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Things got very heated on Wednesday in Las Vegas. Canelo Álvarez and Oscar De La Hoya had to be separated at a news conference ahead of Álvarez's title fight against Jaime Munguía this weekend ...
The barbs Canelo Álvarez and Oscar De la Hoya traded helped bring energy to Álvarez's Cinco de Mayo weekend fight against quiet boxer Jaime Munguia.
However, Álvarez's promoter, Oscar De la Hoya, accused Golovkin's team of dismissing a career high $10 million guarantee along with a share of pay per view profits. [4] In September 2017, the pair finally fought, and despite Golovkin outlanding Álvarez in 10 of the 12 rounds according to CompuBox, the fight ended in a controversial split draw .
His company, Canelo Promotions, was established in 2010 and his business partners are his trainers, father-and-son team Chepo and Eddy Reynoso. As of 2013, Canelo Promotions represented 40 boxers throughout Mexico. [294] Álvarez made a cameo appearance in Creed III (2023), [295] and features on the cover of the boxing video game Undisputed. [296]
Boxing experts Freddie Roach, Stephen Edwards and Sean Gibbons believe Canelo Alvarez is a top-100 fighter of all time. Hall of Famer Teddy Atlas vehemendly disagrees, though.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez, billed as The One, was a professional boxing match contested on September 14, 2013, for the WBA (Super), WBC, The Ring and TBRB light middleweight championship. [1] The bout was held in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on Showtime PPV.
Alvarez has the lessons he learned from his only career loss to thank for putting him on the rocket to greatness that he’s on now.
Negotiations for the fight hit the wall, however, when there were arguments over the venue [4] and how the money from the fight should be split. [ 5 ] Mayweather has had one previous fight in the 154-pound division, which was when he outpointed Oscar De La Hoya to win a belt in May 2007.