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!

De La Hoya: Khan was avoided by Mayweather and Pacquiao

03/02/2016 by Boxing News

de la hoya93 By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya, the promoter for WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, thinks Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao both avoided Amir Khan by not giving him a fight. As far as the big names go, it was only Canelo that chose to face Khan and not the other two stars. Canelo will be facing Khan on May 7 on HBO PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mayweather and Pacquiao would probably disagree with De La Hoya about them having avoided Khan. They would probably say that a fight with Khan didn’t make sense in terms of dollars and sense because they had bigger names to fight. Mayweather used up his six-fight contract with Showtime/CBS fighting Robert Guerrero, Marcos Maidana, Canelo, Pacquiao and Andre Berto. Pacquiao’s last two fights of his career have been against Mayweather and he’ll be fighting next month against Tim Bradley.

De La Hoya believes that Khan will be entering the ring knowing that he’ll defeat Canelo. Khan does feel confident that he’ll beat Canelo after watching some of his recent fights and not being wowed by what he saw from Canelo.

De La Hoya thinks Khan can win if Canelo loses focus

03/02/2016 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is talking up Amir Khan’s chances if his golden goose WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez fails to stay focused for 12 rounds.

De La Hoya believes that Khan could take control of the fight and win in the same way that Manny Pacquiao was able to beat him many years ago in 2008 in their PPV fight. De La Hoya came into the fight weight drained from having dropped to 147, and Pacquiao took advantage of the situation by giving him a battering until the fight was halted in the 8th.

Canelo: No concessions for GGG; I’m not a middleweight

03/02/2016 by Boxing News

(Photo Credit: Hogan Photos/Golden Boy Promotions) By Jeff Aranow: WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez made it clear on Tuesday that if a fight between him and IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin is going to take place in the future, then it’s going to take place without him giving any concessions to him. Canelo says he himself is not a middleweight, and he doesn’t know when a fight between the two of them will take place.

Canelo does say the fight with Golovkin will happen, but it will be under his conditions. This suggests that if Golovkin wants the fight with Canelo, then he’s going to need to be prepared to boil down to 155lbs to make it happen.

Khan: I know I can take Canelo’s power

03/01/2016 by Boxing News

(Photo Credit: Martin McNeil – Hogan Photos/Golden Boy Promotions) By Dan Ambrose: Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) is not worried at all about the punching power of WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs). The entire question of whether Khan can beat Canelo surrounds whether he can handle the 25-year-old Canelo’s punching power.

If Khan can take Canelo’s best shots without getting knocked out in this fight, then it’s going to be awfully tough Khan to lose this fight. Other than Khan’s questionable decision loss to Lamont Peterson in 2011, he’s never been out-boxed by any of his opponents. Khan has always had the superior boxing skills that have enabled him to beat his opponents skillfully.

The fights where Khan has clearly lost where his knockout defeats to Danny Garcia and Breidis Prescott. This suggests that if Canelo cannot knock Khan out in their fight on May 7, then it’s going to be next to impossible for Canelo to win the fight unless he gets the victory by a questionable decision.

Canelo has a couple of those type of wins over Austin Trout and Erislandy Lara, so there’s a potential that we could see something like that happen. The judges give Canelo rounds even when he’s being out-punched. They likely focus on Canelo’s superior power when scoring the rounds. If that’s going to be the case for the Canelo-Khan fight, then Khan is going to need to throw a lot more punches so that he can make sure he gets the victory, because he’ll never be able to match the stronger and heavier Canelo’s punching power.

Khan still undecided if he’ll face Golovkin if he beats Canelo

03/01/2016 by Boxing News

(Photo Credit: Martin McNeil – Hogan Photos/Golden Boy Promotions) By Dan Ambrose: Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) is still not sure whether he should defend the WBC middleweight title if he beats WBC champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) in their catch-weight fight at 155lbs two months from now on May 7. Khan says he’s entirely focused on the Canelo fight right now, but he plans on meeting with his team to make a decision whether to face Golovkin if he beats Canelo.

That would be a very big step for Khan to take the fight against Golovkin. It would be a major victory for Khan to get past Canelo, but then to take an arguably bigger risk by facing Golovkin, it might be a little too much for Khan.

“I’m not looking past this fight to be honest with you,” Khan said to IFL TV. “I like Triple G. I think he’s a great fighter. If I win this fight and I get told to fight Triple G, I’ll have to sit down with my team and decide what happens. For the moment, we are not focusing on anything. We are not looking at that [Golovkin]. We are focusing on Alvarez. This is going to be a very, very hard fight. This is where I belong. It’s not going to be an easy night for me. I can’t lose focus for one second. If I lose focus for one second, I can get hurt badly,” Khan said.

Canelo vs. Khan tickets reasonably priced

03/01/2016 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: The ticket prices for the May 7 fight between WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Amir Khan were released today by HBO, and they seem to be reasonably priced compared to sky high prices we saw for last May’s “fight of the century” between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The tickets for that fight were increased to the maximum limit, and many boxing fans felt that the organizers had gauged the public to the hilt. In contrast, the tickets for Canelo-Khan fight seem to be reasonable and it looks like a good deal for the fans. The Canelo vs. Khan will be taking place at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Canelo vs. Khan: Saturday, May 7 Presented Live by HBO Pay-Per-View

03/02/201603/01/2016 by Boxing News

(March 1, 2016) – WBC, Ring Magazine and Lineal Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) will make his first title defense of 2016 against former two-time world champion and resurgent contender Amir “King” Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) on Saturday, May 7, Cinco De Mayo weekend, in a match-up of two of the biggest stars in boxing. T-Mobile Arena, the hottest new sports and entertainment venue located just west of the famed Las Vegas Strip, will host this epic showdown, which will also be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.

Canelo-Khan tickets go on sale tomorrow, March 2

03/01/2016 by Boxing News

LOS ANGELES (March 1, 2016) – Tickets for the WBC, RING Magazine and Lineal Middleweight Championship battle between Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) and former two-time world champion and resurgent contender Amir “King” Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) will go on sale Wednesday, March 2 at 10:00 a.m. PT./1:00 p.m. ET.

The 12-round world championship clash will take place on Cinco de Mayo weekend, Saturday, May 7 at Las Vegas’ newest landmark, the state-of-the-art T-Mobile Arena, located west of the Las Vegas Strip between New York-New York and Monte Carlo. The mega-fight features two of boxing’s most popular and powerful fighters guaranteeing boxing fans non-stop action. The event will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.

Khan: I didn’t want a rehydration clause for Canelo fight

03/01/2016 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan says he didn’t want a rehydration clause for his May 7 fight against WBC middleweight champion Saul Canelo Alvarez because he wanted to get credit for beating him. Khan says that if he had insisted on a rehydration clause to keep the 25-year-old Canelo from ballooning up in weight after the weigh-in, then people wouldn’t give him the credit he deserves for beating him.

Khan says he wants to beat the best Canelo there is with him being as strong as he can. This could mean that Canelo comes into the ring in the 180s on May 7, and that would put the 160lb Khan in a situation where he would be giving Canelo a 20+ pound weight advantage.

Hamed says Khan taking wrong fight by facing Canelo

02/29/2016 by Boxing News

By Jeff Aranow: Former world champion Naseem Hamed believes think Amir Khan is making a mistake by choosing to move up in weight two divisions to face WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on 5/7 on HBO PPV. Hamed says he thinks the better fight for Khan would have been for him to fight IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook instead of fighting a middleweight.

Hamed thinks that Khan could be hoping to gain an advantage potentially if Canelo has to drain himself a lot to make the 155lb catch-weight for their fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.