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At just 23 years old, Saul Canelo Alvarez has already reached super stardom in his illustrious
boxing career.
The fast rising Mexican superstar was last seen in action opposite pound for pound king
Floyd Money Mayweather and though the money man was victorious I did see it as a closer
fight than what most saw.
The event titled "The One" was an absolute blockbuster breaking the record for highest
grossing PPV at the live gate plus total revenue, falling just short of the pay per view buy
record of 2.4 million set by the Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and Mayweather coming in
with 2.2 million PPV buys.
The weigh in itself attracted over 12,000 fans.
VIVA MEXICO!!!! #teamcanelo
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FIGHTER BIOGRAPHY:
Total fights: 43 Wins: 42
Wins by KO: 30 Losses: 1
Draws: 1 No contests: 0
Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán (born July 18, 1990), commonly known as El Canelo (from
canela, Spanish for cinnamon, in reference to his red hair), is a Mexican professional
boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He is the former WBC, WBA, and Ring Magazine
Light Middleweight Champion. He is promoted by Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions.
In an interview, Álvarez explained that he was born in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco,
but his family was at the time living in San Agustín de Tlajomulco de Zúñiga. At the
age of five his family moved to their current home of Juanacatlán, Jalisco.
Growing up on his family's farm, he learned horseback riding, which he continues today.
Álvarez is the youngest of eight children, seven of them boys; all of his brothers also
became professional boxers.
Among his brothers are welterweight boxers Ramon Álvarez, Ricardo Álvarez and former
Interim WBA World Champion, Rigoberto Álvarez.
Álvarez was engaged to 30-year-old Marisol Gonzá***, who is Miss Mexico Universe 2003
and a sports reporter for Televisa Deportes. He has one daughter that he had with a former
girlfriend.
Álvarez turned professional at 15, shortly after his championship at the Junior Nationals,
because his trainers at the time, father-and-son team Chepo and Eddy Reynoso, were unable to
find suitable junior opponents for him. In his first 19 months as a professional, he
knocked out 11 of his 13 documented opponents, all of whom were significantly older. However,
the elder Reynoso stated in 2013 that Álvarez had fought 10 more times in that span, winning
all 10 by knockout, but that these fights (all in small venues in the Mexican state
of Nayarit) were so poorly documented that it was not worth the trouble to seek to have
the record corrected.
Álvarez' third official bout of his career was a win over the now current IBF Lightweight
Champion, Miguel Vázquez on January 20, 2006, at his home town of Guadalajara, Jalisco.
On June 28, 2008, Álvarez defeated Miguel Vázquez again in a rematch.
He also made world history in that fight card when all of his six brothers fought on the
same night, Canelo being the youngest. The only downside was that three of them failed
to win their pro debuts. The other four more experienced brothers won. On March 6, 2010,
he got a crushing third round knockout over Brian Camechis in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.
Álvarez defeated Jose Miguel Cotto on May 1, 2010, on the Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane
Mosley undercard in the MGM Grand Garden Arena on HBO PPV to retain his NABF Welterweight
title.
The Ring™ Top 10 Pound For Pound Rankings (2013)
01.Floyd Mayweather 02.Andre Ward
03.Juan Manuel Marquez 04.Wladimir Klitschko
05.Sergio Martinez 06.Manny Pacquiao
07.Adrien Broner 08.Timothy Bradley
09.Saul Alvarez 10.Guillermo Rigondeaux
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