Saúl Canelo Álvarez and his Green and Gold History

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Undisputed super middleweight champion, Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, will defend his belts against fellow Mexican Jaime Munguía, on May 4 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The fight unfurls within the banner of the Cinco de Mayo celebrations at the iconic T-Mobile arena

With renewed spirit, Canelo is ready to deliver a more than brilliant performance, to strengthen plus reinforce his position as the face of world boxing.

Canelo is undoubtedly one of the greatest representatives of world boxing, as he has has amassed important achievements that have positioned him as one of the main attractions in boxing, in addition to becoming one of the best pound for pound of the recent history.

He debuted as a professional in 2005 and since then he has crafted a career full of success and triumphs; Today we remember his burnished Green and Gold path to glory.

“Canelo’s” career has been strongly linked to the WBC, representing the Green and Gold for more than 13 years with outstanding results in his professional career. We recall some important points and highlights:

-In 2008 he was chosen by the WBC to enter the “Ring Telmex” program.

-In 2009 he won the NABF championship as well as the WBC youth championship.

-In 2010 he won the WBC Silver title by defeating the Argentine Luciano Cuello.

-He conquered the vacant WBC super welterweight championship defeating Matthew Hatton in 2011, defending it 7 times.

-He conquered the middleweight title and won the WBC Diamond belt, by defeating Puerto Rican legend Miguel Cotto in 2015.

Dec 19, 2020; San Antonio, TX, USA; Canelo Alvarez (red trunks) and Callum Smith (white trunks) during their WBA, WBC and Ring Magazine super middleweight championship bout at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland/Handout Photo via USA TODAY Sports

-He participated in the first “Fight for Peace” event of the Pope Francis Foundation “Scholas Occurrentes” and the “BoxVal” program in 2016 defeating Amir Khan.

-He regained the WBC middleweight championship by defeating Gennady Golovkin on September 15, 2018.

-He won the WBC super middleweight title by defeating Britain’s Callum Smith, successfully defending it 3 times.

– He made 3 defenses of his green and gold title. He became undisputed champipon defeating British Billy Joe Saunders and American Caleb Plant.

– He defeated Kazakh Gennadiy Golovkin in the closing of a great trilogy.

On May 6th, Canelo successfully defended his Undisputed World Super Middleweight Championship, defeating tough British John “The Gorilla” Ryder by unanimous decision, at the Akron Stadium in Jalisco, Mexico.

On his last fight he defeated Jermell Charlo