How many more world champions does Canelo Alvarez need to beat before he overtakes Floyd Mayweather'

Canelo Alvarez came up short in his last fight when he went in search of more boxing history by taking on Dmitry Bivol.

When he beat Caleb Plant in November 2021, the pound-for-pound star achieved a legendary feat by unifying all four major world titles at super-middleweight as an undisputed champion - becoming one of a select group to do so in the modern era.

Even the great Floyd Mayweather - who remains the only other loss on Canelo's record to date - was never a four-belt undisputed king.

Comparisons between the two will inevitably always be made, owing to their 2013 meeting.

And Canelo is closing in on Mayweather's tally of world champions defeated.

In his 50-fight career, the unbeaten Hall of Famer conquered an incredible 22 world champions.

Some claim this number to be 23 and include his 1998 win over Tony Pep on his list.

However, Pep only ever won the IBO belt, which is not considered a legitimate world title by many.


Floyd Mayweather's 22 World Champions Defeated

Genaro Hernandez

Gregorio Vargas

Diego Corrales

Carlos Hernandez

Jesus Chavez

Jose Luis Castillo

DeMarcus Corley

Arturo Gatti

Sharmba Mitchell

Zab Judah

Carlos Baldomir

Oscar De La Hoya

Ricky Hatton

Juan Manuel Marquez

Shane Mosley

Victor Ortiz

Miguel Cotto

Robert Guerrero

Canelo Alvarez

Marcos Maidana

Manny Pacquiao

Andre Berto

Following his win over Plant, Canelo has conquered 16 world champions.

Some claim the Mexican's number to be 18 and include his wins over Austin Trout and Rocky Fielding.

However, those two fighters only ever won the WBA 'regular' belt and never held the full version of the world title.

When Canelo beat Trout, the true WBA champion was Miguel Cotto.

When he beat Fielding, the true WBA champion was Callum Smith.


Canelo Alvarez's 16 World Champions Defeated

Miguel Vazquez

Carlos Baldomir

Lovemore N'dou

Kermit Cintron

Shane Mosley

Erislandy Lara

Miguel Cotto

Amir Khan

Liam Smith

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr

Gennady Golovkin

Daniel Jacobs

Sergey Kovalev

Callum Smith

Billy Joe Saunders

Caleb Plant

As such, Canelo's total is 16 - six shy of Mayweather's total of 22.

The Mexican missed the opportunity to cut the gap to just five when he lost to Bivol in May.

And he will again be unable to reduce the deficit in his trilogy fight with Gennady Golovkin on Saturday night as he already holds a win over the Kazakh from 2018.

Therefore Mayweather's record is safe for now, but if Canelo pursues a Bivol rematch next year as expected, then he could start to really chase down American's tally.

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