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!

Will Canelo take over for Mayweather as boxing’s No.1 PPV star?

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1-cotto-canelo-m (9)By Dan Ambrose: Now that superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. has ended his long 19-year pro career with a win over Andre Berto last Saturday night, Mayweather will be leaving a void that will need to be filled by someone as the sport’s No.1 pay-per-view attraction.

You can’t really say it’s Manny Pacquiao because he’s pretty much finished with his career as well at this point, and we don’t even know whether boxing fans will bother to purchase his remaining fights next year after the disappointing fight between him and Mayweather last May in the “Fight of the Century,” which turned out to be an overpriced dud.

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Is the sport of boxing better off without Mayweather?

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_DSC4603(Photo credit: Idris Erba/Mayweather Promotions) by J.R. Leon: Before you, the reader, automatically assume that I’m not a fan of pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr, due to the article’s title, you would be incorrect. I enjoy Mayweather’s ring dominance and his defensive-minded style, although many other people would call it boring.

As a boxer, Mayweather has proven time and time again, that his defense and sharpshooting offense is second to none and as he proudly recites, “forty nine have tried but none succeeded”. But as a business man, Mayweather has taken complete control of boxing’s Junior Welterweight to Middleweight divisions, for the past decade, due to the ever present opportunity to be the lucky boxer to face him.

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Canelo re-ups with Golden Boy Promotions in multi-fight extension

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Image: Canelo re-ups with Golden Boy Promotions in multi-fight extensionBy Dan Ambrose: Former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) has reportedly signed a multi-year contract extension with Golden Boy Promotions. It’s unclear whether it’s the best deal for the 25-year-old Canelo, because he probably would have fetched a big price if he’d been willing to put himself on the market so that the other promotional companies like Roc Nation Sports, Top Rank, and K2 could have bid for his services.

Canelo has already been with Golden Boy for years now, and has had one big fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. during all that time.

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Canelo Alvarez re-signs with Golden Boy

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Golden Boy Promotions today announced that Mexican superstar and former WBC and WBA Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Álvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) has re-signed with the company, agreeing to a multi-fight, multi-year contract extension.

“I am loyal, it’s part of my character and that’s why I am extending my contract with Golden Boy Promotions,”said Álvarez. “Golden Boy Promotions knows how to build a fighter and elevate him to a world stage as they have done with me and continue to do with many others. I look forward to working with Golden Boy throughout my career.”

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Roach: Cotto will beat Canelo, you can bet on it!

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Image: Roach: Cotto will beat Canelo, you can bet on it!By Allan Fox: Trainer Freddie Roach is so confident that his fighter WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) will be winning his next fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) on November 21st that Roach is even telling the media that they can bet on the 34-year-old Cotto coming out on top against the 25-year-old Mexican fighter.

Roach believes that Cotto will get to Canelo in the later rounds of the fight to score a knockout. Roach isn’t saying but it appears that he thinks that the younger Canelo has stamina problems that Cotto will be able to exploit in this fight to his benefit.

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Mayweather cool to the idea of fighting the Cotto-Canelo winner for 50th fight

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Image: Mayweather cool to the idea of fighting the Cotto-Canelo winner for 50th fightBy Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KOs) spoke during a conference call with reporters earlier today to mostly talk about his next fight against Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) on September 12th on Showtime pay-per-view, and to talk his boxing career.

During the call, the 38-year-old Mayweather was asked if he’d be interested in fighting the winner of the November 21st fight between WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, and he said he didn’t see the point in fighting one of them for his 50th fight.

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Canelo will beat Cotto, says Judah

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Image: Canelo will beat Cotto, says JudahBy Dan Ambrose: Boxing great Zab Judah says he’s leaning in the direction of the 25-year-old Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) to top WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) on November 21st and take his title in their match-up on HBO pay-per-view.

Judah has fought the 34-year-old Cotto in the past in losing by an 11th round knockout defeat in June 2007, so he’s well versed in what kind of game he has. Judah thinks that Canelo’s superior size, youth and punching power will be the telling factors in him getting a win over Cotto.

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De La Hoya: Cotto-Canelo could hit 2 million mark on PPV

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Image: De La Hoya: Cotto-Canelo could hit 2 million mark on PPVBy Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya thinks that the mega-clash between WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) and Golden Boy fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) could wind up bringing in more PPV buys than the September 18th, 1999 fight between De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad.

That fight brought in 1.4 million PPV buys. However, Canelo believes that the Cotto vs. Canelo fight can bring in 2 million PPV buys on HBO, which would make it the 4th highest PPV fight in history.

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Cotto: If Golovkin fight is best interest for me, I’m going for that

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cotto5665By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) says he could wind up facing IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) in his next fight if it’s a fight that is in his best interest. That means the Golovkin fight must give Cotto the most cash of all the possible fights out there for him, and I’m not sure if that’s going to be the case unless Golovkin shows in his next fight that he can bring in a lot of the green stuff.

Cotto has got get past his fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) on November 21st, and Golovkin must defeat IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) in their fight on October 17th.

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