Saul Alvarez is a Mexican boxer who is a four division world champion and WBC, WBA and WBO current super middleweight champion. Canelo is the masculine word for cinnamon in Spanish, which is a common nickname for people with red hair like Alvarez.

Canelo is one of the biggest stars in boxing history, headlining PPV events and selling arenas around the world. He is ranked #4 by Ring Magazine on their pound for pound list and #5 by ESPN.

Early Life

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez was born on July 18th 1990 in the outskirts of Guadalajara Jalisco. As a small child, his family moved to Juanacatlán Saul was raised on a farm. Saul is the youngest of eight children, he has six brothers and one sister, all of the Alvarez boys became professional boxers. Saul started boxing at the age of thirteen and by 15 became the Junior Mexican National Boxing Champion. At 15, he turned professional after an amateur career of 44 victories and 2 losses.

Canelo Alvarez Net Worth 2024

According to Forbes, Canelo Alvarez’s net worth is estimated to be at least $275 million. Alvarez is estimated to have made $115 million off of his three fights with Gennady Golovkin.

Personal

Saul Alvarez has been married to Fernanda Gómez since 2021. They have one daughter.

He was previously engaged to sports reporter and Miss Mexico Universe 2003 Marisol González. Alvarez has three daughters and one son with four different children.

Career Highlights

In 2011, Alvarez won his first title, the WBC light middleweight title against Matthew Hatton. In 2012, he won his 40th pro fight against Shane Mosley.
In 2015, Alvarez beat Miguel Cotto for the WBC middleweight title. In 2017, Alvarez fought Gennady Golovkin for the WBA, WBC and IBF middleweight titles. The fight ended in a controversial draw. A year later, Canelo won the rematch by majority decision. Exactly three months later Alvarez won WBA super middleweight title against Rocky Fielding via third round knock out. In 2019, Canelo knocked out Sergey Kovalev in round 11 to become WBO light heavyweight champion.

In December of 2020, Alvarez began his run at undisputed champion at super middleweight with a win over Callum Smith. Two months later, he knocked out Avni Yıldırım in round 3. In May, he defeated Billy Joe Saunders in round via TKO. Then in November he beat Caleb Plant to become undisputed champion via 11th round TKO. In 2022, he finished the trilogy with GGG with a dominant unanimous decision win.

Endorsements

Canelo has several lucrative endorsements with companies such as UnderArmour, Everlast, Hennessy, Tecate, Anheuser Busch and InBev SA. However, it has been reported that most of Alvarez’s earnings come from boxing.

Record

Canelo Alvarez is 62-2-2 in nineteen years as a professional boxer. Alvarez was 44-2 as an amateur. Alvarez was awarded Ring Magazine’s Fighter of the Year in 2019 & 2021.

Philanthropy

Alvarez donated $1,000,000 to the Cancer Treatment Center for Kids. He also used his own assets to build a charity housing area for disadvantaged people in Mexico. In recent years, Alvarez has donated 70 million to open a center for disabled children in Mexico. In 2024, he donated 30 million of his fight purse from the Jamie Munguia fight to the people of Gaza.