{"id":9215,"date":"2023-05-13T08:55:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T08:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/saul-canelo-alvarez-v-john-ryder-britons-stock-has-risen-despite-loss-in-mexico\/"},"modified":"2023-05-13T08:55:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T08:55:26","slug":"saul-canelo-alvarez-v-john-ryder-britons-stock-has-risen-despite-loss-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/saul-canelo-alvarez-v-john-ryder-britons-stock-has-risen-despite-loss-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez v John Ryder: ‘Briton’s stock has risen despite loss in Mexico’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (left) defended his IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO super-middleweight titles against Briton Ryder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

John Ryder is a man who refuses to lose, to walk away or to give up on his dream.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On Saturday night in Guadalajara, Ryder lost probably lost nine of the 12 rounds in superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s home city of Guadalajara.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He was being dominated and had to get up from a knockdown, but the way in which he fought the last three rounds was like an old-fashioned slugfest.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ryder went into the ring a good British fighter, a tough guy whom we hoped could go 12 rounds. Not only did he go the distance, but he got their heroically.<\/span><\/p>\n

In those last nine minutes of his super-middleweight title challenge, Ryder stood toe-to-toe with Alvarez. Who predicted that? <\/span><\/p>\n

Alvarez looked like he was going to stop Ryder at times, but Ryder came back with pure guts.<\/span><\/p>\n

He epitomises the phrase: your stock has risen.<\/span><\/p>\n

What does Ryder do next?<\/h3>\n

If you are a young fighter turning professional now and are looking at someone’s career to model yours on, you would initially say Tyson Fury. But I would say why not look at John Ryder?<\/span><\/p>\n

He’s a kid who had enough skill and talent but wasn’t changing the course of history. He was unmotivated in fights, lost some fights, looked like he was going to quit, was the underdog, and then turned it round.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ryder got paid a lot of money – a career-high payday against Alvarez. There isn’t any other fight out there for him which would offer the same type of money.<\/span><\/p>\n

But there will be a lot of world-class super-middleweights who will fancy Ryder because they will try and do better than Alvarez did. <\/span><\/p>\n

Briton Zach Parker, who lost to Ryder having suffered a hand injury in November, might fancy a rematch.<\/span><\/p>\n

Or Ryder could decide to move to light-heavyweight. There are plenty of options domestically with Anthony Yarde, Callum Smith or Joshua Buatsi.<\/span><\/p>\n