▷ Biography of Canelo Álvarez ◁ Age, height, pack, fights, girlfriends, children

Who is Canelo Alvarez?

Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán better known as Canelo Álvarez is a famous Mexican professional boxer who has won several world championship titles. El  Canelo  was born on July 18, 1990 in the city of Guadalajara Jalisco.

Biography of Canelo Alvarez

Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán, better known as Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, is an accomplished Mexican professional boxer. Alvarez is a triple champion and has held several world championship titles. These include the unified ‘World Boxing Super Association (WBA)’, the ‘World Boxing Council’ (WBC) and ‘The Ring Championship’.
He has held the lineal middleweight titles (since 2018), the ‘WBA (Regular)’ super middleweight title (since December 2018) and the ‘International Boxing Federation’ (IBF) middleweight title (since May 2019). Previously, from 2011 to 2013, he held the ‘WBA (Unified)’, ‘WBC’ and ‘The Ring’ light-middleweight titles. Between 2015 and 2018, he held the ‘WBC’, ‘The Ring’ and lineal middleweight titles, while from 2016 to 2017, he held the ‘ World Boxing Organization’ (WBO) light middleweight title.
Known for being a great counter puncher and an excellent body puncher, the boxer remained undefeated in his first 43 professional bouts, of which he won 30 by knockout. As of December 2018, ‘BoxRec’ ranked him the best active boxer in the world, pound for pound. ‘The Ring’ ranked him third and the ‘Boxing Writers Association of America’ ranked him eighth. ‘BoxRec’ and the ‘Transnational Boxing Classification Board’ also ranked him as the best active middleweight boxer in the world.

Beginnings in the life of Canelo Álvarez

Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán was born on July 18, 1990, on the outskirts of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico . He was the youngest of his parents’ eight children. He has six brothers and one sister. He mentioned in an interview that his family is originally from Los Reyes, Michoacán.
When he was 5 years old, his family moved to his current home in Juanacatlán, Jalisco. He followed in the footsteps of his older brother, Rigoberto Álvarez, into boxing. All of Álvarez’s other brothers also dabbled in professional boxing . Two of his brothers are welterweight boxers Ramón Álvarez and Ricardo Álvarez.
Álvarez learned to ride a horse while growing up. His nickname, ” Canelo “, is the masculine word for cinnamon in Spanish.

Track and history of El Canelo Álvarez

Álvarez ventured into boxing around the age of 13, eventually winning the silver medal at the 2004 ‘Junior Mexican National’ championship in Sinaloa. He later emerged as the 2005 ‘Junior Mexican National Boxing’ champion. Shortly after this, he turned professional.
From the beginning of his professional career, Álvarez proved to be an expert boxer, playing and winning one match after another. He won against the likes of Miguel Vázquez and Francisco Villanueva , but drew against Jorge Juárez. His first professional title was when he defeated Mexican boxer Ricardo Cano to win the ‘Jalisco’ welterweight title on August 31, 2007. He retained the title against Mexican boxer Francisco Villanueva on March 14, 2008.

On April 18, 2008, he won the ‘WBA Fedecentro’ welterweight title, beating Mexican boxer Gabriel Martínez. He then went on to retain the title, beating Argentine boxer Carlos Adán Jerez on August 2, 2008, and Colombian boxer Raúl Pinzón on December 5, 2008.
Álvarez continued his winning spree, and on January 17, 2009, he won the titles of welterweight ‘NABF’ and ‘WBO Latino‘, defeating Mexican boxer Antonio Fitch. Following this, he defeated boxer from the Dominican Republic Euri González, to retain the ‘NABF’ and ‘WBO Latino’ welterweight titles on February 21, 2009. He then managed to retain the ‘NABF’ welterweight title on several other occasions. , as in the matches against the Brazilian boxer Jefferson Gonçalo (on June 6, 2009) and the American boxer Brian Camechis (on March 6, 2010).
Meanwhile, he won the ‘WBC Youth’ welterweight title , defeating Russian boxer Marat Khuzeev on August 8, 2009 . He retained the title fighting Argentine boxer Carlos Herrera on September 15, 2009.

He added another feather to his cap by winning the ‘WBC Silver’ light middleweight title against Argentine boxer Luciano Leonel Cuello on July 10, 2010. He defended the title in a match against former ‘WBC’ welterweight champion, the Argentine boxer Carlos Baldomir (on September 18, 2010) and also against South African boxer Lovemore N’dou, a former world champion (on December 4, 2010).
Following this, he won the vacant ‘WBC’ light-middleweight title, beating European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight champion Matthew Hatton on March 5, 2011. He successfully defended the title multiple times, in matches against the British boxer Ryan Rhodes (on June 18, 2011), the Mexican boxer Alfonso Gómez (on September 17, 2011) and the American boxer Josesito López (on September 15, 2012).

