Canelo Alvarez News

Tom Taylor - October 17, 2018

Canelo Alvarez has signed a $365 million deal with streaming service DAZN, per the LA Times. This mammoth deal, which will span 5 years and 10 fights, is being called “the highest paid guaranteed contract in sports history” by Canelo’s promoter Golden Boy Promotions. Canelo’s first fight on DAZN will occur on December 15, when he battles Rocky Fielding inside Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Tom Taylor - September 17, 2018

Last Saturday night, Gennady Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez met for a second time, hellbent on producing a more decisive outcome than their September, 2017 draw. In the end, however, this rematch was arguably even closer than their first encounter, as Canelo walked away with a hotly debated majority decision victory. In the immediate fallout of this rematch, Kazakhstan’s Gennady Golovkin was adamant that he deserves a prompt trilogy fight with his Mexican rival.

Chris Taylor - September 15, 2018

The highly anticipated rematch between Canelo Alvarez 49-1-2 (34 KOs) and Gennady Golovkin 38-0-1 (34 KOs) took place tonight live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The pair first met in September of 2017 and after with the fight ending in a highly controversial split-draw.

Chris Taylor - September 15, 2018

The highly anticipated rematch between Canelo Alvarez 49-1-2 (34 KOs) and Gennady Golovkin 38-0-1 (34 KOs) took place tonight live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The pair first met last September and after twelve rounds of exciting back and forth action the fight went to the judges scorecards for decision.

Drake Riggs - March 5, 2018

It’s definitely not the news you ever want to hear but it has become the regular type of news we will hear every so often now. Another top fighter has failed a drug test, but this time in the boxing world. One of the top pound-4-pound current best, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has reportedly tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol, according to the LA Times. Canelo is just two months out from his big rematch with his fellow top pound-4-pound boxer, Gennady Golovkin. The two first fought to a controversial draw back in September.

Drake Riggs - January 29, 2018

Every boxing fan around the world wanted the super fight between two of the pound-4-pound best in “GGG” Gennady Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to happen…then it did. The two competed against one another last September in a back and forth affair that resulted in a controversial draw. But no worries now, they will get to try and settle things one more time as Golden Boy Promotions announced that a rematch has been made official for May 5. Both men had this to say about the rematch:

Tom Taylor - September 27, 2017

Among casual combat sports fans, Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin’s September 16 boxing match didn’t generate quite the same tidal wave of hype as Floyd Mayweather’s battles with Conor McGregor and Manny Pacquiao. It did, however, manage some serious financial success all the same. According to a report from Jake Donovan on Twitter, Canelo-GGG set the third-highest live gate for Las Vegas at $27,059,850 from 17,318 tickets sold. Though Donovan’s original Tweet suggested the fight did the second-highest gate, he later corrected himself, admitting he forgot that Mayweather vs. McGregor had stolen the second-spot on the yet un-updated list.

Tom Taylor - September 18, 2017

Over the weekend, combat sports headlines were dominated by a blockbuster boxing match between stars Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin, which resulted in a thrilling – if debatable – split draw. Unfortunately, many of the headlines that emerged post-fight were negative. Many of those negative headlines surrounded a truly baffling score from ring-side judge Adalaide Byrd, who scored the fight 118-110 for Canelo.  In the wake of this logic defying score, NSAC executive director Bob Bennett, who oversaw the Canelo-GGG fight, admitted that Byrd might need a “small break” from judging big fights.

Chris Taylor - September 17, 2017

Oscar De La Hoya has come to the defense of Adelaide Byrd following the judges controversial 118-110 scorecard from Saturday night’s Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin fight. The highly anticipated Canelo vs. ‘GGG’ fight lived up to hype as the two elite boxers traded bombs for twelve straight rounds much to the pleasure of fans in attendance and those watching around the world.

Chris Taylor - September 17, 2017

UFC President Dana White was not happy when he heard the result of Saturday’s boxing match between Canelo Alvarez and Glennady Golovkin. Dana White was in attendance for the highly anticipated boxing match which took place under the bright lights of T-Mobile Arena.

Chris Taylor - September 17, 2017

Last night the highly anticipated middleweight showdown between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin took place under the bright lights of T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The fight lived up to the hype, as Canelo and ‘GGG’ engaged in a back and forth twelve-round war.

Chris Taylor - September 17, 2017

Current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor tuned in to watch last night’s highly anticipated Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin boxing match. The action packed scrap lived up to the hype as ‘Canelo’ and ‘GGG’ went to war for twelve rounds.

Chris Taylor - September 16, 2017

The biggest boxing fight in recent memory took place tonight in Las Vegas as Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Álvarez squared off under the bright lights of T-Mobile Arena. The fight, which was billed to be the best fight boxing could offer, turned out to be everything fight had hoped for.

Russell Ess - September 13, 2017

If Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor never had their big-money boxing match this year, there is no doubt that the biggest boxing fight this year would be between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin. The two boxing stars are set to fight in their championship fight for the IBF, IBO, WBA, and WBC middleweight titles this weekend on Saturday, September 16 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In this video, we take a look at some of Alvarez’s amazing knockouts and power punches displayed throughout his career. Canelo holds a 49-1-1 professional boxing record with 34 wins coming by way of KO/TKO. Alvarez’s only loss took place back in 2013 against undefeated great, Floyd Mayweather. Alvarez also has one draw on his record from his fifth professional fight back in 2006 against Jorge Juarez.

Russell Ess - August 21, 2017

After his first sparring session with Conor McGregor, Paulie Malignaggi said that McGregor’s punching power was good, but it wasn’t something that really blew his mind. Perhaps that was the wrong thing to say after their first session as things turned sour after their second sparring session and Malignaggi removed himself from helping in the training camp.

Tom Taylor - August 16, 2017

On August 26, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor will step into the boxing ring with undefeated pugilist Floyd Mayweather in a contest being hailed as “the biggest fight in combat sports history.” In the eyes of many boxing purists, though, it’s more of a freak show. In their eyes, the real super fight occurs on September 16, when Kazakh juggernaut Gennady Golovkin will step through the ropes to battle Mexican destroyer Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. While this latter fight is the one that’s got diehard boxing fans most excited, however, it doesn’t really do much for McGregor. In fact, the Irish star finds both Canelo and ‘GGG’ pretty underwhelming.

Russell Ess - May 10, 2017

Many fans often debate between the popularity and superiority of mixed martial arts vs boxing. They are two different combat sports that have many die-hard fans often are trying to claim one is better than the other or that one is more popular. With the Canelo Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez fight that took place over the weekend, it was one of the biggest boxing matches to take place recently. According to ESPN’s Dan Rafael, the pay-per-view boxing match reportedly pulled in some big numbers.

Tom Taylor - May 8, 2017

Over the weekend, Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez picked up a dominant decision win over rival Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. While this fight was not particularly thrilling, the aftermath of it absolutely was, as it was announced that Canelo would next step into the ring with Kazakh star Gennady “GGG” Golovkin. The two talents will collide on September 16 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight stands out as perhaps the biggest and most important that can currently be made in boxing – though a certain Irishman would argue otherwise. Though this fight is still months away, the early odds for it have already been released. As most boxing fans probably expected, GGG has been installed as a slight favorite over his Mexican foe.