Santos Saul Álvarez Barragán, better known as Canelo, which translates to ‘cinnamon’ for his fiery red hair, has spiced up the boxing scene since his debut. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1990, this pugilist has clinched world championships across four weight divisions, making him a staple in the Hall of Fame pantry. Canelo unified titles in three divisions and claimed lineal championships in two, notably overpowering Miguel Cotto in 2015 for the WBC, Ring, and lineal middleweight crowns. Outside the ring, Canelo’s life is just as sweet, sharing it with his two kids, Emily Cinnamon Alvarez and Mía Ener Álvarez, and his wife, Fernanda Gómez, since 2021. According to Forbes, Canelo is worth at least $275 million!
By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Nacho Beristain is picking Gennady “GGG” Golovkin to knockout Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in their fight on September 16. Beristain says that if Canelo (49-1-1, 34 KOs) fights in the same manner that he recently did in his win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. last month on May 6, then Golovkin will beat him, because he’s missing something from his game in the defensive side of his game.
By Jeff Aranow: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) has apparently sized up 35-year-old IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), and he’s now guaranteeing that he’s going to be knocking him out on September 16 in their fight on HBO pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Dan Ambrose: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya is looking forward to Canelo’s September 16 match against middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs). This isn’t all that De La Hoya ia looking forward to. He is already thinking far beyond the September 16 Canelo-GGG fight to a rematch and then a trilogy. Unfortunately, the 26-year-old Canelo is not on board with De La Hoya in wanting to fight GGG three times.
By Dan Ambrose: Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) isn’t from Mexico but he plans on using what he refers to as the “Mexican style” of fighting learned from his trainer Abel Sanchez to defeat Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) on September 16. Canelo says he wants to show who has the real “Mexican style” of fighting when he gets Golovkin inside the ring at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Sam Genge: Saul Canelo Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) has so far had an exceptionally successful career and is still so young. At only 26, the one blemish on his record comes from a loss to the one and only Floyd Mayweather Jnr, a talent that Canelo’s trainer ‘Chepo’ Reynoso referred to as “the greatest alive” in a recent HBO 24/7 episode.
By Dan Ambrose: This week, Gennady “GGG:” Golovkin gave a big tip off that he took it easy on his last opponent Daniel Jacobs in order to get a fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Golovkin didn’t come right out and admit that he didn’t go all out against former WBA World middleweight champion Jacobs in their fight on March 18, but he did the next closest thing to admitting it by saying that if he hadn’t shined against him, then he wouldn’t have gotten the September 16th fight against the highly popular Canelo.
By Greg Houghton: The upcoming “Super fight” between Mayweather and McGregor has worried many people in the boxing world over the future of the sport, fearing that future cross-pollinated events between MMA fighters and boxers might become diluted versions of the sweet science. But we think that Oscar De-La-Hoya, by finally signing this fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and GGG, has somewhat saved boxing.
By Allan Fox: On Thursday, IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) shocked a lot of fans in the boxing community with his revelation that he was thinking of retiring after his fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) on September 16.
By Dan Ambrose: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has been ridiculed by the boxing public for 2 years now for him choosing not to fight middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin. While Canelo maintains that he wasn’t bothered by the things the fans said about him “ducking” Triple G, he apparently is bothered enough by their comments to now want take his aggression out on him when the two of them fight on September 16.
By Allan Fox: Teddy Atlas of ESPN believes that the August 26th Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor fight is going to hurt the September 16th pay-per-view contest between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin for a couple of reasons. First off, Atlas sees the boxing fans that purchase the Mayweather-McGregor fight on Showtime PPV as having spent their money by the time the Canelo-Golovkin fight comes around 3 weeks later on September 16.