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!

Prediction on Golden Boys future plans

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broner999Golden Boy promotions last grand event “The One” didn’t live up to hype and the action didn’t play as we expected. Although others may have different opinions, that’s what I thought of the event. Golden Boy had yet to release news regarding their future events and they surprised me and I’m sure many hardcore boxing fans with 2 stacked cards for December of this year.

December 7th will be featuring a co main event that  gave me butterflies and is a fight I’ve been anticipating for months now. Austin Trout (26-1, 14 KO’s Vs Erislandy Lara (18-1-2, 12 KO’s) for the WBA interim title.

Like many I was hoping that fight would have been put on “The One” rather than Carlos Molina vs Ishe Smith but what’s happened has happened. But that fight could be a fight of the year due to Trout and Lara’s slick style of fighting. And I was also amused by the twitter trash talk between the two.

How Golden Boy ruined Canelo Alvarez

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canelo89By Eric Johnson: A couple of months ago, right after “The One” was announced. I wrote an article titled “Canelo’s Instant Fan base”, which you can revisit with this link. http://www.boxingnews24.com/2013/06/canelos-instant-fan-base/. It was an article about how at time Mexican fighters are thought out to be the next great Mexican champion. Prematurely given the torch, well before proving themselves worthy.

I stressed that every Mexican fighter isn’t the next Chavez, Sanchez or Olivaras. I remember in 2011, when Victor Ortiz was the hottest Welterweight in the fight game. He was coming off fight of the year against then undefeated titlist Andre Berto. He was the champion and had all the confidence in the world when he went up against Floyd Mayweather Jr. In the end, he succumbed to the moment and left with a loss. This past September we watched Canelo Alvarez fall to the same fate, and there is no one but Golden Boy Promotions to blame. Here’s why.

Fans want Canelo-Cotto, not Cotto-Martinez

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canelo76By Dan Ambrose: It looks like Bob Arum of Top Rank, Lou Dibella and Sampson Lewkowicz may be talking about a fight that boxing fans aren’t all that interested in seeing with the Miguel Cotto vs. Sergio Martinez idea. According to a poll at RingTV, boxing fans much prefer to see Cotto fight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez than Sergio Martinez. 48.8 percent of the fans polled picked Cotto-Canelo as the fight they want to see, whereas only 30.1 percent want to see Cotto fight the aging 39-year-old Martinez.

Cotto’s adviser Gaby Penagaricano also seems intrigued at the idea of Cotto and Canelo mixing it up, saying to RingTV “We need to know what makes the most sense for Miguel. I think that [a fight] with Canelo] would be a very big fight.”

Arum talks Cotto-Canelo fight

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canelo544By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto’s promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank says that he’ll look to negotiate with Golden Boy Promotions for a fight between Cotto and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez if Canelo is still under contract with Golden Boy and if that’s the fight that Cotto wants next or in the near future.

Arum isn’t sure of Canelo’s status as far as his promoter goes, but he’s open to negotiations for a fight with him and Cotto if that’s the direction Cotto wants to take. Right now they’re talking about a Cotto vs. Sergio Martinez fight next June for Martinez’s WBC middleweight title, but that fight is still in the talking stage and no definite.

Who wins: Cotto vs. Alvarez?

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cotto67666By Bob Smith: This is a very realistic question for the early to middle part of next year, say between March 2014 and August 2014. The two junior middleweight champions are on a collision course, are both immensely popular, and between them would likely beat any junior middleweight not named Floyd Mayweather Jr., Erislandy Lara or Austin Trout.

Who then would win between them: Miguel Cotto, or Saul “Canelo” Alvarez?

One way to test this thesis is to see how each of them did against Mayweather, whom they both fought within the last few years. But before we do this it is important to point out the following: Canelo LOST to Mayweather in a lopsided decision that should have been unanimous.

Canelo to meet with Schaefer next week to discuss next fight

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By Dan Ambrose: The recently beaten former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO’s) will be at Golden Boy Promotions head quarters in Los Angeles, California next week to meet with CEO of GBP Richard Schaefer and matchmaker Eric Gomez to discuss plans for his next fight.

Hype or skills?

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canelo878By Elton Jackson: What is happening to the sport of boxing? Blind judges, trumpeted up fighters and fighters with real talent but no personality never get a fair shot in the sport. I know, I know, boxing is a business and those who can draw the fans bring money to the sport.

What we have witnessed in the Bryan Vera vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fight, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez match suggest poor judging and “fighter fluffing.” In the case of Vera-Chavez Junior, Vera pulled off a win in most people’s eyes, but the fight was given to the fighter with the larger following.

Trout wants Canelo rematch or winner of Cotto-Rodriguez

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canelo6By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-1, 14 KO’s) is hoping that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO’s) will step up to the plate and agree to give him a rematch so that Trout can clear up the controversy over their fight last April in which Canelo won’t be a questionable decision in El Paso, Texas.

If Trout can’t get a fight against the recently beaten Canelo, then he wants to fight the winner of this Saturday’s fight between Miguel Cotto and Delvin Rodriguez.

Trout has already beaten Rodriguez by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision in June of last year, so it’s not likely that Rodriguez will want a second helping of Trout after that experience.

Canelo’s trainer interested in Cotto for next opponent

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canelo5443By Dan Ambrose: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s trainer Eddie Reynoso is mapping out potential targets for Canelo to fight in his first bout since being dominated by Floyd Mayweather Jr. earlier this month in an embarrassingly one-sided fight in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Reynoso is interested in having Canelo fight Miguel Cotto next if Cotto can get past Delvin Rodriguez in their fight next month on October 5th. Reynoso sees Cotto as the biggest name that Canelo can get at 154.

It kind of goes without saying that Cotto is the biggest name in the junior middleweight division besides Mayweather, because the division is totally barren of popular fighters other than Canelo, Cotto and Mayweather.

Top 5 Under 25: The Future Faces of Boxing

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canelo677By Chester Rivers: It’s time to face reality. Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao and Sergio Martinez are on their way out, and boxing desperately need some young fresh fighters to pick up were these legends will soon leave off. The following list is my top 5 candidates who, if promoted properly, could be the next face of boxing.

1). Miguel “Mikey” Garcia, age 25, (32-0, 27 KO’s) Mikey has the potential to someday top the pound-for-pound list. Garcia’s resume list former champions Orlando Salido and Juan Manuel Lopez as his victims. Mikey did have trouble making weight in his last fight which resulted in the young champion losing his title on the scales. Lucky for us Garcia has outgrown the featherweight division and will now be competing in the deeper junior lightweight division against alphabet champ Rocky Martinez. Garcia should dispose of Martinez quite easily gaining his second world title in his second division.