End Of The Rhodes?

End of The Rhodes?

I’m sure the great British public were all willing on Sheffield’s Ryan Rhodes(45(31)5-0) last night, we all love an underdog, but unfortunately our English warrior fell short in his second shot at a world title against Mexican wonderkid Saul ‘El Canelo’ Alvarez(37(27)-0-1).
Rhodes fought a brave fight, battling right through until the twelve round when the referee and his corner decided he had took enough punishment for one night. A lot was made before the fight about the weaknesses Alvarez possessed, but last night you would have to incredibly critical it was difficult to spot any last night.

Silver Dukes ‘Boxer Of The Week’ showed once more why he is Oscar De La Hoya’s and the Mexican nation’s most prized asset. Showing every attribute that trainers dreams are made of and at only 20 years old and already 38 pro fights behind the world is quite literally at the fists of this incredible young talent

As for Rhodes, well, where does he go from here? His loss didn’t come as a surprise and losing to such a credibly opponent wouldn’t of done his reputation to much damage. At 34 Rhodes claimed before to be in the best shape of his career and was previously unbeaten at Light-Middleweight, but you do wonder if this was his last chance to be a World Champion.

He certainly seemed to have some fight in him yet but it’s rare a fighter goes on much longer after they turn 35, not unheard of, but rare. I’m sure Ricky Hatton has something in mind and Ryan Rhodes will be considering all options available. I, for one, will keeping a close eye on future developments on both these fighters.