Canelo Alvarez Net Worth 2026: Purses, Riyadh Money and Business Deals

Canelo is 63-3-2 with 39 knockouts, 36 years old, and by Forbes' count he has been the highest-paid boxer on the planet in most years since Floyd Mayweather walked away. The Forbes profile puts it bluntly: a kid who grew up in rural poverty and used to fight for $40 now banks nine figures in a good year.

The trick to reading his money is understanding one date. In 2020 the Nevada State Athletic Commission stopped publishing fighter purses. Everything before that has a paper trail. Everything after it is "reported" or "expected," usually from promoters with a reason to make the number sound big.

The Mayweather fight in September 2013 was the first monster check. Nevada contracts listed Canelo at a $5 million base purse, and Bleacher Report, citing ESPN's Dan Rafael, reported a guaranteed pay-per-view cut that took him to roughly $12 million. Mayweather's disclosed $41.5 million was a record at the time. Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer said it plainly: "He will end up making more than $5 million. He is going to make a significant upside because of the pay-per-view."

The Golovkin fights are where the base purses stop telling the story. Boardroom's breakdown shows Nevada disclosed $5 million for Canelo in both the 2017 draw and the 2018 majority decision win, while reported totals with pay-per-view ran to about $50 million and $40 million. The 2022 trilogy fight carried a reported $10 million base, but as Boardroom notes, by then Nevada had opted to keep pay confidential, so that number is reported, not confirmed.

In October 2018 Canelo signed the 11-fight, $365 million DAZN contract that SportsPro called the richest athlete contract in sports history. He fought three times under it (Fielding, Jacobs, Kovalev), then sued Golden Boy, DAZN and Oscar De La Hoya in 2020 for at least $280 million, alleging fraud and breach of contract. Sportico reported the case settled and Canelo walked as a free agent. De La Hoya's line at the time: "The lawsuit was resolved to everyone's satisfaction, and we wish Canelo the best going forward."

Free agency paid. Boardroom reported a $40 million guarantee for Caleb Plant in November 2021, before Showtime pay-per-view upside. Dmitry Bivol in May 2022 was reported at $15 million plus 70 percent of the pay-per-view, and the loss did not dent the check. Dan Rafael reported the Munguia fight in May 2024 came with a guaranteed purse "north of $35 million," and MMA Mania put Berlanga that September at another $35 million, with Canelo typically taking about 80 percent of ticket and concession revenue too.

In February 2025 Turki Alalshikh announced a four-fight Riyadh Season deal. "Don't mess with the lion. 4 fights for Canelo with Riyadh Season. The Deal is done," he posted, per Rafael's report. The terms were never disclosed. Sportico has described the package as worth approximately $400 million, and Celebrity Net Worth points out in an August 2026 piece that nothing has ever been officially confirmed.

The Scull fight in May 2025 was reported anywhere from $80 million (EssentiallySports) to around $100 million (Sports Illustrated). For Crawford, Forbes reported a range of $100 million to $150 million, with Dana White saying "probably" at least $100 million, and Crawford at a reported $10 million. Forbes added the caveat that the exact figures may never be disclosed. The fight itself was enormous: Netflix reported 41.4 million global viewers, 70,482 fans at Allegiant Stadium and a gate over $47 million. Canelo lost all five 168-pound belts by unanimous decision on September 13, 2025.

Canelo's real edge over every other boxer is that he gets paid on the back end. Forbes' annual lists show it: $28.5 million in 2017, $90 million in 2022, $110 million in 2023 (fifth in the world), $85 million in 2024, $80 million in 2025, and $170 million on the 2026 list, of which $160 million was on-field money driven by the Crawford fight. Forbes said in December 2023 that his career earnings were already "nearly $600 million pretax."

Sportico's numbers run a little lower but tell the same story. Its 2024 figure was $73 million including $8 million in endorsements, and it placed him tied for 27th all-time in career earnings with George Foreman at about $620 million, or $730 million adjusted for inflation. Celebrity Net Worth's post-Crawford tally claims he has crossed $800 million pretax, with $640 million of it from ring purses. That is a third-party estimate, and a generous one, but the direction is not in dispute.

The off-field money is smaller than people assume. Forbes reported $10 million in off-field income in both 2023 and 2024, and Sportico had endorsements at $12 million for 2025. His agent Mike Fonseca of Excel Sports told Forbes in 2022 that Canelo was "the most undermarketed, most undervalued elite world-class athlete," and at that point Hennessy was the only major global brand backing him.

Since then he has gone the ownership route. The December 2023 Forbes interview listed Canelo Energy gas stations in western Mexico, Upper convenience stores, VMC canned tequila cocktails that did about $1 million in first-year sales, the Yaoca supplement line, Canelo Promotions, the I Can fitness app, a taqueria with his brother, a bus line bought in 2022 and a real estate portfolio that includes hotels. Forbes put combined business revenue under $50 million at the time. In May 2025 he added a global ambassador deal with the betting brand 1win, and his 2026 Forbes entry credited Canelo Energy, Upper, the I Can app and merchandise for the off-field total. "I'm never satisfied. Even right now," he told Forbes.

Canelo has not fought in 2026. He had arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow on October 23, 2025 to remove loose bodies, which pushed a planned February return, and a scheduled September 12 date against WBC super middleweight champion Christian Mbilli was postponed again. The Ring reported that a family matter delayed the start of camp. The fight is now confirmed for October 31, 2026 in Riyadh on DAZN pay-per-view.

Celebrity Net Worth reported that insiders have floated $47 million for Canelo and $8.9 million for Mbilli, while noting those figures are not independently confirmed. Forbes had him training in San Diego in September after 13 months on the shelf. Two fights remain on the Riyadh Season contract, so whatever the true rate, there is at least one more big check after this one.

Stack it up. Roughly $600 million in career purses through 2024 by Sportico's count, another $125 million to $170 million in 2025 depending on whether you trust Sportico or Forbes, and business revenue that Forbes measured in the tens of millions, not hundreds. Take out Mexican and US taxes, trainer and management cuts, and a car collection and property portfolio that do not exactly earn interest, and the working estimate of $300 million to $400 million is where the evidence points.

The floor is Forbes' own $275 million from December 2023, set before Scull, Crawford and the Saudi deal. The ceiling is whatever you believe about the $400 million Riyadh package. Either way, he is the richest active boxer by a wide margin, and only Mayweather has cleared more from the sport.