Saúl Álvarez
Saúl Álvarez | |
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Saúl Álvarez |
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Birth Name | Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán |
Fight name | Canelo (cinnamon) |
Weight class | Light middleweight middleweight |
nationality | Mexican |
birthday | July 18, 1990 |
place of birth | Tlajomulco de Zuñiga |
style | Left delivery |
size | 1.75 m |
Combat Statistics | |
Struggles | 56 |
Victories | 53 |
Knockout victories | 36 |
Defeats | 1 |
draw | 2 |
Profile in the BoxRec database |
Saúl Álvarez (born July 18, 1990 in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga , Mexico ) is a Mexican professional boxer, former world champion of the WBC , WBA and WBO in light middleweight, former world champion of the WBC, IBF and WBA in middleweight and current WBA world champion in super middleweight and WBO -World light heavyweight champion.
He is the youngest brother of the three professional boxers Ramón, Ricardo and Rigoberto, the latter is a former interim world champion of the WBA in the light middleweight division.
Boxing career
Saúl Álvarez started boxing at the age of 13 and has played 20 amateur fights. His greatest success as an amateur was winning the 2005 Mexican Junior Championships.
He started his professional career on October 29, 2005 with a knockout victory against Abraham González. In his third fight, he defeated the later IBF World Champion Miguel Vázquez on points and was also able to win the rematch on June 28, 2008 on points. In his fifth fight on June 17, 2006, he boxed his first draw against Jorge Juárez from Tijuana .
On September 29, 2006 he defeated the Hispano champion of the WBC Francisco Villanueva by knockout in round 5 and on August 18, 2007 the eventual Mexican champion Cristian Solano by unanimous points victory. On April 18, 2008, he secured the Fedecentro title of the WBA by dropping out of the referee in the 12th round against the previously undefeated Gabriel Martínez (17-0), who was taken out of the fight due to injury. He then defended his title against the former WBO Latino champion Carlos Jerez (27-9) and against the former Colombian champion Raul Pinzon (16-1).
On January 17, 2009 he won the NABF North American Championship by knockout in round 1 against the WBC Junior World Champion, Antonio Fitch (12-1). Then he won on February 21, 2009, in addition, the Latino title of the WBO by knockout in round 11 against the unbeaten Euri Gonzalez (17-0). He then defended his NABF title with a knockout against Michel Rosales (23-2) and Jefferson Gonçalo (19-3).
On August 8, 2009 he was the new WBC junior world champion welterweight; he defeated the Russian Marat Chuseew (18-4) by knockout in round 2. On September 15, 2009 he defended the title by knockout in round 1 against the Argentine Carlos Herrera (21-1). He also defended the NABF title against future US champions Lanardo Tyner (21-2) and Brian Camechis (19-2).
In a non-title fight on May 1, 2010 in Las Vegas , he defeated the former WBC junior world champion and later, two-time WBA World Championship challenger José Miguel Cotto (31-1) by knockout in round 9 and thus added the first premature Defeat his career too. On July 10, 2010 he won by knockout in round 6 against Luciano Cuello (26-1), the silver title of the WBC and defended it against ex-WBC world champion Carlos Baldomir (45-12), as well as against ex-IBF World champion Lovemore N'dou (48-11).
On March 5, 2011 he won the WBC world title by unanimously winning points against European champion Matthew Hatton (41-4). His first title defense was against European champion Ryan Rhodes (45-4) on June 18 of the same year and won by knockout in round 12.
On September 17, 2011 he defended his title in Los Angeles with a technical knockout in round 6 against Alfonso Gómez (23-4). On November 26th he defeated the ex-world champion Kermit Cintrón (33-4) by technical knockout in round 5. On May 5th, 2012 in Las Vegas he defeated the former WBA, WBC and IBF world champion Shane Mosley ( 46-7) unanimously on points. On September 15, 2012 he boxed in another title defense in Las Vegas against Josesito López (30-4). Álvarez had his opponent down in rounds 2, 3 and 4 and won in the fifth round by technical knockout.
On April 20, 2013, he combined his WBC World Championship belt with the World Championship belt of the WBA, after he won a unanimous points victory against Austin Trout (26-0) in San Antonio . He also had the American on the ground in the seventh round.
