Canelo Álvarez
Career, Record, Stats
Saúl Álvarez (Canelo) is a 34-year-old Mexican professional boxer. He is the reigning WBA, WBC, WBO, and The Ring super-middleweight world champion. 18 years, 10 months, and 20 days into his career, Canelo's record stands at 62-2-2, which includes 39 wins via KO, 11 of which were in world-title fights.
Canelo Álvarez' Boxing Career
Canelo Álvarez was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico on July 18, 1990. He made his professional debut at the age of 15 years on October 29, 2005 against Abraham Gonzalez. Canelo defeated Gonzalez via 4th round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Canelo became a world champion at the age of 20 after 36 professional fights. He challenged Matthew Hatton for the vacant WBC super-welterweight title and defeated Hatton via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully conquer the middleweight (The Ring, WBC, WBA, IBF), super-middleweight (WBA, The Ring, WBC, WBO, IBF), and light-heavyweight (WBO) divisions as well to become a four-division world champion — and undisputed at super-middleweight.
Canelo's latest fight was a unanimous decision victory over Edgar Berlanga Jr. at age 34, on September 14, 2024, in which he successfully defended his WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, and The Ring super-middleweight championship.
Some of Canelo Álvarez' best fights so far have been against Gennady Golovkin, Jermell Charlo, Miguel Cotto (HOFer), Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders, Liam Smith, and Austin Trout. For a complete list of Canelo's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Canelo Álvarez".
Canelo has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Canelo Álvarez Losses".
Canelo Álvarez' Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
66 | Sep 14, 2024 | 34 | 
Edgar Berlanga Jr. 27 22-0  | win | UD 12 |
65 | May 04, 2024 | 33 | 
Jaime Munguía 27 43-0 | win | UD 12 |
64 | Sep 30, 2023 | 33 | 
Jermell Charlo 33 35-1-1 | win | UD 12 |
63 | May 06, 2023 | 32 | 
John Ryder 34 32-5 | win | UD 12 |
62 | Sep 17, 2022 | 32 | 
Gennady Golovkin 40 42-1-1 | win | UD 12 |
61 | May 07, 2022 | 31 | 
Dmitry Bivol 31 19-0 | loss | UD 12 |
60 | Nov 06, 2021 | 31 | 
Caleb Plant 29 21-0 | win | TKO 11 |
59 | May 08, 2021 | 30 | 
Billy Joe Saunders 31 30-0 | win | RTD 8 |
58 | Feb 27, 2021 | 30 | 
Avni Yıldırım 29 21-2 | win | RTD 3 |
57 | Dec 19, 2020 | 30 | 
Callum Smith 30 27-0 | win | UD 12 |
56 | Nov 02, 2019 | 29 | 
Sergey Kovalev 36 34-3-1 | win | KO 11 |
55 | May 04, 2019 | 28 | 
Daniel Jacobs 32 35-2 | win | UD 12 |
54 | Dec 15, 2018 | 28 | 
Rocky Fielding 31 27-1 | win | TKO 3 |
53 | Sep 15, 2018 | 28 |
Gennady Golovkin 36 38-0-1 | win | MD 12 |
52 | Sep 16, 2017 | 27 |
Gennady Golovkin 35 37-0 | draw | SD 12 |
51 | May 06, 2017 | 26 | 
Julio César Chávez Jr. 31 50-2-1 | win | UD 12 |
50 | Sep 17, 2016 | 26 | 
Liam Smith 28 23-0-1 | win | KO 9 |
