Canelo Alvarez has faced some incredible opponents during his career.
Alvarez may not have named Gennady Golovkin as the hardest hitter he’s faced but it’s rivalries like that which have helped turn him into one of the sport’s top stars.
There doesn’t appear to be any bad blood between him and Terence Crawford ahead of their huge super fight on September 13.
While Crawford has also shown that he thrives under the brightest lights, the same can be said for his next opponent and that’s exactly why this has been a dream matchup for so long.
Alvarez may not always have personal issues with his opponents but that certainly wasn’t the case when he faced off with an undefeated opponent in 2021 following a war of words.
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Canelo Alvarez set an attendance record when he stopped Billy Joe Saunders in 2021
Billy Joe Saunders had been a controversial figure in the boxing world for some time before he faced off with Canelo Alvarez in May of 2021.
The two men clearly didn’t like each other but that only made their meeting in the ring even more exciting, as the Brit put his undefeated record and WBO belt up against Alvarez’s WBA, WBC and The Ring super middleweight titles.
While the matchup was competitive, it came to an end in the eighth round when Saunders’ team threw in the
