Canelo Álvarez
Mexican boxer
Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán · 索爾·阿瓦雷茲 · サウル・アルバレス · 카넬로 알바레스
- Born
- 18 July 1990, Juanacatlán Municipality
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- middleweight, light middleweight, welterweight, super middleweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
- Weight
- 74 kg (163 lb)
- Nickname
- Canelo
Santos Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez Barragán (Latin American Spanish: [saˈul ˈalβaɾes]; born 18 July 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, from light middleweight to light heavyweight, including unified titles in three of those weight classes. In 2021, Álvarez became the first boxer in history to become the undisputed super middleweight champion, before becoming a two-time undisputed super middleweight champion in 2025. He also held the Ring magazine super middleweight title from 2020 to 2025.
Awards and honours
- The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year 2015
- The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year 2016
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award 2019
- The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year 2019
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award 2021
- The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year 2021
- IBF World Middleweight Champion
- IBF World Super Middleweight Champion
- The Ring World Junior Middleweight Champion
- The Ring World Middleweight Champion
- The Ring World Super Middleweight Champion
- WBA World Middleweight Champion
- WBA World Super Middleweight Champion
- WBA World Super Middleweight Champion (secondary)
- WBA World Super Welterweight Champion (secondary)
- WBC World Middleweight Champion
- WBC World Super Middleweight Champion
- WBC World Super Welterweight Champion
- WBO World Junior Middleweight Champion
- WBO World Light Heavyweight Champion
- WBO World Super Middleweight Champion
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q2117769 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.