Thursday, August 29, 2024
Canelo Alvarez: Biography, record, fights and more
By ESPN
Canelo Alvarez, of Guadalajara, Mexico, is the super middleweight undisputed champion of the world. He has won titles in four different divisions, including super middleweight, junior middleweight, middleweight and light heavyweight. Canelo has notable victories against Gennadiy Golovkin (2-0-1 record in their trilogy), Miguel Cotto, Amir Khan, Sergey Kovalev and Billy Joe Saunders, among others.
Next fight: Sept. 14 vs. Edgar Berlanga
Record: 61-2-2, 39 KOs
DOB: July 18, 1990
Age: 34
Stance: Orthodox
Reach: 70½″ inches
Height: 5-foot-8
Top Alvarez stories:
- The waiting game: Crawford eyes legacy-defining fight against Canelo
- Canelo Alvarez to be stripped of IBF 168-pound title
- Why is Canelo fighting Berlanga? What about Crawford and Benavidez?
- Canelo Alvarez finalizing fight vs. Edgar Berlanga
- Canelo: 'I can do whatever I want,' but Benavidez, Crawford should be next
- Canelo Alvarez decisions Jaime Munguia in title defense
- Round-by-round: Canelo Alvarez dominates Jaime Munguia, retains titles
- 'A different era for me': Canelo's new approach isn't to satisfy his critics
- Tensions erupt between Canelo Alvarez, Oscar De La Hoya at presser
- Seven recent memorable fights between Mexican top fighters
- Why is Canelo fighting Munguia? What about Benavidez, Charlo?
- Canelo Alvarez, Jaime Munguia finalize May 4 bout in Vegas
- Canelo explains new willingness to fight countryman Munguia
- Canelo Alvarez in talks with PBC about Munguia fight
- Boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Did Canelo do enough to rise?
- 'Nobody can beat this Canelo': Alvarez proved his point with win over Charlo
- Canelo Alvarez trounces Jermell Charlo to retain undisputed title
- Round-by-round results of Canelo Alvarez's victory over Jermell Charlo
- Last laugh? Canelo Alvarez out to prove Jermell Charlo wrong -- and show he's still elite
- Timothy Bradley on Canelo vs. Charlo: Analysis and prediction
- Moving on up: Is history on Charlo's side when he faces Canelo at super middleweight?
- Bold predictions: A KO in Canelo-Charlo? End of Haney's run?
- Jermell Charlo on risk of facing Canelo Alvarez: 'I want to be great'
- Canelo Alvarez will face Jermell Charlo instead of his twin brother Jermall; here's what to expect
- Canelo Alvarez to face Jermell Charlo, not Jermall, on Sept. 30
- Canelo Alvarez seizes 'historic moment' in return to Mexico
- In 'a historic moment for me,' Alvarez retains belt in Mexico
- Canelo Alvarez-John Ryder results: Canelo knocks down, defeats Ryder by decision
- Canelo Alvarez's homecoming: Boxing's biggest star returns to Mexico, his horses and a moment 11 years in the making
- Who is John Ryder, the man looking to spoil Canelo Alvarez's homecoming?
- Boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Canelo Alvarez loses support, even after win over Gennadiy Golovkin
- Jermall Charlo? Dmitry Bivol? David Benavidez? Canelo Alvarez has options after GGG win
- Canelo Alvarez closes trilogy with Gennadiy Golovkin with unanimous decision win
- Canelo-GGG 3 timeline: All the key moments of the heated rivalry that brought us here
- Johnathon Banks a key player in the Canelo Alvarez-Gennadiy Golovkin trilogy fight
- At 40 -- and 16 months since his last fight -- can Gennadiy Golovkin show he's still Canelo Alvarez's match?
- Is Canelo Alvarez-Gennadiy Golovkin the best fight this fall?
- Canelo Alvarez isn't too fond of Gennadiy Golovkin pretending to be a nice guy before their news conference.
- Canelo Alvarez on trilogy bout with rival Gennadiy Golovkin: 'It's personal for me'
- Canelo Alvarez says trilogy bout vs. Gennadiy Golovkin will be 'for the people'
- Canelo Alvarez denies using PEDs, accepts blame for not knowing risks of eating meat in Mexico
- How the PED clenbuterol finds its way onto a cattle ranch in Mexico
- Canelo Alvarez's camp blames suspect meat for positive clenbuterol test
- Canelo not the first to blame meat for positive drug test
- Did ambition get the best of Canelo Alvarez?
- Dmitry Bivol dominates, upsets Canelo Alvarez
- Floyd Mayweather, Odell Beckham Jr., Jake Paul and more weigh in on Canelo-Bivol
- 'I'll fight everybody': Canelo Alvarez plots out his path to history
- How does Canelo Alvarez match up with Dmitry Bivol and Gennadiy Golovkin?
- Canelo Alvarez expresses interest in heavyweight title fight with Oleksandr Usyk at 201-pound catchweight
- Canelo Alvarez, Dmitry Bivol finalize bout for May 7; Gennadiy Golovkin agrees to September fight
- Canelo Alvarez demolishes Caleb Plant, becomes undisputed champion
- How to beat Canelo Alvarez? It's easier said than done
- The secret to Canelo Alvarez's success? His own brand of Mexican Style
- Meet Canelo Alvarez ... outside the ring
