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Although he is better known as Canelo, the world champion’s real name is Santos Sau’l Álvarez Barraga’n.
Alvarez is a high-school dropout. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade.
Canelo hails from a family of boxers, all of his brother have competed in professional boxing.
Alvarez is a huge fan of Michael Jackson.
Álvarez started boxing when he was around 13 years old.
Alvarez has a deep love and respect for horses.
Canelo joined boxing because he was bullied about his red hair as well as his freckles and his pale complexion.
In total, he has fought 52 bouts, 49 of which have been professional wins. Out of these 49 wins, 34 were total knockouts!
He is the first undisputed champion at super middleweight.
He has enormous star power in Latino communities.
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