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!

Brook gives Khan a chance to beat Canelo

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Image: Brook gives Khan a chance to beat CaneloBy Jeff Aranow: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook has every reason in the world to want Amir Khan to lose his fight this Saturday night against WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez due to Khan having turned down fight offers from him and his promoter Eddie Hearn for the last several years including recently.

Brook still is open enough to say he thinks the 29-year-old Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) has a chance of pulling off an upset against Canelo (46-1-1, 32 KOs) if he fights the perfect fight and doesn’t get caught up trying to slug with the Mexican fighter.

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Hunter: Khan is taking dangerous fight against Canelo

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1-khan-canelo (1)By Jeff Aranow: Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) is fighting in the biggest match of his 11-year pro career on Saturday night against the bigger and stronger WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) in a catch-weight of 155lbs.

Khan’s trainer Virgil Hunter sees this fight as a dangerous one for Khan due to the size and punching power that Canelo has. While Khan and Canelo have both looked around the same size in the lead up to this fight, Canelo is going to transform himself like a magician on Saturday night and come into the fight looking like a light heavyweight in the ring by rehydrating to the 170s and possibly the 180s.

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WBC president ready to enforce GGG – Canelo agreement

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Image: WBC president ready to enforce GGG – Canelo agreementBy Dan Ambrose: WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman says he will enforce the agreement between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and interim WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin to strip Canelo of the WBC middleweight title if he or Amir Khan fails to fight GGG next.

Canelo and Golovkin have an agreement with the World Boxing Council that the winner of their next interim fights must then face each other next. Golovkin did of the agreement by beating Dominic Wade last month. Now it’s Canelo’s turn with his interim fight against Khan on Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Khan says Golovkin and Mayweather are options if he beats Canelo

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Image: Khan says Golovkin and Mayweather are options if he beats Canelo(Photo Credit: Hogan Photos/Golden Boy Promotions) By Dan Ambrose: Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) believes Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26 KOs) won’t be able to resist coming out of retirement to fight him if he beats WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) on Saturday night in their fight on HBO PPV.

Besides Mayweather, Khan says a fight against IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) is also an option for him. Khan will sit down with his people and make a decision about whether to take the Golovkin fight. However, Khan says his own health is important to him, so he might not fight Golovkin and instead move back down to welterweight to fight WBC champion Danny Garcia for his title.

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Hopkins thinks Golovkin should give Canelo the catch-weight handicap he wants

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Image: Hopkins thinks Golovkin should give Canelo the catch-weight handicap he wantsBy Dan Ambrose: Bernard Hopkins of Golden Boy Promotions says IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin should give Golden Boy promoter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez whatever catch-weight handicap he asks for in order for them to face each other.

Canelo maintains he’s a junior middleweight rather than a middleweight, and he feels he should be able to get a weight handicap for a fight against Golovkin. Hopkins came down in weight to fight the more popular Oscar De La Hoya at a 158lb catch-weight in September 2004. De La Hoya had just recently moved up to middleweight at the time three months earlier in beating WBO middleweight champion Felix Sturm by a controversial 12 round decision in June 2004.

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Hunter: Khan can hurt Canelo

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Image: Hunter: Khan can hurt CaneloBy Dan Ambrose: Trainer Virgil Hunter thinks Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) has enough size and power to hurt WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) in their fight this Saturday night. There’s a belief by some fans and writers that Canelo won’t be bothered by Khan’s punches because he’s moving up in weight from the welterweight division and isn’t a true middleweight like the 170+ pound Canelo.

Miguel Cotto wasn’t able to hurt Canenlo with his punches last November and Cotto is a much bigger puncher than Khan. Canelo was able to absorb the shots from the smaller Cotto without showing any signs of being bothered by the shots.

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Canelo says GGG needs to fight better opposition to get fight with him

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Image: Canelo says GGG needs to fight better opposition to get fight with him(Photo Credit: Hogan Photos/Golden Boy Promotions) By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez says IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin is going to need to start facing better opposition if he wants to get a fight against him.

Canelo wasn’t impressed with Golovkin’s last opponent Dominic Wade, who he knocked out in two rounds last month in a mandatory title defense for his IBF belt. Canelo says that Golovkin will need to upgrade his competition from the likes of Wade if he wants to fight him in the future.

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Khan: My hand speed will take away Canelo’s power

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khan3456By Patrick McHugh: At today’s final press conference, challenger Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) reminded the boxing fans that he’s coming to beat WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) in this Saturday’s fight on HBO pay-per-view, take his WBC title and then bring it back with him to the UK to show it off.

Khan says he’s not worried about being outweighed by 10 to 12 pounds by Canelo in this fight, because he feels his superior hand speed will take away Canelo’s power by not giving him the ability to land his shots.

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Lederman thinks Canelo is avoiding Golovkin fight

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1-CaneloKhanArrivals_Hoganphotos7By Patrick McHugh: Harold Lederman of HBO thinks WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is trying to avoid fighting his mandatory challenger Gennady “GGG” Golovkin by asking for a catch-weight for the fight, which he doesn’t need.

Lederman thinks it’s silly that the 25-year-old Canelo would be asking for a catch-weight for a title defense at middleweight against Golovkin because the mandatory challenger for Canelo’s belt. To Lederman, he thinks Canelo doesn’t want the fight with Golovkin and is looking for a reason to get out of it.

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Khan vs. Canelo: What’s the winning key for this fight?

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1-CaneloKhanArrivals_Hoganphotos5By Yannis Mihanos: When Amir “King” Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) signed for the fight against WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 21 KOs) for May 7 on HBO PPV, many heads turned, as it was a surprise move that very few expected. We are now only a few days away from this very important fight at the new 20,000 seat T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Both fighters have completed their preparation and are in peak condition.

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