Canelo Alvarez

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!

Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin update

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya says he’s waiting for his fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s court case in Florida to end before he restarts negotiations with IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s promoters at K2 to see if they can negotiate a fight for 2016.

Canelo and Golden Boy have a lawsuit that they need to get out of the way first before negotiations can begin again with the Kazakhstan fighter. The good news for boxing fans is that court case is expected to be completed soon, according to De La Hoya. However, that does not mean that we’re going to see a fight between Canelo and Golovkin.

“I’m busy in Florida. Loeffler is over there in Europe doing his thing,” said De La Hoya to Fighthub. “I have to focus on this court case, which will end soon.

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Liam Smith vs. Canelo Alvarez possible

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By Eric Baldwin: WBO junior middleweight champion Liam Smith’s promoter Frank Warren says he’s going to try and get him a big name for his next fight this year. Warren would like to match the 27-year-old Smith against either Saul “Canelo” Alvarez or Kell Brook. Warren also would like to put together a fight between Smith and Miguel Cotto if possible.

Warren says he should know within the next week where he stands with Smith in getting him a big name.

Smith (23-0-1, 13 KOs) defeated #11 WBO contender Predrag Radosevic (30-2, 11 KOs) by a 2nd round knockout last Saturday night in their fight at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England.

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Canelo-Golovkin doubtful for 2016, says Rafael

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By Eric Baldwin: It doesn’t look like the much talked about fight between IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) will be taking place in 2016, according to Dan Rafael. Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler is out of the country right now and Canelo and his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions are still dealing with a lawsuit with Canelo’s past promoters. It is unknown how long that trial will last.

Even when Canelo’s legal problems are over with, it’s doubtful that we’ll see the Canelo-Golovkin fight take place this year. Canelo still has other options for good money fights against beatable fighters like Miguel Cotto, middleweight David Lemieux, Billy Joe Saunders, WBO 154lb champion Liam Smith, and a number of welterweights like Danny Garcia, Kell Brook, Keith “One Time” Thurman, Shawn Porter and Tim Bradley.

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Liam Smith wants Canelo Alvarez

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light middleweight champion Liam Smith (22-0-1, 12 KOs) has his hopes up for him getting some big fights after he dispatches tonight’s opponent Predrag Radosevic (30-1, 11 KOs) at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, UK. Smith, 27, wants to fight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Miguel Cotto or fight a unification match against one of the Charlo brothers.

Whether Smith actually does fight any of those guys remains to be seen. We’ve not seen Smith fight any of the big names or even any real talented contenders in the division thus far during his eight-year pro career. Given Smith’s past track record for fights, you would have to be doubtful whether he’ll suddenly start fighting the bigger names and/or more talented fighters in the division all of a sudden at this point.

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Cotto thinks Canelo was smart to vacate WBC title

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By Dan Ambrose: Former four division world champion Miguel Cotto is completely in favor of Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez giving up his WBC middleweight belt after being given pressure by the World Boxing Council to work under a deadline for his negotiations with his mandatory challenger Gennady “GGG” Golovkin.

Cotto brings up how he refused to pay the WBC a sanctioning fee of $300,000 after he’d paid Golovkin $800,000 in a step aside fee so that he could fight Canelo rather than him last November. Cotto didn’t like the idea of having to pay the WBC too after he’d already given Golovkin 800K.

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Liam Smith offered Canelo fight

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By Dan Ambrose: It looks like former WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) won’t be facing IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin after all. According to WBO junior middleweight champion Liam Smith (22-0-1, 12 KOs), he’s been offered a fight with Canelo. Smith says Canelo would be challenging him for his WBO junior middleweight title at 154.

It’s unclear when the 27-year-old Smith and Canelo are supposed to be fighting. Smith has a title defense against #8 WBO Predrag Radosevic (30-1, 11 KOs) this Saturday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England.

This will be the second straight voluntary defense for Smith. In theory, he’s supposed to be facing his #1 WBO mandatory challenger next, or the highest ranked contender that is willing to fight him.

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Arum doubts Canelo will fight Golovkin in 2016

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By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he doesn’t think former two division world champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez won’t bother fighting Gennady Golovkin in 2016. Arum thinks Canelo made a mistake in saying he would fight Golovkin at 160, and then changing his mind about it later and backing out. After Canelo defeated Amir Khan earlier this month on May 7, Canelo said he would fight Golovkin at 160.

Arum suspects Canelo won’t fight Golovkin before his own fighter WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (34-0, 24 KOs) gets a crack at the Kazahstan fighter. Arum wants to match Ramirez against Golovkin at the first available date in 2017. Arum plans on having Ramirez defend his WBO title twice in 2016 against other opponents.

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Roach to speak with Pacquiao about Canelo fight

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By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach still hasn’t given up on his star fighter Manny Pacquiao making a comeback in the near future for one last fight. Pacquiao has already said that he’s probably not going to come back to the sport to resume his career unless he misses it. What makes a comeback unlikely is Pacquiao being elected into the senate in the Philippines last May.

Pacquiao is now a senator in his home country, and he’s got huge responsibilities that go with this job. Roach wants to get Pacquiao to come back for a fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Roach says the fight with Canelo was offered to him, and he want to see what Pacquiao thinks about it when they meet each face to face in the future.

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Should Canelo return to 154 if he ducks Golovkin fight?

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Jeff Aranow: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez says he wants his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions to continue working on negotiations for a fight against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. Canelo hasn’t officially ducked the hard hitting Kazakhstan fighter yet, but there’s a very good chance we could see that in the near future.

Canelo giving up his WBC middleweight title this month was the first hint that he might choose to avoid facing Triple G. The other hints were Canelo saying he’s still a 154lb fighter and that he won’t fight a middleweight at the full weight of 160lbs.

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Mora: Golovkin will take a lot of years off Canelo

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moraBy Gerardo Granados: Are we the Fight fans so naive or just plain stupid, to not to know, that professional boxing is a business too? In the last few days, I have read a couple of comments and articles defending Canelo Alvarez and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar Dela Hoya decision to vacate the WBC middle title.

I don’t mean to disrespect pro wrestlers around the world, but pro wrestling is a quality show offered by many companies based on entertainment first and not on a real competition standard. Maybe in the US there is one major wrestling company, but there are many more regional wrestling promotional companies all over the United States and also around the World.

The main goal at pro wrestling is to offer to the viewers, an entertaining quality drama show, be it at the microphone or inside the ring. On times a wrestler might not be really skilled inside the ring, but if he does has an attractive personality and knows how to arouse the audience, then it is possible for him to gain many fans. Now, that doesn’t mean wrestlers aren’t real athletes, they also get hurt and on times tragedies occur.

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