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When the sport's proclaimed king was overwhelmed with the country's return home, he faltered on his homecoming in Mexico, a weekend that held so much hope for boxing fell flat. Canelo Alvarez returned to Guadalajara on Saturday night for the first time in a dozen years, and although it was a great occasion for himself and his faithful followers, the pound-for-pound giant did not cap it off in style by dismantling Ryder. The Brit, who was not a pushover, caused him a lot of trouble when he went the distance with the feared Mexican on his home turf.

JEFF POWELL IN GUADALAJARA: Canelo Alvarez and John Ryder raised the curtain on a grand stage of a neo-classical theatre before their super-middleweight title match. The courteous discussions within were more appropriate to the rococo setting. The thousands of children invited for the occasion were seated on the roof as their Canelo and his English rival weighed in as the mariachi band flooded the auditorium with patriotic music. Ryder weighed in exactly at the 168-pound limit. Canelo's first fight on home soil in nearly 12 years was half a pound under. In Akron Stadium on Saturday night, the squeals of delight as the Mexican hero took off his shirt would cause blood-curdling roars.

XCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY MATT DAIVES: John Ryder spoke to Mail Sport ahead of his showdown against Canelo Alvarez on Saturday, claiming he has the potential to be the undefeated super-middlweight champion. For the first time in nearly 12 years, the 34-year-old flies to Mexico, where Canelo will face opponents on home soil for the first time in nearly 12 years in front of about 50,000 knockout fans. 'All the pressure is on Canelo,' Ryder said. 'I am not being pressured on me.' It's his first return to his hometown in a ten-years. I'm coming off a career-best year, while he's likely to be out of a career-worst.'

With the fight of a lifetime, John Ryder of Islington will be rewarded for a long and honorable ring career. Ryder will face Canelo Alvarez for the undisputed world super-middleweight title in the Mexican's first fight in his homeland for nearly 12 years. The 34-year-old Ryder's tenacity in scaling the boxing ladder the difficult way, mainly via small halls, has brought him to the tumultuous occasion of Canelo's homecoming. On May 6, a football stadium in Canelo's home city Guadalajara holds an exhibition.

Gennady Golovkin (left), a tremendous 36-minute war, jolted Canelo Alvarez's head back (right) with a lasting uppercut before the final bell chimed in Sin City, pulling to a close. In an epic sequel to their tumultuous first encounter, the two legendary rivals had just put on a masterpiece under the bright lights of Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena, exchanging fists fervently. However, there was just one champion for Golovkin. The Kazakh fighter raised one arm in the air while being held aloft in jubilation by trainer Abel Sanchez, who was unimpressed that they had won the match on the scorecards after initially embracing Canelo at the bell. What followed, however, was another contentious decision that Golovkin later refused to accept to this day. Four years, four months, and 12 days after his tragic night in Vegas, he returns to the very same arena this weekend in the hopes of making it third time lucky against Canelo (inset). Despite the fact that GGG is almost unstoppable at 40 years old, with his best days clearly behind him.

Officially, Gennady Golovkin is winless at 0-1-1 over Saul Alvarez in their third instalment of the GGG-Canelo trilogy, which will be released in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Or, to hear Golovkin talk about it, he's 2-0. "It's not just my opinion," Golovkin told DailyMail.com through his translator. The IBF and WBA middleweight champion is unquestionably correct about this. Both Golovkin and Alvarez may have fought to a split-decision draw in 2017, but fans and media alike are dismissing Judge Adalaide Byrd's 118-110 scorecard in favour of Canelo as 'absurd.' In contrast, ESPN's Dan Rafael and HBO's Harold Lederman scored the fight 116-112, all in favor of Golovkin. For that matter, Golovkin defeated Canelo by the same score in 2018 despite this. Even though Golovkin out-landed Canelo again and never had his back against the ropes in the fight, official judges handled the situation differently and awarded Alvarez a majority verdict. But don't forget that the 40-year-old Golovkin is haunted by the only two blemishes on his resume. 'The opinion of one incompetent individual would have no effect on me,' he said of the judges' decisions.

It's amazing to note that Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin, two bitter adversaries on the brink of a legendary trilogy match, were once amicable sparring partners. At the time, the two athletes only held two world titles, and with a weight class and an eight-year age difference separating them, perhaps no one would have predicted that a third grudge match would largely define their careers. Both fighters put their reputations on the line on Saturday night, performing on the Las Vegas stage once more, as the pound-for-pound stars restructured their bitter rivalry once and for all, or so we wish.