Canelo Álvarez vs. Ryan Rhodes
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| Date | June 18, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Arena VFG, Guadalajara, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC super welterweight title | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Álvarez wins via 12th-round TKO. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Canelo Álvarez vs. Ryan Rhodes was a super welterweight championship fight for the WBC super welterweight championship.[1][2] The bout was held on June 18, 2011, at Arena VFG in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and was televised on HBO.[3]
Build up[edit]
This was the first title defence for Mexican, Canelo Álvarez. 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.[4]
Main card[edit]
- Super welterweight championship
Canelo Álvarez vs. 
Ryan Rhodes
- Álvarez defeated Rhodes via technical knockout at 0:48 in the twelve round.
- Super featherweight bout:
Jason Litzau vs. Adrien Broner
- Broner defeated Litzau via technical knockout at 2:58 in the first round.
Preliminary card[edit]
- Featherweight bout: Sergio Villanueva vs.
Onalvi Sierra
- Villanueva defeated Sierra via unanimous decision.
- Super featherweight bout: José Manuel Osório vs. Alexander Monterrosa
- Osório defeated Monterrosa via technical knockout.
- Light heavyweight bout: Marco Antonio Periban vs. Alfredo Contreras
- Periban defeated Contreras via unanimous decision.
- Light welterweight bout: Carlos Pérez vs. Cesar Figueroa
- Figueroa defeated Pérez via technical knockout in the second round.
- Flyweight bout: Jesús Jiménez vs. Patricio Camacho
- Jiménez defeated Camacho via knockout at 1:18 in the third round.
- Featherweight bout: Gary Buckland vs. Jose Roberto Gonzalez
- Buckland defeated Gonzalez via unanimous decision.
References[edit]
- ^ Ambitious Álvarez isn't pressured by high expectationsRing TV Archived June 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Max Boxing - News - Saul "Canelo" Alvarez Prepares to Begin His Title Reign". Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
- ^ "Photos: Saul Alvarez in Top Form for Ryan Rhodes Clash". May 24, 2011.
- ^ HBO makes Lederman an analystRing TV Archived June 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine