Canelo: "Now Golovkin has to feel what I felt" 1:06
(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.
As a professional boxer, Álvarez has faced great rivals such as José Miguel Cotto, Matthew "Magic" Hatton, José Manuel "Josesito" López, Julio César Chávez Jr., Gennady "GGG" Golovkin, with whom he will face this Saturday for the third time. in his carrer.
In total, "Canelo" has fought 61 times as a professional, with a record of 57 wins (39 by knockout and technical knockout), 2 losses (both by decision) and 2 draws.
What are the two defeats in "Canelo's" record?
"Canelo" only has two defeats in his professional career as a boxer.
The first was with boxer Floyd Mayweather in September 2013. The Mexican boxer was 23 years old and entered the ring undefeated, he still did not know what it was like to lose.
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.
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And the second was in May of this year, after "Canelo" Álvarez faced the Russian Dmitry Bivol in the light heavyweight category.
The Mexican had already fought in this division in 2019 (vs. Sergey Kovalev), but this time he lost by decision after 12 rounds, with a Bivol showing notorious superiority at that weight.
"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 his school bullies become history.
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 the former defeated his son in the ring. of the legend.
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.
Now goes chapter 3 this Saturday.
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 returned to the division in which he fought Kovalev, to fight for the light heavyweight title against Bivol, with a favorable result for the latter after 12 rounds.
With information from Victoria Fernández Bellido of CNN Español.
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