Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán vs. John Ryder & Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela vs. Steve Spark RBR.

We'll never see Ryan Garcia look like that after a fight; he'd quit long before.

Props to Ryder, Canelo on the downhill slope of his career. Bivol pulverizes him later this year.

 

Just got to it now & was just what i expected, man felt bad for Ryder he's a real good guy & should be content with himself.

 

Ryder finished his triumphant march (Jacobs, Parker, Canelo) with an inspiring performance in the heart of Mexico, against an unified champion of his division no less.

Having nose injury in the 2nd round while your gameplan is to get your opponent into laters rounds and exploit his worsening stamina.. well that's just bad luck. Lesser nose injuries can throw you off your game, blood running down your throat, difficulty breathing and all.

 

Another amateur production from DAZN is in the books, and it checked all the usual boxes:

1. Dreadlocks Diamante and his embarrassing attempts at a dozen different catchphrases.
2. Dreadlocks having to ask the ref what his name is in the middle of his announcing.
3. Dreadlocks pausing in the middle of his announcing, having to look at his notes, and having to give direction to the bell ringer.
4. Mispronouncing people's names from both dreadlocks and the ringside announcers.
5. Very soft and monotone announcing from the ringside announcers.
6. Ringside announcers' audio going out intermittently.
7. The audio engineering is amateur hour. Everything is too quiet and mediocre clarity, and there's no depth to any of the sound.
8. No acknowledgment by any of the commentators of the suspicious judges' scores on the Spark fight.

The only positive i have to say is that they are getting a little better with the crane cam usage.

I miss HBO boxing. Jim Lampley and Larry Merchant were consummate professionals at calling fights, and did not fear calling out garbage score cards.

 

That ring was laughably small

Ryder haters are stupid

Clenelo is sliding

That’s all I got

 

I am going to bet big on Canelo vs Bivol going the distance. Easy money.

 

Am I the only one that would like to see that fight again? It was crazy how he couldn’t breathe and still was out working Canelo late. That nose injury totally screwed him. Don’t get me wrong the injury was caused by a punch but that fight woulda been really interesting had the injury not happened. Guys got big balls and heart.

 

Why was there no Michael Buffer again ? He wasn't present at the Joshua Franklin fight either.

 

Don't underestimate Ryder. That is a casual feeling based on his losses, the reality is he fairly clearly won many of his losses against top tier opposition.

This is good win for Canelo and Ryder is a heck of a fighter.

 

A nose can be broken in a single punch. Means nothing.

 

Expected an execution within 6 rounds but was surprised to see how tough and gutsy Ryder was. He did the best he could and managed to tag Canelo. Good effort from Ryder even if it was a bit one sided.

 

Hell of an effort and heart by Ryder, him starting to do his best work just when you thought he was done was reminiscent of Gatti.

Canelo’s head movement is just not there anymore. That, and slowing down in the championship rounds is a very bad sign especially when David Benavidez is coming after you.

He’s getting shutout by Bivol. Makes sense for him to want it at 175 as he may as well keep his SMW titles.

 

I've only seen Canelo taking as much punishment as last night in the first two Golovkin fights, Bivol didn't punish Canelo as much as Ryder, so kudos to the British, who also has a very strong chin, up there with the best, he took an absolute beating from a hard puncher without ever giving up.