Round 1 Cintron is the early jabber, cautiously coming forward. Alvarez is staying calm, looking to counter. Canelo just misses a big left hook. The second one does land. Two-punch combo by Alvarez used as a counter. Both men jab, but Alvarez comes up swinging with two to the head. Cintron tries the right hand [...]

By Gabriel F. Cordero at ringside Photos: Pepe Rodriguez / WBC WBC super welterweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KOs) scored a fifth round TKO over former world champion Kermit Cintron (33-5-1, 28 KOs) on Saturday night at the Plaza Mexico in Mexico City. Good performance by Alvarez, who dropped Cintron with a right [...]

By Pepe Rodriguez / WBC Photos: Rene Perez / CANELO PROMOTIONS Although for most Mexicans this Wednesday is a holiday, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez did not stop training because the next three weeks will hold the most difficult hurdle of his successful career. Alvarez (38-0-1, 28KOs), is thoroughly prepared to face the Puerto Rican puncher Kermit [...]

On Monday, WBC super welterweight world champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez began boxing training for what will be the third defense of the title he won last March 5 in Anaheim, California against Matthew “Magic” Hatton. Alvarez (38-0-1, 28 KOs), will be risking his belt on November 26 in Mexico against former world champion Kermit The [...]

By Pepe Rodriguez / WBC Three weeks after he successfully defended the WBC world championship, Saul “El Canelo” Alvarez is back in the gym ready to prepare his next defense. With little overweight, he ran with his trainer Edison Reynoso, yesterday morning. “Saul Alvarez is a professional, and he´s back in the practice room to [...]

After spending 45 days in Big Bear California, the WBC super welterweight world champion, Saul “El Canelo” Alvarez, will return tomorrow to his native Guadalajara. Very happy for his homecoming, Alvarez announced that tomorrow he will go to the Juan Magdaleno Gym, located at 1667 Dionisio Rodriguez Street, to complete the final stages of his [...]

The promoter and former champion Oscar de la Hoya, who has in his ranks Saul Alvarez said that CANELO is already scheduled for his next fight which will take place next September in Los Angeles California. “We already have the support of the WBC, we talked with Jose Sulaiman and he agrees that we need to [...]

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (33-0-1, 25 KOs) scored a brutal sixth round TKO over Luciano Leonel Cuello (26-2, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the Arena VFG in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. In what had evolved into a highly charged grudge match, Alvarez dropped Cuello in both the first and second rounds. Cuello stayed on his feet for [...]

In a spectacular battle Saul Alvarez once again proved to be the great Mexican idol. The Argentine Luciano Cuello was beaten for most of the fight but still showed great courage. For the sixth round Luciano Cuello went with the nose broken and the referee stop the fight to avoid further punishment.  With the win, [...]