On September 14, 2013, the fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. , which was awaited with great interest in the boxing world , took place over the full distance of 12 rounds; the more experienced Mayweather had clearly dominated Álvarez, so that after the end of the fight there were actually no doubts about a clear point victory Mayweather. However, only two of the three referees saw it that way - the referee CJ Ross had surprisingly rated the fight as a draw, for which she had to accept severe criticism and resigned as a referee a few days after the fight. Álvarez lost both of his titles in this fight.
In March 2014, Álvarez won early against Alfredo Angulo (22-3). In July of the same year he defeated Erislandy Lara (19-1) over twelve rounds on points. In May 2015 there was a knockout win in the third round against James Kirkland (32-1).
On November 21, 2015, he won the WBC middleweight title by a unanimous victory on points against Miguel Cotto (40-4). In May 2016 he defeated Amir Khan (31-3) by knockout in the sixth round. On May 18, 2016, Álvarez resigned his WBC world title, whereby the WBC immediately awarded the Kazak Gennady Golovkin the world title.
On September 17, 2016, he defeated Liam Smith (23-0) in the fight for the WBO light middleweight title by knockout.
Alvarez defeated Julio César Chávez junior on May 6, 2017 in Las Vegas in a prestige battle dominating on points over twelve rounds.
On September 16, 2017, he boxed for the IBF and WBA middleweight championship titles against Gennady Golowkin (37-0), who also held the IBO and WBC titles. In the fast-paced fight Álvarez scored a draw, which Golowkin as a professional did not emerge as the winner of a fight for the first time. Judge Adalaide Byrd had rated the duel with 118: 110 for Álvarez, Dave Moretti with 115: 113 for Golowkin. The third judge Don Trella scored 114: 114. For many boxing experts, however, this was a misconception. They clearly saw Golovkin in front who was the more active boxer and landed more punches. Especially Byrd's judgment with 118: 110 caused incomprehension. She was then banned from future title fights.
The rematch against Golovkin should take place on May 5, 2018. The fight was canceled because Álvarez was tested positive for Clenbuterol in two doping controls during preparation . He was banned for six months.
The rematch against Gennadi Golowkin then took place on September 15, 2018 in Las Vegas, with Álvarez being able to prevail on points and winning the IBO, WBA and WBC world titles. The fight was fought on the highest level by both sides, with Alvarez dominating the first half of the fight and shaping the fight from the middle of the ring. In the second half Golowkin got stronger and stronger and pushed Alvarez more and more on the defensive. Two judges rated the fight 115: 113, 115: 113 for Alvarez and one 114: 114 as a tie
On December 15, 2018, he defeated Rocky Fielding (27-1) early in the third round. In May 2019, he won on points against Daniel Jacobs . On November 2, 2019, he won the WBO world light heavyweight title with an early win against Sergei Kowaljow (34-3). In 2019, Álvarez was named Boxer of the Year by The Ring magazine .
List of professional fights
53 wins (36 knockout wins), 1 defeat , 2 draws | |||||
year | Day | place | opponent | Result for Álvarez | |
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2005 | October 29th | Arena Chololo Larios, Tonala, Mexico | Abraham Gonzalez | Victory / TKO 4th round | |
November 26th | Arena Chololo Larios, Tonala, Mexico | Pablo Alvarado | Victory / KO 2nd round | ||
2006 | January 20th | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | Miguel Vázquez | Points win (split decision) / 4 rounds | |
February 10th | Men's Club, Jalisco, Mexico | Pedro Lopez | Victory / KO 1st round | ||
17th of June | Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Mexico | Jorge Juarez | Tie (split decision) / 4 rounds | ||
21 July | Arena Coliseo, Jalisco, Mexico | Juan Hernandez | Victory / KO 2nd round | ||
September 15th | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | Cristian Hernandez | Victory / KO 2nd round | ||
September 29th | Tonala, Jalisco, Mexico | Francisco Villanueva | Victory / KO 5th round | ||
December 8th | Arena Jalisco, Jalisco, Mexico | Daniel Martinez | Victory / KO 2nd round | ||
2007 | 2nd March | Salón de Eventos Los Fresnos, Tepic, Mexico | Javier Martinez | Victory / TKO 8th round | |
