An accomplished Mexican professional boxer Canelo Alvarez is a triple who has held several world championship titles. He is known to be a great counterpuncher and a terrific body puncher who has won 30 by knockout. Canelo was born Santos Saul Alvarez Barragan on July 18, 1990.
He has won several world championship titles such as ‘World Boxing Association Super’, World Boxing Council, and the ring championship. He was ranked as the world’s best active boxer and the world’s best active middleweight boxer by ‘BoxRec’.
| Date Of Birth | July 18, 1990 |
| Age | 33 Years |
| Height | In Centimeters – 175 cm In Feet and Inches – 5’9” |
| Weight | In Kilograms – 75 kg In Pounds – 165 lbs |
| Body Measurements | 41-33-15 |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | Reddish-Brown |
| Shoe Size | 10 (US) |
Canelo’s net worth is estimated to be $21.5 million approximately. His salary is $20 million. He owns a Lamborghini.
Canelo was born in Guadalajara, Mexico to Santos Alvarez and Ana Maria Barragan. He was the youngest child among his six brothers and one sister.
His elder brother Rigoberto Alvarez is a boxer who inspired him toward boxing. All of his brothers are involved in professional boxing, two of his brothers Ramon Alvarez and Ricardo Alvarez are welterweight boxers.
| Real Name | Santos Saul Alvarez Barragan |
| Nickname | Canelo |
| Birth Place | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Profession | Mexican professional boxer |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| School | Not known |
| College | Not known |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Home Town | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Debut | 2005 |
| Fathers Name | Santos Alvarez
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| Mothers Name | Ana Maria Barragan
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| Brothers | Ricardo Alvarez  Rigoberto Alvarez  Ramon Alvarez
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| Sister | Ana Elda Alvarez |
In 2005, he became a professional boxer. As a skilled player, he played and won matches against Miguel Vazquez and Francisco Villanueva. On August 31, 2007, he won his first professional title ‘Jalisco welterweight title’ by defeating Ricardo Caho.
His winning spree continued and has won and retained the NABF welterweight title on several other occasions. In 2009, he won the WBC Youth welterweight title by beating Russian boxer Marat Khuzeev. In 2013, ‘The Ring’ magazine rated him as the ‘numero uno’ and the unified ‘WBC/WBA’ regular champion.
His first loss is marked as when he lost the WBA (unified), the WBC, and the ring light middleweight titles. In 2016, he has won the WBO light-middleweight title by beating British boxer, Liam Smith.
In 2018, he signed a deal with ‘DAZN’ worth $365 million. As a successful player, Caleno promotes sports in Mexico. Along with his trainer and father, he established ‘Canelo Promotions’ in 2010, which represents 40 boxers across Mexico.
He has a daughter named Emily Cinnamon Alvarez from his ex-girlfriend Marisol Gonzalez who was Miss Mexico Universe in 2003.
| Girlfriends | Marisol, Gonzalez
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| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Wife | N/A |
| Children | Daughter – Emily Cinnamon Alvarez
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| Favourite Boxer | Rigoberto Alvarez |
- In his childhood, he learned horse riding on his own horse farm.
- He is the youngest to all of his brothers. Ramon Alvarez and Ricardo Alvarez are his brothers who are welterweight boxers and Rigoberto Alvarez is also his brother who is a former interim WBA World Champion.
- His name ‘Canelo’ in Spanish is the masculine word for cinnamon, which is being nicknamed for people with red hair.
- At the age of 13, he started boxing and won the silver medal at the Junior Mexican National championships.
- At the age of 15, he became a professional boxer after 19 months of training, out of 13 opponents he defeated 11.
- Chepo and Eddy Reynoso was his coach/mentor.
- His hobby is horse riding.
- The turning point in his career was when he won IBF Lightweight Champion, Miguel Vazquez on January 20, 2006.
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