Canelo Álvarez
Slip, counter, and make them pay downstairs.
- Born
- July 18, 1990, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- Nationality
Mexico- Height
- 171 cm (5′7″)
- Reach
- 179 cm (5′10″)
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Style
- Counterpunching body puncher
- Weight
- Welterweight, Light middleweight, Middleweight, Super middleweight, Light heavyweight
- Active
- 2005–present
- Status
- Active · age 36
The record
Professional; confirmed by ESPN (Sept 2026). Next fight: Christian Mbilli for the WBC super middleweight title, 31 Oct 2026 record
The story
antos Saúl Álvarez of Guadalajara turned pro at 15 in 2005 and, at 20, became the youngest WBC light middleweight champion. His one early setback was a 2013 loss to Floyd Mayweather. He beat Miguel Cotto, went 1-0-1 in his first two fights with Gennady Golovkin and later won their trilogy, and in 2019 knocked out Sergey Kovalev for a light heavyweight title, making him a champion in four weight classes. In 2021 he became the first undisputed super middleweight champion in history. He lost to Dmitry Bivol at light heavyweight in 2022 and to Terence Crawford in 2025, then had elbow surgery. He is booked to face Christian Mbilli for the WBC super middleweight title on 31 October 2026.
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- World champion in four weight classes, light middleweight to light heavyweight
- First undisputed super middleweight champion (2021); undisputed again in 2025
- Youngest WBC light middleweight champion (age 20, 2011)
- The Ring Fighter of the Year (2019, 2021)
- BWAA Sugar Ray Robinson Award (2019, 2021)
Defining fights
- 2013LOSSvs Floyd Mayweather Jr. (MD 12)
- 2018WINvs Gennady Golovkin (MD 12, won middleweight titles)
- 2019WINvs Sergey Kovalev (KO 11, won WBO light heavyweight title)
- 2021WINvs Caleb Plant (TKO 11, first undisputed super middleweight champion)
- 2025LOSSvs Terence Crawford (UD 12, lost undisputed title)
Slip and go to the body: Canelo makes opponents miss with head and upper-body movement, then punishes the opening with left hooks to the body and uppercuts. Drill slip-to-body-hook counters against a partner's jab.
