It was bloody, it was brilliant and it was beyond a shadow of a doubt for Canelo Alvarez.
The undisputed super middleweight champion dispatched challenger John Ryder by unanimous decision Saturday, setting up a potential rematch against Dmitry Bivol this fall. On the scorecards, he finished up 118-109, 118-109, 120-107.
Alvarez spent the first four rounds in control and giving Ryder a gushing nose, then got his first knockdown in the fifth. For a second, it looked the end of the fight, but Ryder got back up and showed new life to end the round.