Canelo Alvarez Next Fight: The Mexican Superstar Is Set For Two Fights In 2025, Including Historic Clash In September

Fans have been clamoring for a Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford fight for years. Now, they will finally get it later this year. And while there are certainly risks in the matchup for the Mexican superstar, he also will have some big advantages.

Size Advantage: Crawford made a successful move up to 154 pounds from 147 last year. However, his win against Israil Madrimov did not come easy. And now he will move up two more weight classes to 168 pounds for his bout with Alvarez. Not only will it give his opponent a serious size advantage but one has to wonder how the added weight will affect Crawford’s speed and timing.

Furthermore, Alvarez will bring a level of punching power the former welterweight king has never encountered.

Will Speed Be A Factor? If the added weight isn’t a detriment to his speed, Crawford offers Alvarez something he has never faced. Throughout his career, he has gone up in weight and defeated bigger men. But the American brings technical skills that may be better than his own while being faster. That could cause some big problems on fight night.

The Bottom Line: This is a win-win for fight fans. We don’t get enough matchups pitting legendary fighters against each other while they are still top stars. Yes, both men are no longer in their prime, but they are still elite talents and seeing them in the ring together is a true boxing dream come true.

What makes Canelo Alvarez so popular?

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has had a legendary 65-fight career, but what makes it all the more impressive is he is only 32, and it could be argued that he is still in his athletic prime. During a professional career that dates back to 2005, Alvarez has beaten many of the elites of two different eras and has become the most famous fighter of his era.

Let’s take a look at some of the key accolades from “Canelo’s” amazing career.

• Canelo Alvarez record: 62-2-2 (39 knockouts)
• Alvarez began his career by going unbeaten for eight years. It took unbeaten boxing icon Floyd Mayweather Jr. — when Alvarez was only 23 — to finally hand him his first loss.
• Only two fighters during Alvarez’s storied career have defeated him. The legendary Mayweather and massive light heavyweight Bivol.
• During his career “Canelo” has scored wins over boxing greats and former champions like Golovkin, Miguel Cotto, Amir Khan, Shane Mosley, Daniel Jacobs, Jaime Munguia, and Sergey Kovalev.
• Alvarez has an absurd amount of professional fights at just 32, and part of the reason is that he started his pro career in Mexico at 15 years old.
• Along with being a champion at super-middleweight, Alvarez has earned titles at middleweight, light-middleweight/super-welterweight, and light-heavyweight.
• Alvarez follows a long line of legendary Mexican boxers, but he reigns supreme above them all when it comes to successful pay-per-events. His 2017 bout with Mayweather was the third highest-selling boxing card in history with 2.2 million PPV buys.

Canelo Alvarez net worth

The measure of a fighter’s success is the dollars and cents they stack up from a career in combat sports. During his nearly two decades in fight sports, Canelo Alvarez’s net worth is believed to be as much as $275 million.