Canelo Álvarez Professional Boxing Record

Saúl Álvarez (Canelo) 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 William Scull at age 34, on May 3, 2025, in which he won the IBF super-middleweight world title.

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 top-10 list of Canelo's best performances, 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".