LAS VEGAS -- Mexican star Canelo Alvarez has sure been in some big fights but none that seemed as personal as the one he has coming up with bitter rival Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Alvarez had a mega showdown with Floyd Mayweather, who handed him his only defeat in 2013, but they were generally respectful of each other.
Alvarez fought in front of 40,000 when he unified junior middleweight world titles against Austin Trout in 2013 and he also played to huge crowds for devastating knockouts of James Kirkland and Amir Khan. And, of course, he won perhaps the biggest fight in the storied history of the famed Mexico versus Puerto Rico rivalry when he outpointed Miguel Cotto to win the middleweight world championship in 2015.