March 30 | Salón de Eventos Los Fresnos, Tepic, Mexico | Ivan Illescas | Victory / KO 4th round | ||
May 19th | Auditorio Benito Juarez, Jalisco, Mexico | Victor Marquez | Victory / KO 4th round | ||
June 1st | Salón de Eventos Los Fresnos, Tepic, Mexico | Jesus Abel Hernandez | Victory / TKO 2nd round | ||
18th of August | Coliseo Olimpico de la UG, Jalisco, Mexico | Christian Solano | Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | ||
August 31 | Coliseo Olimpico de la UG, Jalisco, Mexico | Ricardo Cano | Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
15th December | Auditorio Benito Juarez, Jalisco, Mexico | Sean Holley | Victory / TKO 2nd round | ||
2008 | February 22 | Salon Marbet Plus, Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico | Axel Rodrigo Solis | Victory / KO 1st round | |
the 14th of March | Coliseo Olimpico de la UG, Jalisco, Mexico |
Francisco Villanueva Jalisco Welterweight Championship |
Victory / TKO 9th round | ||
April 18 | Salon Marbet Plus, Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico |
Gabriel Martinez WBA Fedecentro Welterweight Championship |
Victory / abandonment 11th round | ||
6th of June | Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico | Francisco Villanueva | Points win (split decision) / 10 rounds | ||
June 28th | Palenque Calle 2, Zapopan, Mexico | Miguel Vázquez | Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | ||
August 2nd | Auditorio Benito Juarez, Zapopan, Mexico |
Carlos Adan Jerez WBA Fedecentro Welterweight title defense |
Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | ||
October 24th | Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, USA | Larry Mosley | Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | ||
December 5th | Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort, Miami, USA |
Raul Pinzon WBA Fedecentro welterweight title defense |
Victory / TKO 1st round | ||
2009 | January 17th | Foro Scotiabank, Polanco, Mexico |
Luis Antonio Fitch NABF Welterweight Championship |
Victory / TKO 1st round | |
21st of February | Auditorio Benito Juarez, Zapopan, Mexico |
Euri Gonzalez NABF Welterweight Title Defense WBO Latino Welterweight Championship |
Victory / TKO 11th round | ||
11 April | Gimnasio Niños Héroes, Tepic, Mexico |
Michel Rosales NABF welterweight title defense |
Victory / TKO 10th round | ||
6th of June | Parque Xcaret, Cancun, Mexico |
Jeferson Luis Goncalo NABF welterweight title defense |
Victory / KO 9th round | ||
8th August | Auditorio Benito Juarez, Zapopan, Mexico |
Marat Khuzeev WBC World Junior Welterweight Championship |
Victory / KO 2nd round | ||
September 15th | Auditorio Siglo XXI, Puebla, Mexico |
Carlos Leonardo Herrera WBC Junior Welterweight Title Defense |
Victory / TKO 1st round | ||
December 5th | Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico |
Lanardo Tyner NABF welterweight title defense |
Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
2010 | 6th March | Palenque de la Feria, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico |
Brian Camechi's NABF welterweight title defense |
Victory / KO 3rd round | |
1st of May | MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA | Jose Miguel Cotto | Victory / TKO 9th round | ||
10th of July | Arena VFG, Guadalajara, Mexico |
Luciano Leonel Cuello WBC Silver Super Welterweight Championship |
Victory / TKO 6th round | ||
September 18 | Staples Center , Los Angeles, USA |
Carlos Manuel Baldomir WBC Silver Super Welterweight Title Defense |
Victory / KO 6th round | ||
December 4th | Estadio Beto Avila, Veracruz, Mexico |
Lovemore N'dou WBC Silver Super Welterweight Title Defense |
Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
2011 | 5. March | Honda Center , Anaheim, USA |
Matthew Hatton vacant WBC World Super Welterweight Championship |
Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | |
18th of June | Arena VFG, Tlajomulco de Zuñiga, Mexico |
Ryan Rhodes WBC Super Welterweight Title Defense |
Victory / TKO 12th round | ||
17th of September | Staples Center , Los Angeles, USA |
Alfonso Gómez WBC Super Welterweight Title Defense |
Victory / TKO 6th round | ||
November 26th | Plaza de Toros México, Mexico City, Mexico |
Kermit Cintrón WBC Super Welterweight Title Defense |
Victory / TKO 5th round | ||
2012 | 5th of May | MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA |
Shane Mosley WBC Super Welterweight Title Defense |
Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | |
