Ryan Rhodes Boxing News

BELARUSSIAN sensation Sergey Rabchenko is confident of ending Ryan Rhodes big time boxing career. The Hatton Promotions stable-mates will meet for the vacant European light-middleweight in Ryan’s hometown, Sheffield on Saturday March 24 at Ponds Forge Arena.

By Sean McDaniel: Junior middleweight contender Ryan Rhodes (46-5, 31 KO’s) rebounded from a defeat in his last bout against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez by defeating little known 37-year-old Siarhei Khomitski (23-9-2, 9 KO’s) by an 8 round decision on Saturday night in a confidence building bout at the Magna Centre in Rotherham, [...]

By Eric Thomas: Dan Rafael is reporting that WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez’s recent 12th round TKO win over Britain’s Ryan Rhodes drew an incredible 1.6 million viewers on HBO’s Boxing After Dark (BAD), making it the largest amount of viewers since 2007 for a BAD broadcast.

June 28, 2011 – By José Sulaimán: Who do you believe, your eyes or me ? I feel to be a citizen of the world in boxing, but a mexican in other sports. I was overwhelmed with the victory of our National soccer team -17 years old – over Holland and also with the great [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez is quickly proving to be Mexico’s biggest boxing star after reportedly drawing 36 million television viewers for his recent 12th round knockout win over British challenger Ryan Rhodes last Saturday night.

By Dan Ambrose: Photo: Sumio Yamada – Ryan Rhodes found out the hard way how powerful WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez’s punches were last Saturday night in a 12th round TKO loss to the tough Mexican fighter. Rhodes’ face was badly swollen after the fight and he never was for an instant competitive with [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Ryan Rhodes (45-5, 31 Ko’s) talked a good game before his fight with WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) last night at the Arena VFG, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico, but when it came to putting his words into action he failed miserably, losing by a 12th round knockout [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It was interesting to see Ryan Rhodes (45-5, 31 KO’s) heaping praise on undefeated WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) after being destroyed by a 12th round knockout in a failed attempt to capture Alvarez’s World Boxing Council title at the Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico. It was as [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In a total massacre of a fight, WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) toyed with British challenger Ryan Rhodes (45-5, 31 KOs) for 11 rounds before getting serious with him and putting Rhodes out of his misery in the 12th on Saturday night at the Arena Vicente Fernandez in [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye believes fellow Brit Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) will pull off an upset tonight against unbeaten Mexican WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) at the Arena VFG, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico.

By Peter Wells: Photo: Leopoldo Gonzalez – On first seeing this match up made many used the term ‘mis-match’ but after weeks of preparation many are starting to believe that this may well be Saul Alvarez’s toughest fight to date. The gritty Sheffield man is coming to win after a long career it seems he’s [...]

By Gerardo Granados: Photo: Leopoldo Gonzalez – It seems that the young WBC light middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez performs well inside the ring, he has a good defense but still has a lot of room to improve, he has the temple and patience of a veteran, he moves well and also has good speed, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Matthew Hatton found out the hard way how good Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) is when Hatton took a savage beating from the 20-year-old Alvarez last March in a one-sided 12 round beating in Anaheim, California. Instead of viewing it as a case of Hatton facing a better man, Hatton said this [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Britain’s Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) has little chance of winning this Saturday night against the WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) at the Arena VFG, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico. I’m giving Rhodes no chance of winning because he can’t win a decision because he’s not a real [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Sometimes it doesn’t matter if a fighter has the better boxing skills, because the younger and stronger can overcome skill with power and youth. This was never more apparent in this Saturday’s fight between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) and challenger Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s).

LOS ANGELES, June 14 – The talking is over, the hard training is done and now it’s time to fight. This Saturday, June 18, at Arena Vicente Fernandez in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez will make his first title defense and put his amazing 36-0-1 record on [...]

By Sean McDaniel: If you were to weigh the chances of 34-year-old Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) for this Saturday night you’d have to say that they’re not good. Even Rhodes may be the better fighter in terms of skills and experience, the fact remains [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) is already thinking past this Saturday’s fight against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) at the Arena VFG, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico. Instead of just praying that he can somehow maybe get a close 12 round decision win, Rhodes is thinking of the [...]

HBO’s hit late-night boxing franchise goes south of the border for an action-packed doubleheader when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: CANELO ALVAREZ VS. RYAN RHODES AND ADRIEN BRONER VS. JASON LITZAU is seen SATURDAY, JUNE 18 at 10:30 p.m. (live ET/ taped-delayed PT), from the Arena Vicente Fernandez Gomez (VFG) in Guadalajara, Mexico, exclusively on HBO. [...]

By Ben James: We are less than one week away from the WBC light middleweight title fight between champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) and veteran contender Ryan Rhodes (45-4-0, 31 KO’s) in Mexico.

By William Mackay: British junior middleweight contender Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) is looking forward to his bout next Saturday night against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) at the Arena VFG, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, in Jalisco, Mexico.

By William Mackay: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) battles Britain’s Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) on June 18th at the Arena VFG, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, in Jalisco, Mexico. The 34-year-old Rhodes will be Alvarez’s first title defense for the young 20-year-old Alvarez.

By William Mackay: 34-year-old Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) has decent power for a junior middleweight. The problem for Rhodes is that he’s facing a guy in WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) who has much more pop in his shots and is a much younger fighter than him. Rhodes doesn’t like [...]

By William Mackay: On June 18th, WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) looks to defend his World Boxing Council title against a 34-year-old Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) at the Arena VFG, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. This is the second time in Rhodes’ 16-year pro career that he’s challenged for a title. [...]

By William Mackay: 34-year-old Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) will be traveling a long way from his native UK to take on one of the biggest sluggers in the game in WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) on June 18th at the Arena VFG in Guadalajara, Mexico. This is going to be [...]

By William Mackay: While British boxing fans see Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) as an excellent fighter capable of beating WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) on June 18th when they meet up at the Arena VFG, in Guadalajara, Mexico, many boxing fans outside of the UK aren’t giving Rhodes too much [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I’ve studied many of challenger Ryan Rhodes’ fights in the past three years and I’ve come to the conclusion that he’s going to get beaten like an old rug on June 18th when he steps up a couple of levels to face WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (31-0-1, 26 KO’s) at [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: 34-year-old Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) is taking a huge step up in class in his fight against unbeaten WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) in their title fight on June 18th at the Arena VFG, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Rhodes is a decent fighter but is clearly not the [...]

By William Mackay: 20-year-old WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) makes his first title defense on June 18th against challenger Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) at the Arena VFG, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. This fight isn’t the big one that Alvarez wants. He’s eying a good fight against former two division world champion [...]

By William Mackay: Making his first defense of his World Boxing Council junior middleweight crown, champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) will be taking on his second consecutive opponent from the UK when he battles number #3 ranked WBC contender Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) at the Arena VFG in Guadalajara, Mexico. Alvarez, 20, is [...]