Canelo-Ryder ring officials named

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Ring officials have been named for the super fight for all the super middleweight championships on May 6 in Guadalajara, Mexico between boxing and world sports superstar Canelo Alvarez and British challenger John Ryder.

Boxing's four major sanctioning bodies will also oversee the fight.

The referee will be Mike Griffin (WBC). The judges will be Joe Pasquale (IBF), Jeremy Hayes (WBA) and Gerardo Martínez (WBO).

The supervisors will be the presidents of the organizations:

WBC – Mauricio Sulaiman

WBO – Francisco Valcárcel

IBF – Daryl Peoples

WBA – Gilberto Mendoza