Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán popularly known as Canelo Álvarez or Saúl Álvarez, is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former two-time world middleweight champion, having won the WBC title in 2015 and the lineal championship in 2016. At light heavyweight, he defeated Sergey Kovalev to win the WBO title in 2019. As of November 2020, Álvarez is ranked as the world's best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec, and the second best active boxer, pound for pound, by The Ring magazine.
Álvarez was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He comes from a boxing family; his father and two uncles were professional boxers. His older brother Rigoberto Álvarez is also a professional boxer.
Álvarez made his professional boxing debut at the age of 15 on October 5, 2005, knocking out Abraham González in the second round. In 2006, he won the Mexican National Youth Championship in the junior welterweight division. In 2008, he became the WBC silver lightweight champion after defeating Sergei Rabchenko. The following year, he won the WBC lightweight title by defeating José Miguel Cotto.
In 2013, Álvarez moved up to the middleweight division and defeated Austin Trout to win the WBA (Unified) and The Ring magazine titles. In 2015, he defeated Miguel Cotto in a rematch to win the lineal and WBC middleweight titles. In 2016, he vacated the WBC title to fight Gennady Golovkin for the vacant lineal championship. The fight ended in a split draw. In 2017, he defeated Golovkin in a rematch to become the new lineal and WBC middleweight champion.
In 2018, Álvarez moved up to the super middleweight division and defeated Rocky Fielding to win the WBA (Super) title. In 2019, he moved up again to the light heavyweight division and defeated Sergey Kovalev to become the new WBO light heavyweight champion.
Álvarez is known for his formidable punching power, technical boxing skills, and counterpunching ability. He has also been praised for his adaptability inside the ring, as he has been able to adjust his fight plan according to the style of his opponents.
In May 2021, it was announced that Álvarez had signed a five-year, eleven-fight deal with streaming service DAZN worth a record-breaking $365 million. Under the terms of the deal, Álvarez will earn a guaranteed $35 million per fight, as well as a 20% stake in DAZN's future profits. The deal also includes an exclusive live and on-demand content partnership between Álvarez and DAZN.
Álvarez has been ranked as the world's best active boxer, pound for pound, by multiple publications, including The Ring, BoxRec, and ESPN. He is also currently ranked as the second best active boxer, pound for pound, by The Ring.
In September 2018, Álvarez was ranked as the third greatest active boxer, pound for pound, by ESPN. In December 2018, he was ranked as the sixth greatest active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec.
As of November 2020, Álvarez is the WBA (Super), WBO light heavyweight champion, and the former unified WBA (Super), WBC, Lineal, and The Ring magazine middleweight champion. He has also held the WBA (Unified) and The Ring magazine lightweight titles, and the WBC silver lightweight title.
Álvarez is the only Mexican boxer in history to win world titles in four weight classes: junior welterweight, lightweight, middleweight, and super middleweight. He is also the first boxer in history to hold all four major world titles in boxing (WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO) at both middleweight and light heavyweight.
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