Canelo Alvarez has vowed to deliver "something special" to fans in his hometown of Guadalajara tomorrow night, at the expense of British title challenger John Ryder.
London native Ryder has travelled as a monumental underdog for Alvarez's first Mexican fight in over a decade, with a packed stadium of around 50,000 expected for the Cinco de Mayo celebration. The Brit tipped the scales right on the button at 168lb for the super-middleweight showdown, while Alvarez was just under at 167.5lb.
The pair have been relatively cordial throughout an understated fight week, which will represent another mandatory defence for Alvarez in his run atop the 168lb division. And despite Ryder's insistence that he's here to win, and could retire with a loss, fans and pundits are already eyeing up the pound-for-pound great's next moves.
