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 capable of out-boxing Canelo for long stretches

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SanAntonio_0U9C2337_send(Photo: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) really is in a situation where he’s going to need to KO WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) on April 20th if he wants to get the win without controversy because he simply doesn’t have the boxing skills to beat Trout by a 12 round decision at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

If this was a three-round fight, then I’d give Canelo a good chance of winning because he could turn it into one of those Prizefighter type of fights where the most aggressive guy for three rounds wins the fight. But this isn’t a three round fight; it’s for 12 rounds, and Canelo will need boxing skills in order for him to be able to win a decision over Trout unless he’s somehow able to KO him. I don’t see that happening.

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Canelo-Trout: 20,000 tickets already sold; Alamodome will be configured for 40,000

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SanAntonio_0U9C2603_send(Photo: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: Ticket sales for the April 20th fight between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) and WBA champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) continue to be scooped up at an alarming rate for this fight at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

According to mysantonio.com, 20,000 tickets have already been purchased for the fight with still a little over one month to go. Alamodome, which holds 72,000, was previously reconfigured to hold 30,000, according to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, but with the tickets still moving at a fast pace, they’ve reconfigured it to hold 40,000.

If the ticket sales get near or surpass the 40,000 seats, you can bet they’re reconfigure it again by bumping it up to an even higher number.

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Canelo doesn’t look confident for Trout fight

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austin1(Photos: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: In comparing the face-offs of WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) with WBA junior middleweight Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) to how Canelo usually looks when he’s facing an over-matched opponent, I’ve noticed that he doesn’t look at all cocky and smug this time around compared to his past fights.

If anything, I think Canelo seems worried and possibly afraid for what may happen when he meets Trout in the ring on April 20th at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It’s like night and day watching Canelo’s face-offs with Josesito Lopez, Shane Mosley, Matthew Hatton and Kertmit Contron, to name just a small handful of his over-matched opposition Golden Boy has fed him in the past two years.

Canelo looked absolutely cocky in those face-offs, like he just knew he was going to win those fights easily.

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De La Hoya: Canelo can prove he’s the real deal by beating Trout

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SanAntonio_0U9C2206_send(Photos: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions says his fighter WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) has the chance to show the world that he’s not just a fighter that’s built up from hype, but is the real thing by beating WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) in their unification match next month on April 20th at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

De La Hoya said “This is an opportunity for Canelo to show everyone in boxing that he is the real deal…we don’t know who is going to win.”

True it is a chance for the red-haired Canelo to prove that he belongs at the top not because of how popular he is due to his Mexican fans, but rather because of what he actually does in the ring. If Canelo can beat Trout convincingly without controversy, then he belongs among the very best at 154.

Until then, you have to look at Canelo with a lot of doubt and suspicion due to the incredibly soft matchmaking that De La Hoya and Golden Boy has done for the 22-year-old Canelo over the years. Sadly, Canelo’s toughest fight of his career came against a shot 41-year-old Shane Mosley, and Canelo looked terrible in that fight.

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Canelo-Trout, Mayweather-Guerrero, Donaire-Rigondeaux preview

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SanAntonio_0U9C1440_send(Photos: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Dominic Sauboorah: We are in for a treat this year with the fights being displayed and here they are:

Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux: This fight is a real tough one to call. You’ve got one of the best pound for pound fighters in Nonito Donaire, defending his WBO strap against arguably the best amateur boxer ever in Guillermo Rigondeaux, defending his WBA strap. Donaire will have the obvious size advantage; however Rigondeaux is a tricky customer with phenomenal defensive skills. He’s also a south paw; therefore Donaire may find it hard to land his punches against the slick Cuban. Nevertheless this fight is a genuine pick ‘em and a real good match up put together by Bob Arum. Both have speed, athleticism and power, should be a real good fight.

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Canelo-Trout gate is already $800,000 for April 20th fight

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canelo1(Photos: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: The April 20th unification fight between WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) and WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) promises to be one of biggest boxing events of the year for 2013 when the two fighters face off at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

According to Steve Kim, the gate for the Canelo-Trout fight is already $800,000 and growing with a little over a month to go before the two fighters step inside the ring on April 20th in Texas.

No doubt the huge ticket sales are fueled in part by the low cost $10 tickets that Canelo specifically asked for in order to try and sell out the 72,000 seat stadium. Golden Boy Promotions has retrofitted the stadium for 30,000, but if it were to reach the limit then you could expect it to be resized for however many boxing fans would come to the event.

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Canelo: I’m ready to face Mayweather whenever he wants

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floyd17By Dan Ambrose: Some fighters never get a clue, and they end up wasting time instead of focusing on makeable fights. WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez thinks he’s going to get a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September despite Mayweather having already said no to Canelo’s pressure tactics to try and weasel a fight with him.

Canelo said to Ringtv “I’m happy to fight Floyd Mayweather when he’s ready to fight me.”

There’s a real problem with this. Mayweather doesn’t like to face guys that have been exposed. He’ll make an exception every now and then for guys like Miguel Cotto, but it’s rare that he does this. Most of the time Mayweather prefers to be the guy that exposes fighters, because he doesn’t like to get sloppy seconds when it comes to beating a guy.

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Marquez: I won’t fight Canelo because he’s too big

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Houston_0U9C3156_send(Photos: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: Mexican legendary fighter Juan Manuel Marquez (55-6-1, 40 KO’s), who has spent most of his career fighting at featherweight and super featherweight, says he won’t move up to the 154 pound division to face WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) because the size difference between them is too much.

Speaking with Univision Deportes, Marquez said “In April, I’ll decide if I want to keep boxing or retire. I definitely won’t fight Saul Alvarez because it’s a lot of weight to move up to middleweight [junior middleweight], and on fight night that would be the average weight for Canelo. Additionally, he has a tough fight against Austin Trout. He must show his merit.”

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12K tickets sold for Canelo vs. Trout on 1st day

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McAllen_0U9C3732_send(Photos: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: Over 12 thousand tickets were sold on the first day after being put on sale for the April 20th unification clash between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) and WBA champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s).

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer told ESPN the 12 thousand tickets have been sold for the fight that will take place for the 72,000 seat stadium at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, but the stadium has been scaled back to hold only 30,000. In other words, Golden Boy and Canelo are making the tickets extra cheap just to sell out less than half of the stadium.

So what does that tell you about Canelo’s popularity if Golden Boy is dropping the prices at a bargain basement price for the fight? I don’t know, but I think it gives a good indication that Canelo isn’t popular enough at this time to draw huge amounts of boxing fans if the fight were to take place with regular priced tickets.

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Canelo-Trout: 11K tickets priced at $10 for April 20th fight

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austin1(Photos: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: It looks as if WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) was serious about having a good portion of his tickets priced at only $10 for his April 20th unification bout against WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

According to Dan Rafael, there are 11 thousand tickets priced at $11 per ticket. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says Canelo was the driving force behind wanting the tickets to be sold at such a cheap price because he wanted families in the San Antonio area to be able to afford bringing the entire family to the event instead of just one or two showing up.

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