Canelo Alvarez boasts a record of 63-2-2 as he gears up for war against Terence Crawford.
Canelo Alvarez boasts 63 wins, and has fallen short in his career just four times.
His losses are well known, with Canelo dropping a majority decision loss to Floyd Mayweather back in 2013, before going nine years without a loss, which ended when he faced Dmitry Bivol at light-heavyweight in 2022.
One of Canelo’s draws, which many think should’ve gone down as a loss, occurred in one of his most popular – and controversial – fights against Gennady Golovkin.
But there is one other draw on the Mexican star’s record, one that dates all the way back to 2006.
Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesCanelo Alvarez defeated Jaime Munguia, who KO’d the journeyman he couldn’t defeat
In 2006, Canelo was preparing for his fifth fight as a professional. He was one month away from turning 16 years old.
In the opposite corner, 3-6 Jorge Juarez stood before the 15-year-old, and was determined to get a win to even out his record a little more.
After three knockout victories in his four fights, Canelo seemed sure to win, but after four rounds was awarded a draw instead.
Juarez went on to finish his career with a record of 8-30-3. 18 of his losses came by way of knockout, and it was in his final few months as a fighter that another Mexican fighter got his hands on him.
In 2017, 20-0 Jaime Munguia was put in against 8-27-3 Juarez in what can only be described as a shocking mismatch.
Munguia did what was expected of him, stopping Juarez in just one round. This is the first time Munguia did what Canelo couldn’t, but not the last, as he stopped John Ryder, who went the distance with the Mexican star.
This also wasn’t Canelo’s only close shave with a journeyman.
Seven years later, Munguia got the biggest opportunity of his life against Canelo, but fell short, dropping a points loss to the face of boxing after being knocked down in round four and outclassed for much of the fight.
Jaime Munguia was knocked out in 2024’s upset of the year
In December last year, Munguia prepared to face 25-0-2 Bruno Surace.
Munguia had bounced back from his loss to Canelo with a win over Erik Bazinyan, but his next fight did not go as well, despite the odds.
Munguia, on account of his record and experience against names like Canelo, John Ryder, and Liam Smith, was a huge favorite, and Surace, who hadn’t faced anyone of note, was written off.
These predictions played out in the ring for the first few rounds, as Surace was dropped in the second round.
In the sixth, though, Surace did what no man ever had, and knocked out Munguia.
Surace had just four knockouts to his 25 wins going into the fight, and Munguia was the fifth.