With the exception of power punches thrown, Canelo Alvarez bested John Ryder in every statistical category tracked by CompuBox. Canelo landed 46% of his power punches and 39% of his total punches while landing twice as many punches as Ryder.

Ryder fought gamely, spending the majority of the fight bleeding from his nose and mouth, and getting off of the canvas in the fifth round.

His toughness did not translate into success, as he was only able to land 18% of his total punches, 6% of his jabs, and 27% of his power punches. Ryder only reached ten punches landed in one round, while Canelo landed at least ten punches in eleven of twelve rounds.