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Billy Joe Saunders vs Canelo Álvarez — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Joe Saunders

🇲🇽SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT

Canelo Álvarez

Billy Joe Saunders (30-1) and Canelo Álvarez (63-3-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Saunders

30

Wins14 KO · 47%

1

Loss

0

Draws31 tracked bouts

Álvarez

63

Wins39 KO · 62%

3

Losses

2

Draws68 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Álvarez leads 1–0

Billy Joe Saunders and Canelo Álvarez have met 1 time; Álvarez leads 1–0.

Billy Joe Saunders and Canelo Álvarez have met 1 time; Álvarez leads 1–0.
Met2021May 8Series
Billy Joe SaundersFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Canelo ÁlvarezFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultRTDR81Meeting

The Numbers

Saunders 3 · Álvarez 5 of 8 measurable rows
SaundersÁlvarez
Record
30-1 (edge)63-3-2
Win %0–100%
96.8% (edge)
94.1%
Wins by knockoutmax 39
14
39 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
46.67%
61.9% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
47%
62% (edge)
Times stopped†max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.4
2.5
3.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 68
31
68

† Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · ‡ Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Height+4″
Billy Joe Saunders: 5′11″ (edge)
Canelo Álvarez: 5′7″
Reach+1″
Billy Joe Saunders: 71″ (edge)
Canelo Álvarez: 70″
Age1 yr apart
Billy Joe Saunders: 37
Canelo Álvarez: 36
Stance
Billy Joe Saunders: Southpaw
Canelo Álvarez: Orthodox

Billy Joe Saunders left, Canelo Álvarez right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Billy Joe Saunders30 wins · from 31 tracked bouts

Billy Joe Saunders: 30 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (47%) and 16 on the cards (53%). Counted from 31 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 47%16 on the cards 53%

Canelo Álvarez63 wins · from 68 tracked bouts

Canelo Álvarez: 63 tracked wins — 39 by KO/TKO (62%) and 24 on the cards (38%). Counted from 68 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

39 by KO/TKO 62%24 on the cards 38%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Joe Saunders 31, Canelo Álvarez 68 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Saunders

Opponent

Álvarez

  • Billy Joe Saunders

    Win, UD

    2013

    RyderEven

    Canelo Álvarez

    Win, UD

    2023

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Billy Joe Saunders last boxed on May 8, 2021 — 1,991 days ago. Saunders had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Canelo Álvarez.WWWWL

Adamu Dec 2018Isufi May 2019Cóceres Nov 2019Murray Dec 2020Álvarez May 20212.5 tracked bouts per year

Canelo Álvarez had won four in a row before losing a decision to Terence Crawford. Álvarez last boxed on Sep 13, 2025 — 402 days ago.WWWWL

Charlo Sep 2023Munguia May 2024Berlanga Sep 2024Scull May 2025Crawford Sep 20253.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Joe Saunders and Canelo Álvarez ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Joe Saunders and Canelo Álvarez met once on May 8, 2021, and Canelo Álvarez won by RTD in round 8.
The meeting

LMay 8, 2021 · Álvarez · RTD R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Saunders or Álvarez?
Billy Joe Saunders is 30-1 and Canelo Álvarez is 63-3-2. Billy Joe Saunders has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Saunders30–196.8%

Álvarez63–3–294.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Saunders or Álvarez?
Billy Joe Saunders has 14 knockout wins and Canelo Álvarez has 39. Canelo Álvarez has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Saunders1446.7%

Álvarez3961.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Saunders and Álvarez have any common opponents?
Billy Joe Saunders and Canelo Álvarez share 1 common opponent: John Ryder. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

John RyderWW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Saunders or Álvarez?
Billy Joe Saunders is the taller fighter at 180 cm, 9 cm above the other. Billy Joe Saunders also has the longer reach, by 1 cm.
Height · reach

Saunders180 cm180 cm reach

Álvarez171 cm179 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Saunders and Álvarez?
This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Billy Joe Saunders and 68 bouts tracked for Canelo Álvarez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Saunders31bouts

Álvarez68bouts

How They Win ↓

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