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(CNN Spanish) --
The boxer Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez is one of the best in the world of boxing.
The Mexican is the current world champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), World Boxing Organization (WBO), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and The Ring super middleweight, as detailed in your blog.
Álvarez, in his career, has faced great rivals such as José Miguel Cotto, Matthew "Magic" Hatton, José Manuel "Josesito" López, Julio César Chávez Jr., Gennady "GGG" Golovkin, among others.
He has defeated all of them, except one.
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What is the only defeat in the history of "Canelo"?
"Canelo" only accumulates a loss in his professional career as a boxer.
The man from Guadalajara has a record of 57-2-1, that is, a record of 57 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Of the total of victories, 39 have been by knockout and technical knockout, the rest have been by decision of the judges.
This defeat was against boxer Floyd Mayweather in September 2013. The Mexican boxer was 23 years old and came to the ring undefeated, he still did not know what defeat was.
The American faced the Mexican from the beginning and the man from Guadalajara could not find the opportunity to connect.
After reaching 12 rounds, the jury was the one who put Floyd's name at the top.
"Canelo" Álvarez, a man of challenges
According to the Canelo Team website, the Mexican boxer knew the work ethic and discipline from an early age thanks to his father and brother.
So much so, that the great star made his nickname "El Canelo" imposed by the abusers of his school become history.
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One of the most important and exciting challenges that the Mexican has had in his professional career was on May 7, 2017;
a fight between Mexicans, Canelo Álvarez vs. Julio César Chávez Jr., where El Canelo defeated his compatriot in the ring.
In the same year Álvarez met Gennady Golovkin to compete for the WBA, WBC and IBF titles.
On this occasion, the Mexican added his second draw and the rematch was a year later where he managed to beat Golovkin.
After becoming champion of his category in all boxing organizations, he took on a new challenge in 2019. The boxer rose “two divisions to challenge the World Boxing Organization light heavyweight champion, the Russian Sergey Kovalev at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, whom he knocked out in the eleventh episode, claiming the title and ranking as the best "Pound for Pound" fighter in the world by The Ring magazine”, as explained in Canelo Team.
In 2022, he has moved up a division to fight for the light heavyweight title against an unbeatable Dmitry Bivol.
With information from Victoria Fernández Bellido of CNN Español.
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