Canelo Alvarez has only lost twice in his legendary career, but when he lost his first fight ever against Floyd Mayweather, it was more than just a loss.
On September 13, Canelo Alvarez returns to action after defending his undisputed super middleweight title earlier this year, when he takes on Terence Crawford in a super fight at the Allegiant stage.
The Blockbuster battle is promoted at the inaugural event by Dana White and Turki Alalshikh after announcing the establishment of TKO boxing earlier this year.
Canelo hopes again to bring down one of the biggest names in the sport, which further contributes to his already incredible legacy by taking Crawford's undefeated record.
And he hopes to do this in the same way as Floyd Mayweather did with him when they collided in 2013 for the light middleweight titles.
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Mayweather earned 'boxing record purse' when he handed Canelo for the very first loss
At the beginning of 2011, Canelo won the WBC -light middleweight title when he and Matthew Hatton clashed for the empty title in California.
After defending the belt six times in an extremely impressive way, the then 23-year-old was booked for the biggest fight of his career against the pound-for-pound number one, 'money' Mayweather.
At that time, the career of Mayweather was virtually impeccable not losing and all his victories that were relatively extensive, apart from his controversial victory over Victor Ortiz.
On the way to their fight, the Mexican champion was considered the most difficult test of Mayweather so far, especially in view of the difference in size between the two champions.
Nevertheless, 'money' Mayweather then entered a master class, training Canelo and gave him his first loss of career.
Judge CJ Ross scored the fight 114-114 that was very controversial, with the other two judges scored in favor of Mayweather 116-112 and 117-111. Not long after the fight, Ross withdrew to judge after the controversy.
According to the right hand of Mayweather, Leonard Ellerbe, the champion received a boxing record guaranteed wallet of more than $ 41.5 million.
Floyd Mayweather hit Canelo close to giving his opinion about the Mexican
Years after the two had shared the Ring together and Mayweather retired, the former pound-for-pound number one declined completely Canelo when he gave his honest opinion about the Mexican.
“You can take a man like Canelo with you. I will tell you the truth about Canelo. The mother – was easy. A cakewalk, easy. You praise this guy. He was nothing. I was almost 40 and I cooked this guy,” said Mayweather Fighthype.
In another interview, 'Money' Crawford labeled as the best pound-for-pound hunter in the world, clearly showed with whom he chooses in the coming fight.