How tall is Canelo Alvarez?

Canelo Alvarez's listed height is 173 cm (5'8"). He is taller than about 74% of men in Mexico.

Where 173 cm sits among men in Mexico

Taller than about 74% of men in Mexico born in 1990 (average 168.5 cm).

About Canelo Alvarez

Canelo Alvarez, whose full name is Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán, is a Mexican professional boxer, born on 18 July 1990 in Juanacatlán Municipality. He began his professional boxing career at age 15.

At 20, Alvarez became the youngest boxer to claim the WBC light middleweight title, in 2011. In 2013 he beat Austin Trout to win the WBA (Unified version) and Ring titles, and the same year he lost his WBC and Ring light middleweight titles to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in his first professional defeat. He defeated Miguel Cotto for the WBC and Ring middleweight titles in 2016, and fought Gennady Golovkin to a split draw in 2017 before beating him in a 2018 rematch. He has held world championships in four weight classes, from light middleweight to light heavyweight. In 2021 he became the first boxer in history to become undisputed super middleweight champion, and he became a two-time undisputed champion in 2025.

Alvarez's listed height is 173 cm (5'8").

Frequently asked

How tall is Canelo Alvarez in feet and inches? Canelo Alvarez is 5'8" tall, which is 173 cm, 68.1 inches or 1.73 m.

Is Canelo Alvarez tall for men in Mexico? At 173 cm he is taller than about 74% of men in Mexico born in 1990, whose average height is 168.5 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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