What is known about a boxer like Canelo Alvarez? What started his career? What titles does the athlete have? What can be said about the personal life of a boxer? We will talk about this and not only in our publication.
early years
Saul Canelo Alvarez was born on June 19, 1990 in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. The boy possessed an appearance atypical for these parts. Young Saul had pale skin, generously strewn with freckles, as well as bright red hair. Unusual appearance, as for the Mexican, already in school years became for our hero the subject of ridicule from others. However, Alvarez never gave offense. Each detractor had to be fully responsible for his words.
It is worth noting that Saul was born in a family of athletes. The boy’s first coach was his older brother. In addition to our hero, parents raised another daughter and six sons. By the way, each of them subsequently became a professional boxer.
Canelo Alvarez came to boxing at the age of 13. The guy regularly went into the ring, participating in amateur competitions. It took Saul several years to win the championship title among young Mexican lay boxers. Alvarez so prevailed in peer skills that it soon became difficult for him to find worthy rivals. The only way out of the situation was the transition to professional boxing. Surprisingly, at that time our hero was only 15 years old. However, this fact absolutely did not bother the leaders of the local boxing federation. Therefore, the young Canelo Alvarez without any problems received the right to speak at the highest level, entering the ring against mature, more experienced opponents.
Alvarez Highlights
Canelo Alvarez managed to win recognition as one of the best young boxers in the world and the general love of the public in 2011. At this time, young talent entered the ring against champion Matthew Hatton. As a result, Saul got the WBC middleweight belt. In the same year, the title was successfully defended in a fight with Ryan Rhodes. Then several more fights were organized against the challengers Kermit Zintron and Alfonso Gomez. Both meetings ended with confident victories Alvarez.
In the spring of 2012, our hero spent one of the main fights in his career, meeting in the ring with multiple world champion Shane Mosley. Opponents sorted out relationships throughout all 12 rounds, following which the young Mexican was declared the winner by unanimous decision.
Fight Canelo Alvarez - Floyd Mayweather
In 2013, the Mexican boxer combined the WBC and WBA championship belts, after which he decided to fight against Floyd Mayweather himself, who had impressive statistics and did not know a single defeat. Numerous experts believed in the victory of a young, extremely gifted boxer. However, in the ring, everything turned out contrary to expectations. Mayweather showed excellent defense in the battle, along with a “chess” strategy and perfect technique. Youth was powerless against experience. Fight Canelo Alvarez - Floyd Mayweather ended with a confident victory for the latter. The only consolation for Mexican talent was that he managed to look worthy in the ring before the final round.
Once every unbroken boxer will certainly suffer the first defeat. And the match against Mayweather once again proved this statement. Naturally, Alvarez did not become discouraged after an insulting loss, because many glorious victories awaited him ahead. In addition, the young boxer received an impressive fee, replenishing his bank account with as much as $ 10 million.
As time has shown, defeat in the battle with Mayweather only kindled a flame in Alvarez’s soul. Over the next few years, Saul managed to defeat a number of champions, among which it is worth noting such distinguished boxers as Miguel Cotto, Amir Khan, Liam Smith and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Canelo Alvarez: statistics
Currently, the Mexican boxer has 49 fights held in the professional ring. As many as 34 meetings, our hero managed to complete ahead of schedule. The only loss in Alvarez’s career is the loss in points in a duel against Floyd Mayweather.
In addition, Saul has two draws in liabilities. One of them was awarded in one of the first fights at the dawn of a professional career. The winner was also not found in a recent fight between Alvarez and Kazakh champion Gennady Golovkin.
Personal life
Currently, the famous Mexican boxer is dating a successful model Shannon de Lima. Alvarez previously had a relationship with a number of girls who have proven themselves in this business.
In addition to boxing, one of Saul's main hobbies is collecting rare cars. In our free time, our hero enjoys riding horses. The love for these animals has been noted by the boxer since early childhood.