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Canelo Alvarez continues tradition of Mexican fighters at Madison Square Garden

Canelo Alvarez doesn't need to look far to understand the significance of his Saturday placement in the main event of a boxing card at Madison Square Garden.

Following a legacy preceded him by his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, along with Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., the late Salvador Sanchez and unbeaten light-flyweight Ricardo "Finito" Lopez, Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 knockouts) now arrives to fight at the famed venue.

He seeks to become the ninth three-division world champion

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