Canelo Alvarez set massive record against three-weight champion on undercard of Floyd Mayweather’s return
During his initial rise in the ring, Canelo Alvarez shared a card with future foe Floyd Mayweather.
Deep into his light middleweight title run, Canelo had turned in a laundry list of impressive defenses of the crown, having taken out Matthew Hatton to win the belt back in 2011.
Enjoying a three-fight string of consecutive knockout victories as champion, the Mexican puncher would finish the trio of Ryan Rhodes, as well as Alfonso Gomez, and then Kermit Cintron before booking a high-profile co-headline clash.
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And pitted against a veteran former three-weight world champion, Canelo was put on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather’s return to light middleweight — setting an impressive record in the process.
Canelo Alvarez scored a dominant win over Shane Mosley
Taking chief support status beneath the divisional move of Mayweather in a clash with Puerto Rican veteran Miguel Cotto, Alvarez would put his WBC crown on the line against veteran former three-division champion Shane Mosley.
Setting up his own super fight with Mayweather off the back of his chief support duty, Canelo would set a rather impressive record against Mosley in their light middleweight title clash.
Landing a one-sided unanimous decision win over Mosley as he was forced the distance for the first time as champion, Canelo managed to land 348 punches against the challenger — more than any of the 34 fighters who had their own stats tracked by CompuBox.
Going on to stop Josesito Lopez in a fifth-round knockout win, Canelo would land a victory over Austin Trout in another 12-round affair — setting up his dream fight with Mayweather.
Canelo Alvarez’s super fight against Floyd Mayweather
Having shared the same arena with Mayweather during his fight with Mosley, the following year Canelo would actually share the ring with the Grand Rapids puncher.
Putting his WBC and The Ring middleweight titles on the line against the undefeated megastar, Canelo came unstuck against Mayweather, who had put his own WBA light middleweight crown on the line against the Jalisco star.
Largely outclassed by Mayweather, Canelo would find himself a step behind against his fellow champion over the course of their main event clash.
Eventually returning to a championship setting at the limit, Canelo turned in a memorable body shot KO win over Liam Smith three years later to recapture spoils.
