Ring Magazine also recognized Canelo’s trainer, Eddie Reynoso, with a special trainer’s version of the belt named in honor of Efren Torres, a former Ring title holder and descendant of Reynoso’s wife.Īlvarez starts training camp next week with trainers Chepo and Eddy Reynoso for the Dec. The 12-round main event will be streamed live on DAZN. See you all on December 15.”Īfter his win over Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, Canelo, who holds the WBC, WBA and lineal middleweight world titles will look to capture a world title in a third division against WBA Super Middleweight World Champion Rocky Fielding (27-1, 15 KOs) on Saturday, December 15 at Madison Square Garden. I’m going to defend this title with honor. This just shows that with discipline, hard work and love for the sport, one can achieve anything.

“I never imagined that my success would reach this magnitude. Having a belt like this is a responsibility, and this is a responsibility that I plan to undertake, said Alvarez. “I want to thank God, my team, and my family. Upon receiving his belts, a seemingly grateful Alvarez had many to thank for his accomplishments. The massive deal marks the richest athlete contract in sports history, surpassing the $325 million dollar deal that Yankee slugger, Giancarlo Stanton, signed in 2014 with the Miami Marlins. Earlier this week, Alvarez signed a five-year, 11-fight deal worth $365 million with DAZN, a fledgling sports subscription video streaming service owned by Perform Group. This week has proven to be an eventful one for the 28-year-old native of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The belt was with Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya, Roy Jones Jr. This is brilliant company that Canelo joins. The Pound-For-Pound Title was created in 1993, and it was presented to Pernell Whitaker after his controversial draw against Julio Cesar Chavez, Sr. The greatest fighters of every era held the Ring Magazine Title. “The lineage of the Ring Magazine Championship belt goes back to Jack Dempsey. “There is no doubt in my mind that Canelo Alvarez will one day be enshrined in the International Boxing Hall of Fame,” said Fischer. In addition to the prestigious belt, Ring Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Douglass Fischer, also presented Alvarez with the Pound-For-Pound Championship belt during the special ceremony held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles on Thursday night. For the second time in his career, unified middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) received Ring Magazine’s Middleweight World Title, an award given to the fighter whom is believed to be the best in the 160-pound weight class by the magazine’s Editorial Board.

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