Canelo Alvarez is the WBA and lineal middleweight champion. He has defeated numerous top pound for pound boxers including Austin Trout, Erislandy Lara, Alfredo Angulo, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Shane Mosley, Kermit Cintron, Ryan Rhodes, Carlos Baldomir, and Matthew Hatton.
Canelo Alvarez: The Best Pound for Pound Fighter in the World
He was born in Mexico City, Mexico on February 4th, 1990. He is a boxer, that has had 48 professional fights, winning his last 35. He has won the WBA and lineal middleweight titles by defeating Miguel Cotto for the strap. Canelo was not originally given credit for this accomplishment as many believed he only fought Cotto after taking performance enhancers. If this is true, then it makes his victory all the more impressive.
His nickname is “The Ring’s Most Wanted”. That is quite the moniker to live up to. Canelo’s opponent, Alfredo Angulo, has never won an award for one of his fights.
Canelo’s loss was due to injury
Canelo Alvarez lost his first professional boxing match against Floyd Mayweather Jr. He had not fought in 4 years before this bout and he failed to make weight (he was heavy). This probably meant that he should retire but he answered all of the critics with a victory over future Hall of Famer Shane Mosley after only 1 year out of the ring.
He then followed that win by defeating Kermit Cintron, which no one believed would happen at all. Cintron went into the ring as a favorite despite losing 5 consecutive fights before the Canelo fight. Canelo has proven himself as a true champion by winning his next 5 matches after defeating Cintron, including his victory over the future Hall of Famer Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Canelo currently holds a record of 45-1-1 with 32 knockouts.
Alvarez is praised for his ability to knock out opponents despite only weighing 154 lbs. He is a very small middleweight and he has defeated much larger fighters such as Alfredo Angulo (who outweighs him by at least 20 lbs) and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
After looking at these facts, it seems that Alvarez deserves to be ranked #1 on most lists. The question remains whether or not all of this success was due to performance enhancers…
He has had over 200 professional fights and he has won about 160 of them.
Canelo Alvarez is a boxer with an incredible record… He has won the WBA and lineal middleweight titles by defeating Miguel Cotto for the strap. Canelo was not originally given credit for this accomplishment as many believed he only fought Cotto after taking performance enhancers. If this is true, then it makes his victory all the more impressive.
His nickname is “The Ring’s Most Wanted”. That is quite the moniker to live up to. Canelo’s opponent, Alfredo Angulo, has never won an award for one of his fights.
Where does Canelo live?
Cano lives in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He trains at the Otomí Ceremonial Center located on Avenida España.
He is currently ranked as the best active Mexican fighter by BoxRec and ESPN. He is ranked as the best active middleweight by Ring Magazine. He is also regarded as one of the best light-middleweight boxers in history and has been compared favorably to custom Hall of Famer Sugar Ray Leonard.
Conclusion
The boxing world is in a state of flux. Floyd Mayweather Jr., the longtime undisputed pound-for-pound king, has retired from competition and vacated his title. In addition to that, Manny Pacquiao’s best days are behind him as well. So who will rule supreme? Perhaps there can be no one true champion until after a fight between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin takes place (their bout was originally scheduled for September 16th but had been postponed). But if you ask us at BoxRec or ESPN, they would say it’s safe to crown Alvarez the new pound-for-pound ruler already based on merit alone.
