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Where Is Canelo Alvarez From?

Where did Canelo Alvarez grow up?

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez takes on Gennady Golovkin on Saturday in a middleweight title fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Alvarez is 49-1-1 on his career and Golovkin is 37-0.

Alvarez, 27, is originally from Guadalajara, Mexico and Golovkin is from Karaganda, Kazahkstan.

The fight can purchased on HBO pay-per-view or you can follow along on SI.com's live blog.

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