Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is just shy of 70 fights into an outstanding professional career.
The 34-year-old from Guadalajara, Mexico entered the paid ranks back in 2005 when he was just 15-years-old, and since then has gone on to write his name into boxing history on a number of occasions.
Throughout the course of his tenure, Canelo has won world titles in four weight classes, as well as capturing the undisputed super-middleweight championship twice, becoming the only fighter ever to accomplish this feat.
The Mexican superstar has racked up a number of legacy defining victories along the way, defeating the likes of Gennady Golovkin, Miguel Cotto and Sergey Kovalev amongst many others.
As he enters what could be the final few years of his tenure, Canelo is currently preparing to face Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford in what has been described by many as a ‘mega-fight’ on September 13.
Despite his considerable success, Canelo has been beaten twice during his career, with the first of these defeats coming at the hands of retired pound-for-pound great Floyd Mayweather Jr back in 2013.
In an interview with Fight Hype, Mayweather didn’t hesitate to give his opinion of the Mexican icon, as he claims Canelo was an ‘easy’ opponent.
“You can take a guy like Canelo. I’ll tell the truth about Canelo. The mo**erf**ker was easy. A cakewalk, easy. You’re all praising this dude. He was nothing. I was almost 40 and I cooked this dude, easy.”
Mayweather defeated Canelo via unanimous decision to capture the WBC light-middleweight title when they clashed at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas 12-years-ago.
After handing the Mexican star the first defeat of his career, Mayweather would continue fighting for almost half a decade, going on to announce his retirement from the sport just a few months after he beat MMA legend Conor McGregor in August of 2017, walking away from the sport with a perfect unbeaten record of 50-0.
