Canelo Alvarez will again take center stage on Saturday with the Mexican superstar set to return to his home country to defend his undisputed super middleweight championship against John Ryder. Given the stakes, all eyes will be focused on the anticipated upcoming fight, although Alvarez made it clear this week he already has his eyes locked in on a different goal.
Alvarez, the reigning WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF super middleweight champion, announced he plans to set up a rematch against Dmitry Bivol in the coming months following his bout with Ryder. The May 6 contest–Alvarez’s first in Mexico in over a decade—will take place nearly a year after Bivol (21–0, 11 KOs) successfully defended his WBA light heavyweight title in an upset unanimous decision win over Alvarez (58–2–2, 39 KOs) at 175 pounds.
“I want the same terms, the same everything as the last fight,” Alvarez told ESPN on Thursday. “But right now, I’m focused 100% on John Ryder because he’s boxing, and you never know. But the goal is to have the rematch with Bivol in the same terms.”