Álvarez then went on to hold the ‘WBC’ light middleweight title and won the ‘WBA (Unified)’ and ‘vacant’ The Ring’ light middleweight title, defeating American boxer Austin Trout on April 20, 2013.
On 14 Rated as the “number one” light middleweight and unified ‘WBC/WBA’ ‘regular’ champion by ‘The Ring’ magazine, on September 1, 2013, Alvarez faced American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. with their respective belts. On the line, Álvarez lost the ‘WBA (Unified)’, ‘WBC’ and ‘The Ring’ light-middleweight titles. This also marked Álvarez’s first loss of his professional career.

The loss, however, couldn’t dampen the fighting spirit of Álvarez, who won three bouts against three different boxers before winning The Ring, lineal and vacant WBC middleweight titles against Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto. on November 21, 2015. He successfully defended the titles against British boxer Amir Khan on May 7, 2016. After the fight, he and his team invited middleweight champion Kazakhstani boxer Gennady Golovkin to the ring and promoted a future fight with the latter.
Álvarez vacated the ‘WBC’ title on May 18, 2016, and it was soon awarded to Golovkin by the ‘WBC’. Álvarez then returned to light middleweight, and on September 17 of the same year, he defeated British boxer Liam Smith to win the WBO light middleweight title.

On September 16, 2017, a match for the ‘WBA (Super)’, ‘IBF’ and vacant lineal middleweight titles between Álvarez and Golovkin ended in a split draw, with the former retaining the middleweight title.’ The Ring’. Álvarez finally managed to beat Golovkin in a close fight on September 15, 2018 , thus winning the ‘WBA (Super)’, ‘WBC’, vacant ‘The Ring’ and lineal middleweight titles. The fight, however, remained controversial, with fans, the media, and boxing experts all disputing the outcome.

On October 17, 2018, ‘DAZN’ announced that it had signed a 5-year deal worth $365 million with Álvarez, which would see the video streaming service air the boxer’s next 11 fights in the US. The deal replaced Álvarez’s expiring contract with ‘HBO ‘. Álvarez’s first match after this deal saw him win the ‘WBA (Regular)’ super middleweight title against British boxer Rocky Fielding on December 15, 2018.

His next match, with American boxer Daniel Jacobs, held on May 4, 2019, saw him win the ‘IBF’ middleweight title and retain the ‘WBA (Super)’, the ‘WBC’, ‘The Ring’ and the linear. middleweight titles. Álvarez, an accomplished boxer, also promotes the sport in Mexico. He established the company ‘Promociones Canelo’ in 2010. His trainers, Chepo and Eddy Reynoso, a father-son duo, are his business partners. The company, as of 2013, has represented 40 boxers throughout Mexico.
In October 2019, the Mexican boxer Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez agreed to face the Russian Sergey Kovalev on November 2 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas and on the day of the confrontation he turned out to be the great winner. 

At the beginning of 2020, the Mexican boxer Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez could not have been happier with excellent news for his sports career, since the World Boxing Association recognized him as the boxer of the year. It was through his official Twitter account that the association recognized the work of the man from Guadalajara in the last 12 months, after defeating Daniel Jacobs and Sergey Kovalev. “Congratulations to Saúl Álvarez on winning the Boxer of the Year Award. The Mexican fighter had a great year after defeating Daniel Jacobs, one of the strongest middleweights, and then moving up to the light heavyweight division and spectacularly knocking out Sergey Kovalev” , highlighted the WBA.

In the middle of 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic hit the whole world, Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez did a very good deed by supporting all the people in charge of facing this deadly virus.

“Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, joined the fight against the Covid-19 coronavirus , making an important donation of 950 protection kits in his native Jalisco so that the doctors and nurses caring for the virus patients were well protected. “Canelo” once again showed his great heart in altruistic actions and this was not the first time since he has previously supported children with cancer, the sick and victims. On this occasion, Saúl donated 950 personal protection kits for health workers at the Civil Hospital of Guadalajara who served the public.

