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The fight of the year between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin.

According to many people this is the war of the year, because it may be the most important battle in sports since Floyd Mayweather Jr.. Fighting with Manny Pacquiao in 2015.

Santos Saul Alvarez Barragan was on born July 18, 1990, best known as Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a three-time world champion in two weight classes, having held the Ring magazine middleweight title since 2015.

Previously Canelo Alvarez had two reigns as light middleweight world champion, holding the WBA, WBC, and Ring titles between 2011 and 2013, and the WBO title from 2016 to 2017. At middleweight he also held the WBC and lineal titles between 2015 and 2017.

About Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin:
He was born on 8 April 1982, often known by his nickname "GGG" or "Triple G", is a Kazakhstani professional boxer who currently holds the unified WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and IBO middleweight titles.

As of May 2017, he is ranked as the world's best middleweight by BoxRec and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB), and second best by The Ring. He is also ranked as the world's second best active boxer, pound for pound, by The Ring; and fifth by BoxRec and the TBRB.

Other info about Canelo Alvarez:
As of May 2017, Alvarez is ranked as the world's best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec; and eighth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) and The Ring.

He is also ranked as the world's best light middleweight by the TBRB and BoxRec, as well as ranked the best middleweight by The Ring and second by the TBRB.