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 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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Cotto says Roach is his best weapon to defeat Canelo

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Image: Cotto says Roach is his best weapon to defeat CaneloBy Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) is full of confidence ahead of his title defense against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) on November 21st at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The person who has helped instill that confidence is his 55-year-old trainer Freddie Roach, who has fine-tuned Cotto’s game and put a sharp focus on the tools that made him one of the best fighters in the sport. Roach didn’t add any new tools to Cotto’s already full toolkit. Instead, Roach has helped Cotto define the right tools for the job each time he fights.

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Canelo with the edge over Cotto on November 21st

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Image: Canelo with the edge over Cotto on November 21stBy Paco Gurrola: Many writers and bloggers have made it clear that their top contender for the November 21st clash between WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) is the most experienced and mature fighter of them both, 34-year-old Cotto.

Cotto has had a great boxing career with his ups and downs like most fighters in the sport during his career. Miguel is an amazing person, very humble and takes his job very seriously as we all know.

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Roach: Cotto-Canelo winner should fight Golovkin down the line

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Image: Roach: Cotto-Canelo winner should fight Golovkin down the lineBy Dan Ambrose: Freddie Roach, the trainer for WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs) says that winner of the November 21st fight between Cotto and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) will eventually get around to fighting the WBC mandatory challenger Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) in the future.

Roach wouldn’t say when that time will be. All he could do is say that the winner of the Cotto vs. Canelo fight will eventually fight Golovkin in the future. Unfortunately for Golovkin, this ties in with what Canelo’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya has been saying. De La Hoya says he doesn’t know what’s going to happen with the Cotto-Canelo fight.

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