Alvarez vs. Rhodes

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: ESPN2 boxing analyst Teddy Atlas was less than complimentary of unbeaten WBA junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez after watching Alvarez defeat Britain’s Ryan Rhodes recently. Instead of pouring praise on the young 20-year-old Alvarez or at least acknowledging out how good Alvarez is for someone so young, Atlas pointed out last night [...]

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.

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS June 22, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán: The following is one of the weekly “Hook to the Body” columns by WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán that are published in El Universal every Sunday. From June 19, translated from Spanish:

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 Gerardo Granados: It has been a while now since the first time a saw Canelo fight on an undercard, since then I saw something special in the eighteen years old kid, he was raw but he sure had power and a killer instinct.

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 Dan Ambrose: Undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) showed what he’s made of last Saturday night in first beating up and then taking out his number #3 WBC contender Ryan Rhodes (45-5, 31 KO’s) by a 12th round knockout at the Arena VFG, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, in [...]

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 Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten number #1 ranked World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (30-0, 19 Ko’s) thinks he would knock out WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) if he had the opportunity to fight him, and doesn’t feel that the 20-year-old Alvarez deserves to be the WBC world champion [...]

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 [...]

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 John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Council (WBC) Light Middleweight Champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) faces British junior middleweight Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) this Saturday night in Guadalajara, Mexico where the fight will be broadcast on HBO.

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 [...]

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS June 14, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

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 [...]

Legendary trainer Freddie Roach is hopeful that World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will face his charge Vanes Martirosyan should Alvarez get past Ryan Rhodes on Saturday evening.

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: 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.

CANELO ALVAREZ, World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Welterweight World Champion “Oscar de la Hoya recommended I train in Big Bear and I really liked it. It was a really good place to train. I could really focus up there with no distractions.”

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 [...]

Junior middleweight sensation Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan (30-0, 19KOs) captured the World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight silver title in spectacular fashion on Saturday night. The Armenian fighter delighted his hometown fans when he defeated the rugged Saul Roman (34-9, 29KOs) via 7th round knockout at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.

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 [...]