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!

Mayweather could make $100 million for Canelo fight, says Ellerbe

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floyd784332By Chris Williams: The Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez “The One” pay per view card has reportedly broken the all-time PPV record for the most money hauled in for a fight with $150 million and counting with 2.2 million PPV buys. There’s a chance that the card could still break the all-time PPV mark of 2.4 million PPV buys from the 2007 fight between Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya. If it breaks that record it’s possible that the fight will generate over $200 million.

Mayweather’s adviser Leonard Ellerbe is saying that Mayweather could end up making $100 million if the pay per view sales break 2.4 million. Mayweather is already set to get a guaranteed $41.5 million for the Canelo fight. But with the extra PPV sales above 2 million, he could wind up with an additional $59 million while Canelo could end up with a lot more than the $12 million that he was set to get.

Mayweather-Canelo brings in a lot of PPV green stuff

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NEW YORK (Sept. 19, 2013) — Last Saturday’s blockbuster boxing event — THE ONE: MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO — ranked as the highest-grossing pay-per-view of all time, with nearly $150 million in U.S. pay-per-view revenue reported to date. The news was announced today by Showtime Networks Inc., a division of CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS), in conjunction with event promoters Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions.

Mayweather-Canelo judge C.J. Ross takes an indefinite leave of absence

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canelo9995By Allan Fox: C.J. Ross, the judge that scored the Floyd Mayweather Jr-Saul “Canelo” Alvarez fight a 114-114 draw, has reportedly decided to take an indefinite leave of absence for her judging job, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal. Ross, 64, has taken a ton of head about her scoring for the Mayweather vs. Canelo fight in addition go her scoring for the Tim Bradley vs. Manny Pacquiao fight last year in June. Ross scored that fight 115-113 for Bradley.

It’s unknown whether Ross will return to judging or not because she said that she would be in contact with Nevada State Athletic director Keith Kizer in the future. Ross’s judging license was set to expire at the end of the year, and she would have to be approved by the Commission for to return.

Guerrero: If Mayweather fought me like he did Canelo it would have been a different fight

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floyd#44By Dan Ambrose: Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero saw last Saturday’s fight between former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO’s) and Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) and he came away surprised that Mayweather Jr. had spent so much time standing directly in front of Canelo in that fight. Guerrero thinks that Mayweather spotted a weakness in Canelo’s game that make him decide to stand and trade.

Guerrero also said that if Mayweather had fought him like he did Canelo the outcome would have been different between them. Mayweather beat Guerrero by a 12 round unanimous decision by the scores 117-111, 117-111 and 117-111 last May in a one-sided fight.

Canelo won’t have to wait long for title shot; Carlos Molina already offering him

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By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO’s) won’t have to wait a long time like most fighters do after they get beaten in big fights. Canelo, who was beaten by Floyd Mayweather Jr. last Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, is already received an offer for a fight by IBF junior middleweight champion Carlos Molina (22-5-2, 6 KO’s) if he wants to take the fight.

Canelo Alvarez – The quest begins

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canelo8888By Mr. Pennington: They say the merit of a man is judged not by being knocked down, but how he gets up. After Saturday’s main event between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul ’Canelo” Alvarez, a lot of question have been answered. As my father would say “the make-up is off the pig”, basically meaning now that all the build- up and hype is over, we can finally see what we really have in Alvarez.

One thing we found out Saturday night is that Canelo is not the one, but being 23 isn’t so bad either already reaching the pinnacle of the sport.

For Alvarez in my estimation, there are a few tough lessons that have been learned that may not be easy to swallow.

Magic Johnson: Mayweather was so good against Canelo the fight was boring

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By Dan Ambrose: Former NBA star Earvin “Magic” Johnson thinks last Saturday’s fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was such a one-sided fight that it ended up being a boring bout for him to watch. Mayweather won the fight by a 12 round majority decision after one of the judges came up with a strange 114-114 score. However, Canelo really only fought well enough to win the 12th round. The remainder of the rounds were one-sided enough to give them all to Mayweather.

Carlos Molina targeting Canelo and Cotto for first title defense

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Brand-new IBF Light Middleweight Champion “King” Carlos Molina says when he heard the ring announcer say the words “and the NEW”, he could finally relax a bit.

“I knew I had reached one of the goals I set on the day I started boxing,” said the happy champion, now home in his beloved Chicago.

Oscar’s blueprint for dummies

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floyd784332By Van Dunn: Now that the much hyped Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez fight is over, and Mayweather Jr. has once again showed the boxing world that he is in a class above everyone else, we can all sit back and chuckle. Chuckle not at the fact that Mayweather totally outclassed the younger, stronger and immensely confident fighter in Alvarez, nor chuckle at how easy that Mayweather made this fight look, or even chuckle at the incompetency of the majority decision empowered by the 114-114 score of a renegade judge.

As I now sit back and review the fight in my head, I keep hearing that earth shattering and mind blowing decree uttered by the great and mighty Golden Boy himself……”I have the blueprint to beat Mayweather”. Now as much of a deep and profound proclamation this appears to be, I can’t help but laugh because Oscar’s blueprint has been proven to be nothing more than “Fools Gold”.

The Rabid Crowds

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canelo7677by Jordan Capobianco: The rabid crowds liked it when Lucas Matthysse knocked people out. They wanted to see him knock more people out. They wanted to see him knock Danny Garcia out. They thought he could because he had knocked lots of people out before, and they were seduced by his ability to do it.

But then he didn’t knock out Danny Garcia.

And the rabid crowds remembered that Garcia was a masterful, undefeated champion. And they remembered that no fighter has ever been able to compensate for Garcia’s left hand. And they looked at Matthysse’s right eye and it was almost poetic. And seeing the poetry of the experience, some were less rabid.