{"id":157868,"date":"2025-07-18T11:56:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/feliz-cumpleanos-canelo-alvarez\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:05:13","slug":"happy-birthday-canelo-alvarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/happy-birthday-canelo-alvarez\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Canelo Alvarez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Birthday Canelo Alvarez<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sa\u00fal \u201cCanelo\u201d \u00c1lvarez, one of the greatest fighters from today, is celebrating his birthday.<\/p>\n

The super middleweight champion and Pride of Mexico Sa\u00fal \u201cCanelo\u201d \u00c1lvarez, is undoubtedly one of the greatests representatives of world boxing, as he has has accomplished brilliant and historic achievements. That\u2019s propelled and catapulted him to the pinnacle as the Superstar. One of the very greatest pound for pound.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCanelo\u2019s\u201d 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:<\/p>\n

-In 2008 he was chosen by the WBC to enter the \u201cRing Telmex\u201d program.<\/p>\n

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-In 2009 he won the NABF championship as well as the WBC youth championship.<\/p>\n

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-In 2010 he won the WBC Silver title by defeating the Argentine Luciano Cuello.<\/p>\n

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-He conquered the vacant WBC super welterweight championship defeating Matthew Hatton in 2011, defending it 7 times.<\/p>\n

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-He conquered the middleweight title and won the WBC Diamond belt, by defeating Puerto Rican legend Miguel Cotto in 2015.<\/p>\n

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-He participated in the first \u201cFight for Peace\u201d event of the Pope Francis Foundation \u201cScholas Occurrentes\u201d and the \u201cBoxVal\u201d program in 2016 defeating Amir Khan.<\/p>\n

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-He regained the WBC middleweight championship by defeating Gennady Golovkin on September 15, 2018.<\/p>\n

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-He won the WBC super middleweight title by defeating Britain\u2019s Callum Smith, successfully defending it 3 times.<\/p>\n

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\u2013 He made 3 defenses of his green and gold title, also winning the WBO, IBF and WBA titles. He defeated Turkish Avni Yildirim, British Billy Joe Saunders and American Caleb Plant<\/p>\n

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\u2013 He defeated Kazakh Gennadiy Golovkin in the closing of a great trilogy.<\/p>\n

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On May 6th, 2023, Canelo successfully defended his Undisputed World Super Middleweight Championship, defeating tough British John \u201cThe Gorilla\u201d Ryder by unanimous decision, at the Akron Stadium in Jalisco, Mexico. Then on September, He defeated Jermell Charlo by decision in Las Vegas, in an excellent fight.<\/p>\n

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On May 2024, Canelo defeated Jaime Mungu\u00eda in a great performance.<\/p>\n

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On September 2024, Canelo thoroughly, efficiently and brilliantly dominated Puerto Rican Edgar Berlanga<\/p>\n

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Last May, \u00c1lvarez regained his title as Undisputed Super Middleweight World Champion by defeating elusive and unwilling to engage Cuban William Scull by unanimous decision in 12 rounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

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Canelo is set to face undefeated American Terence \u201cBud\u201d Crawford on September 12 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.<\/p>\n

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All of us who are part of the World Boxing Council send our best wishes and warm congratulations to Canelo.<\/p>\n

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Happy Birthday Canelo Alvarez Sa\u00fal \u201cCanelo\u201d \u00c1lvarez, one of the greatest fighters from today, is celebrating his birthday. The super middleweight champion and Pride of Mexico [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n

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