Canelo Alvarez suffered his first defeat as a professional on September 14, 2013 against Floyd Mayweather Jr. a painful loss from which the Mexican learned a lot.

The wound that "Money" opened did not heal quickly, in fact, Canelo's team sought a rematch, but in his words the American no longer wanted anything to do with the Mexican.


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Alvarez, aged 23, was threatening to outgrow the light-middleweight division and, blessed with the calibre of boxing IQ that only Mayweather and the most celebrated fighters were capable of surpassing, was continuing to improve. Not unlike Mayweather, 36 the night they fought, Alvarez was proving among the best at reading his opponents and making the necessary adjustments needed to adapt and win.