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!

Reynoso denies Canelo is creating a new division at 155lbs

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canelo5666By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s trainer Eddy Reynoso says that they’re not looking to create a new weight division by staking out 155 pounds for their fights nowadays, but he says that Canelo will continue to fight at 155 because that’s a weight that he’s comfortable at.

Reynoso says that it’s a weight that is good for the 25-year-old Canelo, and that if anyone wants to fight him, they’ll need to agree to fight at 155. It’s unclear whether the World Boxing Council will agree to let Canelo force his challengers to his WBC title fight at the 155lb catch-weight.

Will the Divas [155lb] weight division hurt Boxing?

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1-canelo-cotto (9) By Gerardo Granados: It has been reported that the WBC middleweight belt holder Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s trainer Eddy Reynoso stated that if the middleweight Champion of the World Gennady Golovkin wants to fight Canelo, he should agree to a diva catch weight of 155, just as the former belt holder Miguel Cotto, who argued to be small for the middle weight division and now Canelo seems to try to impose on his mandatory challenger an unjust and unnecessary catch weight.

If a boxer no longer can make the division weight limit, he will be forced to move up; be it the 160 pounds middleweight limit. He will normally move up to 168, not to 161. When a fighter campaigns at a weight division, he will cut weight to make the division limit be it 160 or 168, but he won’t go down to 155 or 161.

Monroe Jr: Canelo beats GGG!

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1-golovkin3 (11)By Dan Ambrose: Willie Monroe Jr. was very impressed with the performance of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) last Saturday night in his 12 round unanimous decision victory over Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) to win the WBC middleweight title.

Monroe Jr. came away from watching the fight with the belief that the 25-year-old Canelo would definitely beat Golovkin when/if they face each other. Monroe Jr. lost to Golovkin earlier this year in getting stopped in the 6th round last May at The Forum in Inglewood, California.

Miguel Cotto: You can’t teach old dogs new tricks

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1-canelo-cotto-results (14)By Jermill Pennington: Prior to this past weekend’s fight featuring Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Miguel Cotto there was a narrative in the boxing world that the elder Miguel Cotto had in some way revitalized himself under the tutelage of legendary trainer Freddie Roach.

After suffering back to back unanimous decision losses at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Austin Trout, many believed that Cotto’s hall of fame career was near the end. Nonetheless like many fighters before him Cotto was not yet ready to hang up the gloves. Now at a cross road in his career losing to the little known Austin Trout, Cotto reached out to Freddie Roach in search of a transformation of sorts.

Canelo: I don’t have to do what Golovkin wants

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canelo100By Dan Ambrose: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) made a lot of fans happy last Saturday night when he announced that he’s ready and willing to fight WBC interim middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) to show fans that he’s not afraid to fight anybody. Well, now it looks like Canelo is setting up conditions for Golovkin to meet in order to fight him.

If Golovkin wants the fight with him, he might need to fight Canelo at 155lbs, the weight class that Canelo has created recently in his last four fights. It seems that he likes to fight at 155lbs, and he doesn’t see any reason why he should change that, even though he’s now the WBC middleweight champion.

Canelo Alvarez’s bogus win means another black eye for boxing

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canelo663222By Rob Blakeman: It has always been my understanding that in boxing, to take a Champions crown you must do so decisively. There must be no question, no doubt, a true beating by the better man must be witnessed and acknowledged if not quite by all then by the vast majority.

Otherwise the Champion should keep the title he usually worked and battled so hard to win. The scorecards for Miguel Cotto against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez did appear to attest to such a drubbing, reading as follows: 119-109, 118-110 and 117-111.

Cotto-Canelo estimates at 900K PPV buys

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1-cotto-canelo-results (8)By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya made mention before last Saturday’s mega-fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) and Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) that the fight would bring in between 1.5 million and 2.5 million buys on HBO pay-per-view.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it’s going to be bringing in anywhere close to that number of buys. According to early estimates, the Cotto vs. Canelo fight will do at least 900,000 PPV buys, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. 900,000 is a respectable number, but nowhere near the huge amount of buys that De La Hoya was predicting for the fight.

Is De La Hoya avoiding Canelo vs. GGG clash?

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de la hoya84By Robert “Big Moe” Elmore: This is the beauty about boxing. It’s unpredictable. And sometimes my theories on things are wrong, but I enjoy attempting so here we go. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez win over Miguel Cotto for the WBC middleweight title was big, but it also put Canelo in direct line to face mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin (GGG, aka Trip).

So far Oscar De La Hoya has been mum on his next move. However, his moves could be decided for him by the WBC if he doesn’t make up his mind. Canelo has 15 days to decide to fight Trip or be stripped of his title. My spidey senses tell me Oscar is trying to maneuver around that mandatory bout. Enter Floyd Mayweather.

Mayweather thinks Roach didn’t give right advice to Cotto

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roach991By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. wasn’t impressed with Miguel Cotto’s trainer Freddie Roach last Saturday night with the way he worked Cotto’s corner in his 12 round decision loss to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) in their fight in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mayweather was particularly disappointed with the way that Roach failed to put some heat under Cotto in the last half of the fight to tell him that he was trailing and needed to pick up the pace if he wanted to win.

Golovkin’s trainer: Canelo has 15 days to make up mind for fight

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1-canelo-cotto-results (18)By Dan Ambrose: If Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) wants to hold onto his newly won WBC middleweight title then the clock is ticking for him, as he only has 15 days to make a decision whether to keep the WBC title or defend it against mandatory challenger Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs), and one of those days are now gone.

Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez doesn’t mean to put pressure on the 25-year-old Canelo, but he says that Canelo has to make his mind up within two weeks whether he’s going to face Golovkin or give up his WBC title.