Canelo Alvarez: podcast appearances and interviews

Santos Saúl Canelo Álvarez Barragán, born on July 18, 1990, is a Mexican professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships across four weight classes, from light middleweight to light heavyweight, including unified titles in three of those categories. In 2021, Álvarez became the first boxer in history to win the undisputed super middleweight championship, a feat he repeated in 2025. He also held the Ring magazine super middleweight title from 2020 to 2025. Beginning his professional career at age 15, Álvarez became the youngest boxer to claim the WBC light middleweight title in 2011, at age 20. In 2013, he defeated Austin Trout to win the WBA (Unified) and Ring titles; however, his first professional loss came in the same year against Floyd Mayweather Jr. When he defeated Miguel Cotto in 2016, he secured the WBC and Ring middleweight titles and also won the WBO light middleweight title. Álvarez fought Gennady Golovkin to a split draw in 2017 and defeated him in 2018 to unify the WBA (Super), WBC, and Ring middleweight titles. He also claimed the WBA super middleweight title in 2019 and the IBF middleweight title the same year. In 2020, Álvarez debuted at light heavyweight by knocking out Sergey Kovalev to win the WBO title. Known for his counterpunching skills and body punching, Álvarez was ranked the world's best pound-for-pound boxer by The Ring from 2019 to 2022. Beyond his accomplishments in the ring, he is one of boxing's top pay-per-view stars and among the highest-paid athletes globally, consistently appearing on Forbes' and Sportico's lists.