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!
Lara said “This is the fight we pushed for and this is the fight we got. Now it’s time to go to work. It’s going to be a great fight. Canelo is young and strong. I’m going to do what I do, which is box beautifully and fight if I have to, and it’s going to be a really interesting fight for the fans.
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout sees Cuban Erislandy Lara (19-1-2) dominating Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KO’s) in their fight on July 12th, but then possibly getting robbed by the judges rather than getting the victory. Trout feels that Lara will beat Canelo the same way that Floyd Mayweather Jr. did in defeating him last September, but Trout still doubts whether Lara will be giving the victory over the much, much more popular 23-year-old Canelo.
By Dan Ambrose: #4 WBO super featherweight contender Juan Manuel Lopez (34-3, 31 KO’s) will be fighting #2 Francisco Vargas (19-0-1, 13 KO’s) in a WBO 130lb title eliminator bout on July 12th on the undercard of the Erislandy Lara vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The winner of the Lopez-Vargas fight will become the mandatory challenger for WBO super featherweight champion Mikey Garcia.
Lopez, 30, was destroyed by Mikey Garcia in 4 rounds last year in June in a fight that was a little more than a massacre. After that loss, Lopez was considered to be washed up and ready for the junk heap by a lot of boxing fans of the sport. However, Lopez was able to get in excellent shape and come and destroy Danel Ponce De Leon in two rounds last March in an impressive performance by Lopez in Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA/WBC light middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s 4-city press tour with Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12 KO’s) will kickoff tomorrow [Tuesday, May 6th], in Los Angeles, California at the El Pueblo Historical Monument. From there, Canelo and Lara’s tour will travel to San Antonio, Texas on May 7th, New York City on May 8th, and then wrap up the tour on May 9th in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Canelo, 23, won’t be fighting for Lara’s WBA 154lb title, because Canelo doesn’t recognize Lara as the top WBA champion in that weight class. Floyd Mayweather Jr, who easily beat Canelo last September, is also one of the WBA junior middleweight champions and the guy that is considered to be the overall champ.
The Canelo-Lara fight will be taking place on July 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight will be televised on Showtime pay-per-view. Compared to Canelo’s previous fight against Alfredo Angulo, which took place last March, the Canelo vs. Lara fight is a much, much more worthy fight for PPV than the Canelo-Angulo mismatch.
By Allan Fox: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (46-0, 26 KO’s) did a good job of beating Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KO’s) by standing and trading shots last Saturday night to earn a tough 12 round majority decision in their Showtime pay-per-view televised fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. But after the fight, Mayweather had less than glowing words to say about the hard hitting Argentinian fighter.
Mayweather compared Maidana to a WWE professional wrestler at the post-fight press conference, and said that he had done a good job of kneeing him and holding and hitting. Mayweather also said that his previous opponents Miguel Cotto and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez hitter harder and were tougher than Maidana.
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: This Saturday night Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) will be fighting Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) in a 12 round unification match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mayweather sees Maidana as being a much different fighter than his last opponent Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, who Mayweather easily beat last September by a 12 round decision in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather says he sees Canelo as being a similar fighter to him, whereas he sees Maidana as being more of a classic slugger that comes straight at his opponents looking to punch their lights out.
By Dan Ambrose: Erislandy Lara’s WBA junior middleweight title won’t be on the line for his fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KO’s) on July 12th, according to Boxrec.com. Canelo has previously said that he wasn’t interested in fighting for Lara’s WBA title, because he feels that WBA Super World welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the real WBA 154lb champion, not Lara.
The World Boxing Association has two champions at 154, as well as at 112, 122, 126, 140, 168, and 175. It’s a way for the WBA to make more money in sanctioning feels by having multiple champions in the same weight classes.
By Jon Ingram: Manny Pacquiao is the only boxer in the history of the sport to win championship belts in 8 divisions. Let’s save the excuses of any catch weight argument’s that one may have for every professional boxer knows the stipulations of each fight before they sign the contract, do they not? There is news of Pacquiao being a “Little Man Filling Big Shoes” to possibly take on the much larger Saul “Canelo” Alvarez if he is to get past Lara in their upcoming fight.
A lot of fans, including trainers Floyd Sr, and Roger Mayweather have said that If Pacquiao wants to fight Floyd Jr, then he should beat Canelo first. Me personally, I feel that Manny would beat Canelo just as bad as Mayweather did, but that’s another argument though.
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA/WBC light middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KO’s) hasn’t beaten his next scheduled opponent WBA light middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12 KO’s) yet, and already Canelo’s trainer Jose “Chepo” Reynoso is looking past that fight for a much hoped for clash against Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31 KO’s) for later on this year.
Cotto has an important fight on June 7th against WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez at Madison Square Garden in New York, and there’s no telling how Cotto will do in that fight. He could very well come apart like he did in his losses to Antonio Margarito and Manny Pacquiao.
By Chris Williams: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions is reportedly in talks with Top Rank promoter Bob Arum about a possible super fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Arum’s fighter Manny Pacquiao for later this year. De La Hoya says he has no beef with the 82-year-old Arum, who used to promote him during his boxing career, and he feels that the two of them can work with each other to make some big fights. Arum is open to working with De La Hoya for fight.
“Anything is possible,” De La Hoya said to the LA Times about a Pacquiao vs. Canelo fight. “That’s one of the reasons I was extending the olive branch. The fans want to see these fights.”