Canelo Alvarez continues tradition of Mexican fighters at Madison Square Garden
by Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times
Dec 14, 2018
3 minutes
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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