49 | May 07, 2016 | 25 | 
Amir Khan 29 31-3 | win | KO 6 |
48 | Nov 21, 2015 | 25 | 
Miguel Cotto 35 40-4 | win | UD 12 |
47 | May 09, 2015 | 24 | 
James Kirkland 31 32-1 | win | KO 3 |
46 | Jul 12, 2014 | 23 | 
Erislandy Lara 31 19-1-2 | win | SD 12 |
45 | Mar 08, 2014 | 23 | 
Alfredo Angulo 31 22-3 | win | TKO 10 |
44 | Sep 14, 2013 | 23 | 
Floyd Mayweather Jr. 36 44-0 | loss | MD 12 |
43 | Apr 20, 2013 | 22 | 
Austin Trout 27 26-0 | win | UD 12 |
42 | Sep 15, 2012 | 22 | 
Josesito López 28 30-4 | win | TKO 5 |
41 | May 05, 2012 | 21 | 
Shane Mosley 40 46-7-1 | win | UD 12 |
40 | Nov 26, 2011 | 21 | 
Kermit Cintrón 32 33-4-1 | win | TKO 5 |
39 | Sep 17, 2011 | 21 | 
Alfonso Gómez 30 23-4-2 | win | TKO 6 |
38 | Jun 18, 2011 | 20 | 
Ryan Rhodes 34 45-4 | win | TKO 12 |
37 | Mar 05, 2011 | 20 | 
Matthew Hatton 29 41-4-2 | win | UD 12 |
36 | Dec 04, 2010 | 20 | 
Lovemore N'dou 39 48-11-2 | win | UD 12 |
35 | Sep 18, 2010 | 20 | 
Carlos Baldomir 39 45-12-6 | win | KO 6 |
34 | Jul 10, 2010 | 19 |  Luciano Leonel Cuello | win | TKO 6 |
33 | May 01, 2010 | 19 | 
José Cotto 32 31-1-1 | win | TKO 9 |
32 | Mar 06, 2010 | 19 | Brian Camechis | win | KO 3 |
31 | Dec 05, 2009 | 19 | Lanardo Tyner | win | UD 12 |
30 | Sep 15, 2009 | 19 | Carlos Herrera | win | TKO 1 |
29 | Aug 08, 2009 | 19 | Marat Khuzeev | win | KO 2 |
28 | Jun 06, 2009 | 18 | Jefferson Gonçalo | win | KO 9 |
27 | Apr 11, 2009 | 18 | Michel Rosales | win | TKO 10 |
26 | Feb 21, 2009 | 18 | Euri González | win | TKO 11 |
25 | Jan 17, 2009 | 18 | Antonio Fitch | win | TKO 1 |
24 | Dec 05, 2008 | 18 | 
Raúl Pinzón 28 16-1 | win | TKO 1 |
23 | Oct 24, 2008 | 18 | Larry Mosley | win | UD 10 |
22 | Aug 02, 2008 | 18 | Carlos Adán Jerez | win | UD 10 |
21 | Jun 28, 2008 | 17 | 
Miguel Vázquez 21 21-2 | win | UD 10 |
20 | Jun 06, 2008 | 17 | Francisco Villanueva | win | SD 10 |
19 | Apr 18, 2008 | 17 | Gabriel Martinez | win | RTD 11 |
18 | Mar 14, 2008 | 17 | Francisco Villanueva | win | TKO 9 |
17 | Feb 22, 2008 | 17 | Axel Rodrigo Solis | win | KO 1 |
16 | Dec 15, 2007 | 17 | Sean Holley | win | TKO 2 |
15 | Aug 31, 2007 | 17 | Ricardo Cano | win | UD 12 |
14 | Aug 18, 2007 | 17 | Christian Solano | win | UD 10 |
13 | Jun 01, 2007 | 16 | Jesus Hernandez | win | TKO 2 |
12 | May 19, 2007 | 16 | Víctor Marquez | win | KO 4 |
11 | Mar 30, 2007 | 16 | Ivan Illescas | win | KO 4 |
10 | Mar 02, 2007 | 16 | Javier Martinez | win | TKO 8 |
9 | Dec 08, 2006 | 16 | Daniel Martinez | win | KO 2 |
8 | Sep 29, 2006 | 16 | Francisco Villanueva | win | KO 5 |
7 | Sep 15, 2006 | 16 | Cristian Hernandez | win | KO 2 |
6 | Jul 21, 2006 | 16 | Juan Hernandez | win | KO 2 |
5 | Jun 17, 2006 | 15 | Jorge Juarez | draw | SD 4 |
4 | Feb 10, 2006 | 15 | Pedro Lopez | win | KO 1 |
3 | Jan 20, 2006 | 15 |
Miguel Vázquez 19 0-0 | win | SD 4 |
2 | Nov 26, 2005 | 15 | Pablo Alvarado | win | KO 2 |
1 | Oct 29, 2005 | 15 | Abraham Gonzalez | win | TKO 4 |