“Surpassing the feeling of pride and special connection that Julio Cesar Chavez had with Mexican fight fans is difficult,” Osuna said. “Canelo” is facing Plant nearly two years to the day after rising two weight classes in November 2019, supplanting WBO 175-pound titleholder Sergey Kovalev via spectacular 11th-round knockout to become a four-division champion.īut ESPN’s Bernardo Osuna isn’t sure Alvarez has attained Chavez Sr. (Courtesy of Ed Mulholland)Īs a 20-year-old, Alvarez earned his first crown and the WBC 154-pound championship by unanimous decision over Matthew Hatton in March 2011.Īlvarez’s second title in as many divisions came via unanimous decision over four-division champion Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico in November 2015, and he was a three-division champion following a four-knockdown, third-round TKO of WBA “regular” 168-pound champion Rocky Fielding in December 2018. “It’s already unreal when you look at Canelo’s resume and consider the guys that he’s beaten, but Canelo is so young and has a desire to really claim his legacy by defeating Plant to become undisputed.” The resume of four-division title winner Canelo Alvarez (right) includes decision victories over former champions Daniel Jacobs (left), Miguel Cotto, Gennady Golovkin, “Sugar ” Shane Mosley, Erislandy Lara, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. “I never thought that anyone could mean what Chavez has meant to Mexican fight fans,” said Flores, boxing analyst for Premier Boxing Champions, TGB Promotions and Triller. Ray Flores also puts Alvarez on the same level as Chavez Sr. “He’s surpassed them all in name and actions, and he’s looking to conquer a lot more.” Canelo has done a lot more than any of the ones I just mentioned,” Mares added. “Canelo’s legendary as a four-division world champion who is known worldwide. I’m a big fan of Chavez, Salvador Sanchez, Juan Manuel Marquez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales and El Finito Lopez,” said Mares, who is 0-2 against four-division champion Leo Santa Cruz. Canelo Alvarez (right) became a three-division champion following a four-knockdown, third-round TKO of WBA “regular” super middleweight champion Rocky Fielding in December 2018. Sanchez was once-beaten when he died in a car accident in August 1982, and Lopez retired undefeated. Olivares was a three-timer with a record for most victories in unified title bouts in bantamweight history. Zarate put together a run of 55 consecutive victories and two streaks of 20 or more consecutive knockouts. Mares also believes Alvarez has surpassed fabled Mexican icons including three-division champion Marco Antonio Barrera, four-division title winners Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales, two-division champ Ruben Olivares, and long-reigning champions Ricardo Lopez, Salvador Sanchez and Carlos Zarate. Three-division champion Abner Mares already rates Alvarez ahead of Chavez, who was 89-0-1 before losing his first bout and retired with a record of 107-6-2 (86 KOs). ”Īlvarez would become the sixth fighter to reach the undisputed plateau during the four-belt era, joining Oleksandr Usyk (cruiserweight), middleweights Bernard Hopkins and Jermain Taylor and junior welterweights Terence Crawford and Josh Taylor. “Not only would it be an honor to be the first Latin American fighter to do it, but there’s only a select club of fighters who have achieved this.
Now we’re one fight away,” said Alvarez, a unified champion at 154, 160 and 168 pounds.
“Being the undisputed champion is huge for my legacy. 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.īy adding Plant’s IBF crown to his WBA/WBC/WBO versions with his fourth fight in 11 months and a victory over an undefeated rival for the eighth time in his career, Alvarez would become the first undisputed super middleweight champion from Mexico. Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) is predicting an eighth-round knockout and his third straight stoppage against IBF 168-pound champion Caleb Plant (21-0, 12 KOs) during their unification bout on Nov.
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