September 15th | MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA |
Josesito López WBC Super Welterweight Title Defense |
Victory / TKO 5th round | ||
2013 | 20th of April | Alamodome , San Antonio, USA |
Austin Trout WBC Super Welterweight Defense Regular WBA Super Welterweight Championship |
Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | |
September 14th | MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA |
Floyd Mayweather Jr. WBA / WBC Super Welterweight Title Association |
Point loss (majority decision) / 12 rounds | ||
2014 | 8th of March | MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA | Alfredo Angulo | Victory / TKO 10th round | |
July 12 | MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA | Erislandy Lara | Points win (split decision) / 12 rounds | ||
2015 | May 9 | Minute Maid Park , Houston, USA | James Kirkland | Victory / KO 3rd round | |
21st November | Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino , Las Vegas, USA |
Miguel Cotto vacant WBC World Middleweight Championship |
Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
2016 | May 7th | T-Mobile Arena , Las Vegas, USA |
Amir Khan WBC Middleweight Title Defense |
Victory / KO 6th round | |
17th of September | AT&T Stadium , Arlington, USA |
Liam Smith WBO World Super Welterweight Championship |
Victory / KO 9th round | ||
2017 | May 6th | T-Mobile Arena , Las Vegas, USA | Julio César Chavez junior | Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | |
16th September | T-Mobile Arena , Las Vegas, USA |
Gennady Golovkin IBF / IBO / WBA / WBC World Middleweight Championship |
Tie (split decision) / 12 rounds | ||
2018 | September 15th | T-Mobile Arena , Las Vegas, USA |
Gennady Golovkin WBA / WBC World Middleweight Championship |
Point victory (majority decision) / 12 rounds | |
15th December | Madison Square Garden , New York, USA |
Rocky Fielding WBA Regular World Super Middleweight Championship |
Victory / TKO 3rd round | ||
2019 | May 4th | T-Mobile Arena , Las Vegas, USA |
Daniel Jacobs IBF / WBA / WBC Middleweight Title Association |
Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | |
November 2 | MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA |
Sergei Kovalev WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship |
Victory / TKO 11th round | ||
Source: Saúl Álvarez in the BoxRec database |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/18/cj-ross-mayweather-alvarez-judge-boxing_n_3949804.html In: Huffington Post, September 18, 2013 (accessed April 28, 2015).
- ↑ [1] Canelo Alvarez vs. Julio Chavez Jr, earnings May 6, 2017
- ↑ Adalaide Byrd axed after scoring GGG-Canelo 118-110 to Alvarez . In: The Sun . September 19, 2017 ( thesun.co.uk [accessed October 26, 2018]).
- ↑ Contaminated
- ↑ Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez handed reduced six-month ban for doping violations
- ↑ Brian Mazique: Canelo Vs. GGG 2 Results: Winner, Decision, Analysis, Punch Stats, Scorecards, Social Media Reaction . In: Forbes . ( forbes.com [accessed October 26, 2018]).
- ↑ Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year. In: BoxRec. The Ring, accessed July 17, 2020 .
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Manny Pacquiao | Light Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) March 5, 2011 - September 14, 2013 |
Floyd Mayweather Jr. |
Austin Trout | Super light middleweight boxing champion ( WBA ) April 20, 2013 - September 14, 2013 |
Floyd Mayweather Jr. |
Miguel Cotto | Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) November 21, 2015 - May 18, 2016 |
Gennady Golovkin |
Liam Smith | World Light Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBO ) September 17, 2016 - May 2017 |
Miguel Cotto |
Gennady Golovkin | Boxing super middleweight champion ( WBA ) September 15, 2018 - current |
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Gennady Golovkin | Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) September 15, 2018 - current |
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Daniel Jacobs | Middleweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) May 4, 2019 - current |
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Álvarez, Saúl |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán; Canelo; Cinnamon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mexican boxer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tlajomulco de Zuñiga , Mexico |