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!

Floyd has to stop fighting corpses

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floyd#01By Mo: WBC Welterweight Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is indeed a great boxer and has undoubtedly the best defensive style of our era, yet he keeps fighting the wrong boxers and the big fights that the fans would love to see never get made.

I’m tired of seeing Floyd fight the nonthreatening fighters he keeps selling to the casual fans and the real fights never happen we need to demand a match between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather.

Those are the type of fights that boxing needs, a great super star that is king of boxing and a great young rising star that poses a real threat to the king’s crown.

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Canelo talking himself out of Mayweather fight

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canelo76By Dan Ambrose: 22-year-old Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is showing his youth with his all thumbs approach to getting an import career-changing fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Canelo, despite being at the beginning stages of his career, is telling Mayweather at what weight their fight has to take place at before agrees to it.

In an interview with Univision Deports, Canelo said “I’ll fight at my weight [154] against Mayweather. I cannot go lower.”

It almost seems like Canelo is calling the shots. If he’s doing this at 22 with Mayweather what is Canelo going to be like in five or six years. It’s difficult to imagine. I can picture Canelo telling his opposition what hoops they have to jump through in order to get a fight with him.

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Mayweather-Canelo: To be the Man, you have to beat the Man

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floyd#15By Ken Wills: WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) can make all the demands he wants but the fact is he wants what unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO’s) has. Therefore, he needs to earn it. I mean, let’s be real here.

Except for us hardcore boxing fans, who is Canelo Alvarez? Why should Floyd Mayweather give any advantages to a younger, stronger, bigger fighter? Mayweather has nothing to gain by even fighting Canelo? Are people going to all of a sudden say he’s the best ever on account of that win?

The real question is and has been since the whole Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao ordeal is not who is Mayweather ducking now, but what are these fighters willing to sacrifice to become a legend, to become great. Pac Man wanted a 50/50 split, although no matter what the split it would have resulted in his biggest payday.

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Canelo Alvarez DEMANDS!!! (El esta loco)

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alvarez32By Jose Mendoza: Since Floyd Mayweather Jr’s last fight where he totally outclassed Robert “The Ghost “ Guerrero, the talks of a potential bout with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has been very high. While that would be and right now is the most interesting match that I see for Floyd right now, there are a few problems that don’t sit well with me.

First who is Canelo to say he will ONLY fight Mayweather at 154 pounds. Correct me if I’m wrong but he’s the one calling out Mayweather not the other way around. I know you guys are gone say “well he went to 154 to fight Cotto.” Yes, that is true but Cotto also doesn’t blow up to a huge 170-180 lbs. the next day and Floyd was the one who called out Cotto so it was only right you go to his weight division and fight him.

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Is Floyd Mayweather Jr. ducking Saul “Canelo” Alvarez?

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floyd#21By Juan dela Cruz: Just recently, Floyd Mayweather Jr. said that he will fight Saul Alvarez but the bout has to be at 147-pound limit (welterweight). On the other hand, Saul Alvarez said the fight has to be at 154 pounds (Jr middle weight). With this, the fight seems unlikely to happen. But who’s to blame?

If we could recall, Floyd faced Oscar De La Hoya and Miguel Cotto at 154 pounds, and also after the Mosley fight, Floyd said he wants Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez also at 154 although the fight never materialized after Martinez stopped Paul Williams in a brutal fashion. But now, after having fought at 154, Floyd is saying he can’t face Alvarez at that weight and the fight should be at 147.

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Canelo: I’ll fight Mayweather at 154; I can’t go any lower

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alvarez1By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) appears to have drawn a line in the sand in terms of the weight he’ll agree to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO’s) on September 14th by saying he won’t go below 154 to fight him.

It doesn’t matter that the 22-year-old Canelo isn’t as old the 36-year-old Mayweather or as accomplished or as talented, he’s still stubbornly sticking to his condition that the fight must take place at 154.

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Sulaiman says Canelo must decide which title he wants to keep

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canelo6By Dan Ambrose: It looks like WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez isn’t going to be given an exception by the World Boxing Council to be their only fighter to hold more than one title at the same time.

Canelo recently captured the WBA junior middleweight title over Austin Trout last April in their fight that the WBC used open scoring for in San Antonio, Texas. Canelo thought he could keep both belts, and perhaps didn’t realize that the WBC doesn’t let their champions hold other title straps.

He was hoping that the WBC would allow him to keep his, but it would put the WBC in a position where they would look potentially bad if they’re allowing one of their fighters to hold multiple titles in the same weight class while saying no to others.

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Floyd was willing to fight Cotto at 154; what makes Canelo any different?

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canelo643By Dominic Sauboorah: WBC Welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather (44-0, 26 KO’s) has recently stated how he will only fight Saul Alvarez (43-0 31 KO’s) at the 147 lb. limit and not Alvarez’s natural weight of 154 lb. That’s unlikely to happen, considering that Alvarez is naturally a middleweight so it’d take a lot out of his body if he were to drain down to 147 lb. We’ve seen the effect that’s had on fighters on the past, like Oscar De La Hoya when he fought Manny Pacquiao.

I find this surprising from Floyd, considering that he said before fighting Miguel Cotto how he wanted to fight the “best” Miguel Cotto which he stated was at the super welterweight limit. He criticized Manny Pacquiao for forcing Cotto to drain in weight, yet Floyd’s a hypocrite as he’s asking Canelo to do the same. I don’t understand why when in all reality Floyd will likely beat Alvarez anyway, be that at 147 or 154.

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Canelo has to decide which title he wants to keep – WBA or WBC

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canelo4332By Dan Ambrose: The World Boxing Council reportedly won’t be allowing their WBC junior middleweight title holder Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to keep both his WBC and his newly won WBA title. Canelo will have to make a decision which strap he wants to keep. He’s planning on taking a trip to pick up the WBA title in Panama on Tuesday.

Unless he gives up the WBA title like the WBC wants him to, his reign as the WBA 154 lb. champion could be a short one with him having to give it up immediately if he wants to keep his WBC strap.

Canelo has a good relationship with WBC president Jose Sulaiman and he and his team will be speaking with him to see if he’ll make an exception with him so that he can keep both titles.

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Why is Canelo being pushed towards Mayweather?

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floyd#001By Tom Drury: The drums are banging for a Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez match-up for September 14th. These two men are arguably the biggest stars in boxing. However, Alvarez still has to cement his status as one of the best fighters on the planet. Firstly, I would like to say I was a critic of Alvarez due to his padded and weak resume and was one of the first to speak out believing he would be schooled by Austin Trout.

How wrong could I be. Alvarez showed maturity, ring generalship and sharp boxing skills in that fight, winning convincingly in my opinion.

Before comments start pouring in about Mayweather “ducking” Alvarez, think about what your saying. It is a fact that Alvarez can barely make 154. If he was to, he would rehydrate to around 170 on fight night. Mayweather is a natural 147.

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