John Ryder is not a fool and knows exactly what he will be facing once the ring walks, introductions and niceties have been completed on Saturday night here in Guadalajara.
Ryder will pause with the referee and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for a second in the centre of the ring, before the bell sounds to delight 50,000 fanatics in the Estadio Akron. Ryder swears he is prepared for the noise and emotion and he has so far not flinched under Canelo’s ice-cold stare.
