Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán (American Spanish: [saˈul ˈalβaɾes]; born July 18, 1990), best known as Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez, is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a multiple-time world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBA (Unified), WBC and Ring magazine light middleweight titles between 2011 and 2013; the WBO light middleweight title from 2016 to 2017; as well as the WBC, Ring and lineal middleweight titles between 2015 and 2018.
