Greenburg Era". Max Boxing. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  13. ^ "BoxRec - event".
Preceded by Canelo Álvarez's bouts
18 July 2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
vs. Rocky Junior
 Ryan Rhodes's bouts
18 July 2011 		Succeeded by