{"id":602864,"date":"2026-04-14T06:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/602864\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:31:09","slug":"why-the-boxing-star-is-back-in-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/602864\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the boxing star is back in school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/63658_2224445_Cover_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Canelo Alvarez enrolls at USD: Why the boxing star is back in school\" width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" class=\"uploaded-jshare-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Canelo Alvarez enrolls at USD: Why the boxing star is back in school<\/p>\n<p>Boxing icon Saul \u201cCanelo\u201d Alvarez is proving he is just as ambitious in the classroom as he is in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old superstar has officially enrolled at the University of San Diego (USD) to pursue a degree in Business Administration, a move that comes while he recovers from recent elbow surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The Mexican champion, who left school at age 15 to turn professional, shared his academic milestone on Instagram this week.<\/p>\n<p>In a viral photo, Canelo is seen on campus holding a whiteboard listing his current goal as becoming a \u201cBusinessman\u201d when he \u201cgrows up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite having a net worth exceeding $275 million, the fighter is taking his transition to the corporate world seriously.<\/p>\n<p>On his first day, he sent an inspiring message to his millions of followers, stating, \u201cIt\u2019s never too late to start. First day of school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While fans are cheering his intellectual pursuit, the \u201cClass of 2027\u201d student is not retiring just yet.<\/p>\n<p>The World Boxing Council noted that this \u201cRed Letter Day\u201d aligns with his evolution as an entrepreneur, adding that his decision \u201cproves that his discipline extends beyond boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canelo plans to return to the ring this September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez enrolls at USD: Why the boxing star is back in school Boxing icon Saul \u201cCanelo\u201d Alvarez&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-602864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}