Eddie Hearn has announced who will be Canelo’s rival for his fight in Jalisco

The return of Saul Canello Alvarez A Mexico it’s a fact, it will be in mayonnaise when the super middleweight champion displays his 168-pound titles in front of his home crowd at Jalisco. Despite the fact that there is already progress for the fight that Saúl will carry out in his country, so far the date has not been confirmed. rival that he will have to face

But, in order to remove the doubts surrounding the first match of the Canello in this 2023, Eddie Hearn He shared more information regarding the opponent who will come to Mexico to try to strip Guadalajara of the belts.

It would be John Ryderdespite the fact that the Briton’s name already sounded like a possible option for Canello Alvarezthe boxing promoter confirmed that the Mexican team had already entered into conversations with Ryder to formalize the presentation in Jalisco.

It was during an interview for DAZN boxing show that Eddie Hearn assured that Eddy Reynoso He is already in dialogue with the interim WBO (World Boxing Organization) champion to sign him on a stellar billboard on the 200th anniversary of the creation of the free and sovereign state of Jalisco, according to the governor of the entity himself, Enrique Alfaro.

Due to the interest shown by both parties, negotiations progressed rapidlythey would therefore expect to confirm the match in the next few days – according to the American promoter – and thus give greater promotion to the fight that would take place in the Jalisco Stadium.

“Conversations are ongoing with Saul, Eddy Reynoso and John Ryder is the guy. Contracts come and go, and hopefully in the next 48 hours we’ll be in a good position to fight this fight.”

And it is that according to the director of match boxing, they chose John Ryder to be an official challenger in the 168-pound category of the OMBso they hoped that the choice of the British would facilitate negotiations to bring him to the country.

It was for this reason that he insisted that the news will soon be confirmed and make the official announcement through the official platforms of the Canello Alvarez. From the team of Canelo Team They are convinced that John Ryder will accept the conditions to come and fight in Jalisco.

“We hope it is John Ryder, is the mandatory challenger. He’s the interim WBO champion, so fingers crossed we end this. Everything is looking very good and hopefully we will have some positive news later in the week,” Eddie Hearn said.

Although no other details have been revealed about the battle of the Canello in Jalisco, the date that the Álvarez team would consider would be the Saturday May 6because every time the Guadalajara makes a presentation in the month of May, he likes that it coincides with the May 5 commemoration for the Battle of Puebla.

Although his billboards in the United States are scheduled for the first weekend of May, to have an excellent reception from the Mexican public, now that he will come to Jalisco he has chosen to preserve this tradition and strengthen it in his state of origin.

As for the place, at the beginning it was said that it would be held in the akron stadium of the Chivas of Guadalajara. But, due to the high cost of ownership and the priority that the sports complex gives to its football teams, the team of the Canello Alvarez would have opted for the Jalisco stadium.

It should be noted that since it will be an event supported by the government led by Enrique Alfaro, the cost of tickets for the property would be at affordable prices, in addition the state administration will acquire 10 thousand tickets to give them to sports academies.