Date | June 18, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Arena VFG, Guadalajara, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBC super welterweight title | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Álvarez wins via 12th-round TKO. |
Canelo Álvarez vs. Ryan Rhodes was a super welterweight championship fight for the WBC super welterweight championship. [1] [2] The bout was held on June 18, 2011, at Arena VFG in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and was televised on HBO. [3]
This was the first title defence for Mexican, Canelo Álvarez. Harold Lederman, HBO's unofficial ringside judge called the Litzau and Broner bout with Bob Papa. Roy Jones Jr. was pulled from that fight and was back on for the main-event, because his promotional company has a relationship with Litzau. [4]
Date | June 18, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Arena VFG, Guadalajara, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBC super welterweight title | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Álvarez wins via 12th-round TKO. |
Canelo Álvarez vs. Ryan Rhodes was a super welterweight championship fight for the WBC super welterweight championship. [1] [2] The bout was held on June 18, 2011, at Arena VFG in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and was televised on HBO. [3]
This was the first title defence for Mexican, Canelo Álvarez. Harold Lederman, HBO's unofficial ringside judge called the Litzau and Broner bout with Bob Papa. Roy Jones Jr. was pulled from that fight and was back on for the main-event, because his promotional company has a relationship with Litzau. [4]