Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez became an international sports star and a symbol of Mexican boxing, thanks to his fights in the United States. The Guadalajara has conquered Las Vegas, but also Texas and Florida, and by 2023 he fought again in Mexico, in his native Guadalajara, against John Ryder, after a long wait and several rumors that they place it again in Mexican territory.
It took more than a decade for “Álvarez” to fight again in Mexico and we will tell you how his last fight in Mexico was before his return to Guadalajara, at the Akron Stadium and his return has been somehow compared to the fight of Julio César Chávez at the Azteca Stadium.
When was the last time ‘Canelo’ fought in Mexico?
The last fight of ‘Canelo’ Álvarez in Mexico had been on November 11, 2011 and by then the Mexican was 21 years old. That fight took place in the Monumental Plaza de Toros México, and it was against the Puerto Rican Kermit Cintrón who he defeated by KO in the fifth round.
At that time, comments abounded that ‘Canelo’ only faced “lumps”… and well, the truth Cintrón offered no resistance that nightwhich marked the departure of the man from Guadalajara to the United States to become a legend.
The last time of ‘Canelo’ in Guadalajara
Although he returned to Mexico, Álvarez did not return to the capital, but to Guadalajara, where he fought for the last time. on June 18 on June 10, 2011, at the VFG Arena and as in the Plaza de Toros, the Mexican won by KO the British Ryan Rhodes, whom he beat in the last round.
By then, Álvarez was still 20 years old and a 38-fight undefeated mark (37 wins and one draw). His first defeat came in September 2013, against Floyd Mayweather, which marked a before and after in his career.