Children of Canelo Alvarez

Saúl Álvarez is the father of four children with four different women

• María Fernanda
  Saúl Álvarez is currently in a relationship with the model Fernanda Gómez, mother of his daughter María Fernanda who was born in December 2017 when her parents were separated. “El Canelo” and the model broke up in the spring of 2017 after a 10-month relationship (from August 2016 to June 2017).
• Saúl Adiel
  Nine months after the birth of little María Fernanda, her half-brother Saúl Adiel was born, the fourth son of “El Canelo”, the result of his relationship with the businesswoman Nelda Sepúlveda. The arrival of Álvarez’s baby and his business partner had been rumored for months.
• Emily Cinnamon
  At 29, “El Canelo” Álvarez is also the father of a girl named Emily that he had with his teenage sweetheart, Karen Beltrán, is the mother of his daughter Emily Cinnamon.
• Mine Ener.
  El Canelo has another beautiful girl with the model Valeria Quiroz whom they decided to call Mía Ener.

Brides of El Canelo

El Canelo with Fernanda Gómez had a girl

He has had a long relationship with the Mexican model since 2016, although it ended for a while, Gómez and the boxer decided to give themselves a second chance and raise María Fernanda together, the little girl they had before ending in 2017.
In September of 2018, Fernanda Gómez and Saúl El Canelo Álvarez made it clear that this second chance at love was the definitive one . In a clear proof of love, the model from Guadalajara surprised all her followers on her Instagram by showing off the new design that adorns her left wrist: a tattoo identical to her boyfriend’s!
In an act of love, the couple tattooed the date November 28, 2014 in Roman numerals, which we do not know if it is the day they met or another special day in their love story. The lovers added a crown to the date, with which they made it clear that he is the king and she is the queen of this relationship, at least that was what Fernanda revealed on her social networks.

Canelo and Marisol González

One of the most famous relationships of “Canelo” was undoubtedly the one he had with the model Marisol González , with whom he was even about to reach the altar, but after two previous breakups, he finally ended. The relationship ended after several attempts to rescue her from it, when after just over two years, González confirmed that the last break “was the final one.”

Cynthia Rodríguez and her alleged relationship with El Canelo

Although the Mexican singer and actress Cynthia Rodríguez never confirmed her relationship with “Canelo” officially, they could be seen together in some fights during 2015, in addition to the fact that, some time later, the former academic said that her old boyfriend had motivated her to practice boxing. Now Cynthia Rodríguez is the current girlfriend of Carlos Rivera .

Kate del Castillo was El Canelo’s girlfriend

Surprising locals and strangers, Kate del Castillo confirmed her sentimental relationship with Saúl, and such was the actress’s taste for the athlete, that she shouted her love to the four winds wearing some of his clothes on social networks, but not even love of these celebrities was able to prosper.
In 2012, after Canelo ended his relationship with Marisol González, he was seen accompanied by actress Kate del Castillo, who on several occasions denied that there was more than a friendship between them; However, recently the interpreter of ‘La Reina del Sur’ confirmed that she had several sexual encounters with the athlete.

Shannon de Lima and her short relationship with El Canelo

Another of the boxer’s most notorious romances was the one he had with the Venezuelan model and ex-wife of Marc Anthony, Shannon de Lima , who after confirming their love, months later she revealed that they had finished. Although in the short time they were together they always proved to be an affectionate couple, the taste ended in November 2017 when she confirmed the breakup. Currently she had a son with soccer player James Rodríguez through a surrogate.

Nelda Sepúlveda, another mother of Canelo’s children

Nelda Sepúlveda is the mother of one of ‘Canelo’ Álvarez’s children, she likes to stay out of the cameras and out of the spotlight, she is a businesswoman who was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, she has two younger sisters, her father is Mexican and her american mother. At the beginning of their relationship, the couple released their exclusive brand of ice pops, Santos Sabores. They did not last long as a couple because they both decided to put an end to it.

Canelo Alvarez pack

Although on social networks and the internet people search a lot for the Canelo Álvarez pack or photos in which he can be seen with little clothing or in sensual poses, the truth is that currently there is no Canelo Álvarez pack other than those photos that the artist has published on his own networks and that could be considered sexy.

How much is Canelo Álvarez’s fortune?

This is one of the questions that people ask the most about Canelo Álvarez and although they always end up answering it on other pages with “I don’t know” or “it depends” if there are some estimates that various web portals mention. Canelo Álvarez has a fortune valued at more than 25 million dollars free of taxes and that undoubtedly makes this artist one of the highest paid and highest income personalities in his country. She would only need a few million more to enter the top 100 of the highest paid artists in her field.

Without a doubt, the career of this great star Canelo Álvarez will continue to rise and we will be attentive to everything that happens around him, so we invite you to stay on our page for the next updates that we will have in life, career, history and biography of Canelo Álvarez.