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!

Trout wants Canelo, Cotto and Lara after one more tune-up fight

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trout33By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA 154 pound champion Austin Trout (27-2, 14 KOs) says he wants one more tune-up fight to get the rust out before he goes after the top tier fighters. Trout, 28, specifically wants rematches with Miguel Cotto, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Erislandy Lara.

Trout beat Cotto in 2012, but then lost to both Canelo and Lara by 12 round decisions. Trout fought well enough to deserve a win in the Canelo fight, but he was up against it by facing a popular fighter like Canelo in Texas. It was a situation where Trout needed to really pound Canelo if he had wanted to get a win.

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Should Showtime consider Canelo’s next fight to be non-PPV card?

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canelo77777By D.A: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1 31 KOs) is riding a 2 fight win streak with successful PPV numbers going higher and fighting tough opponents. Canelo will be targeting this upcoming week to meet with his promoters at Golden Boy promotions to discuss his next fight. While James Kirkland is the front runner, things won’t be clear until the meeting happens according to Canelo’s manager Jose “Chepo” Reynoso.

You have to wonder whether this fight will be PPV or not. While Canelo did say he was fighting 3 times in 2014 and all 3 were PPV, you wonder if Golden boy and Showtime will consider having the fight on regular Showtime rather than PPV. Recently PPV numbers have been lower than usual even with stacked undercards such as Mayweather and Maidana in May earlier this year. The fight was rumored to have done 850-900K buys but no numbers were released due to Showtime declining to release any PPV numbers unless they hit above 1.5 million according to Stephen Espinoza, who also noted the “masses” misunderstand everything and always come to conclusions that the PPV didn’t sell when the numbers aren’t released.

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Canelo vs. Lara generated about 300K PPV buys on Showtime

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canelo06By Dan Ambrose: In disappointing news for fans of former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs), his pay-per-view fight last month on July 12th Showtime against WBA junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (19-2-2, 12 KOs) brought in around 300,000 buys, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.

The numbers are unofficial, however, because Showtime and Golden Boy Promotions have yet to release the final PPV numbers. At this point you have to wonder whether they ever win. If these numbers stay at 300K, then Canelo’s fight with Lara did worse than the 350K PPV buys Canelo did for his fight against Alfredo Angulo earlier this year.

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Cotto, Alvarez, Golovkin the 3 man collision course

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cotto552By D.A: It’s no secret the most exciting weight divisions to the boxing world and family is the 140-160 range. Of course most of us can agree 147 is the most watched and exciting weight division. The 2nd in my opinion would be the 154/160 divisions in a draw. Recently we’ve seen the best 154 and 160 fighters all win their bouts and fans are calling for all 3 to fight at some point.

That would be Miguel Cotto, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin. Boxing fans have been wanting to see Miguel Cotto square off with GGG to see who is the best middleweight fighter in the world. While Golovkin is a title holder he is not the legitimate champion. Cotto captured the 160 crown after beating the former Middleweight king Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez.

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Canelo wants Cotto’s WBC 160lb title, says trainer Reynoso

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canelo400By Dan Ambrose: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s trainer/manager Eddy Reynoso says that Canelo wants to capture Miguel Cotto’s WBC middleweight title. He wants that belt. He doesn’t care if the fight takes place at a catch-weight of 155lbs, as long as he can get a shot at Cotto’s 160 pound title.

Canelo will be fighting in December and not November, because they want to limit the amount of time that he sits idle while waiting for the fight against Cotto next May. If Canelo fights in December, he’ll then only need to wait 5 months for the Cotto fight.

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Canelo vs. Lara rumored to have done 400K-425K; HBO says they can double

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canelo037By D.A: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1 31 KOs) numbers are rumored to have went up by a little against southpaw Erislandy Lara. Canelo’s PPV numbers last time he fought against Angulo were 300-350K which were exceeding expectations according to former CEO of Golden Boy Promotions Richard Schaefer.

I know you guys are all gonna find this crazy but this actually came from HBO president Ken Hershman. Hershman stated if Canelo were to have a fight on HBO PPV, they could easily double those numbers and they aren’t afraid to release PPV numbers good or bad.

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Arum saving Canelo vs. Cotto for May 2015

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canelo1111By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum ruled out once again a fight between his guy WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KOs) and former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) for Cotto’s next fight date on December 13th at Madison Square Garden in New York.

A match-up between Cotto and #8 WBO Andy Lee has already been talked about as possibly happening on this date, but fans have been generally cool to the idea of those two facing each other. It’s seen as too much of a mismatch in the eyes of fans. Arum still isn’t interested in putting together the Cotto vs. Canelo fight for December despite that being the match-up fans want to see. They’re not interested in seeing those two guys in preliminary bouts. It looks like Arum wants to let the Cotto-Canelo fight marinate a little longer like he did the Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa fight that never took place.

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Arum prefers Cotto to fight Canelo, and not Golovkin

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canelo788By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says the ultimate decision on who WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KOs) wants to fight in his next couple of bouts is going to be made by him.

Arum isn’t bashful in saying that he wants Cotto to fight Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez next year rather than WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. Arum sees the Canelo-Cotto fight as being the better match for Cotto than a Cotto-Golovkin fight. To Arum, it comes to the most reward that his fighter Cotto can get based on the risk.

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Roach says Canelo, Golovkin or Chavez Jr is Cotto’s possible next opponent

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roachBy Dan Ambrose: Trainer Freddie Roach still isn’t willing to display his cards about how he plans on telling his fighter WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KOs) to fight next in December. Roach went on a scouting run last night at Madison Square Garden in New York to watch WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin’s fight against Daniel Geale.

Roach had seen Golovkin on video, but he wanted to see him live in order to get a better estimation of his power and to hear the sound of his punches.

Roach had previously mentioned Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s name as a potential opponent for Cotto to fight in December, but a new name is former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. He hadn’t been talking about the much, much bigger Chavez Jr as a potential opponent for Cotto, perhaps due to Chavez Jr’s 6’1”, 190+ frame.

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Will Cotto or Canelo fight Golovkin next?

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golovkin45By Cameron Gillon: Last night at Madison Square Garden in New York City America, power punching Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (30-0, 27 KOs) made short work of Australia’s Daniel Geale (30-3, 16 KOs) to retain his WBA and IBO middleweight world titles in a 3rd round knockout. I myself made a prediction of a 8th or 9th round KO for Golovkin.

I don’t think many thought he would win the fight that quickly as some thought that Geale was a bit of a step up to the type of opposition Golovkin has faced, but it’s not 16 fights in a row that Gennady Golovkin has won by the way of knockout or a referee stopping the fight taking the run all the way back to 2009. Straight after the win Golovkin was interviews by HBO commentator Max Kellerman and when asked who he would like to face next, he said he would like a unification fight against the other champions in Peter Quillin, Sam Soliman or Miguel Cotto but the name that stood out was Cotto.

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