During a recent press conference Creed III star Michael B. Jordan spoke on the importance of showcasing Mexican boxing and the overall Latino culture and its influence in the sport.
He will star again in the film in addition to this being his directorial debut. Creed III is set to premiere in theaters on March 3, 2023.
“We just looked back, you know, it’s the history of boxing, and the Mexican culture is such a pillar within the sport of boxing, so I felt like there wasn’t really a lot of representation throughout the films in that type of way.
And it just didn’t seem like the reality I lived in. So I wanted to incorporate Mexican culture into this film,” said Jordan.
Boxing fans were enthusiastic when they heard that boxing champ Canelo Álvarez was joining the cast of Creed III. For now details around Álvarez’s character remain under wraps, following the appearance of Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez in the movies promotional trailer.
The sequel follows Adonis Creed (Jordan) as his childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian (Majors) returns after having served a lengthy prison stretch.
The old friends are set to face off in the ring, but that’s just a portion of their story. The looming fight leaves Creed to make a tough decision as his future gets tested to battle this fighter with nothing to lose.
List of Mexican and Mexican American World Champions
| Number | Name | Date | Titles | Successful defenses | References |
| − | Solly Smith | October 4, 1897 | Featherweight | 2 | |
| 1 | Battling Shaw | February 20, 1933 | Light welterweight | 0 | |
| − | Richie Lemos | July 1, 1941 | Featherweight | 0 | |
| − | Manuel Ortiz † | August 7 1942 | Bantamweight | 19 | |
| 2 | Juan Zurita | March 8, 1944 | Lightweight | 0 | |
| 3 | Lauro Salas | May 14, 1952 | Lightweight | 0 | |
| 4 | Raúl Macías | March 9, 1955 | Bantamweight | 2 | |
| 5 | José Becerra | July 8, 1959 | Bantamweight | 2 | |
| 6 | Sugar Ramos | March 21, 1963 | Featherweight | 3 | |
| 7 | Vicente Saldivar | September 26, 1964 | Featherweight | 7 | |
| − | Raul Rojas | March 28, 1968 | Featherweight | 0 | |
| − | Mando Ramos | February 18, 1969 | Lightweight | 2 | |
| 8 | Efren Torres | February 23, 1969 | Flyweight | 1 | |
| 9 | José Nápoles | April 18, 1969 | Welterweight | 13 | |
| 10 | Rubén Olivares | August 22, 1969 | Bantamweight Featherweight | 4, 0 | |
| 11 | Chucho Castillo | October 16, 1970 | Bantamweight | 0 | |
| 12 | Ricardo Arredondo | October 10, 1971 | Super featherweight | 5 | |
| 13 | Rafael Herrera | March 19, 1972 | Bantamweight | 2 | |
| 14 | Clemente Sánchez | May 19, 1972 | Featherweight | 0 | |
| 15 | Chango Carmona | September 15, 1972 | Lightweight | 0 | |
| 16 | Rodolfo González | November 10, 1972 | Lightweight | 2 | |
| 17 | Romeo Anaya | January 20, 1973 | Bantamweight | 2 | |
| − | Bobby Chacon | September 7, 1974 | Featherweight Super featherweight | 1, 1 (2) | |
| 18 | Rodolfo Martínez | December 7, 1974 | Bantamweight | 4 | |
| − | Oscar Albarado | June 4, 1974 | Light middleweight | 1 | |
| 19 | Miguel Canto | January 8, 1975 | Flyweight | 14 | |
| 20 | Alfonso Zamora | March 14, 1975 | Bantamweight | 5 | |
| 21 | Carlos Zárate | May 8, 1976 | Bantamweight | 9 | |
| 22 | Carlos Palomino | June 22, 1976 | Welterweight | 7 | |
| 23 | Pipino Cuevas | July 17, 1976 | Welterweight | 11 | |
| 24 | Guty Espadas | October 2, 1976 | Flyweight | 4 | |
| − | Danny Lopez | November 6, 1976 | Featherweight | 8 | |
| 25 | Freddy Castillo | February 19, 1978 | Light flyweight Flyweight ( | 0 | |
| 26 | Lupe Pintor | June 3, 1979 | Bantamweight Super bantamweight | 8, 0 | |
| 27 | Salvador Sánchez | February 2, 1980 | Featherweight | 9 | |
| 28 | Rafael Limón | December 11, 1980 | Super featherweight | 2 | |
| 29 | Antonio Avelar | May 12, 1981 | Flyweight | 1 | |
| 30 | Pedro Flores | March 8, 1981 | Light flyweight | 0 | |
| 31 | Juan Herrera | September 26, 1981 | Flyweight | 1 | |
| 32 | Amado Ursua | February 6, 1982 | Light flyweight | 0 | |
| − | Arturo Frias | December 5, 1981 | Lightweight | 0 | |
| − | Jaime Garza | June 15, 1983 | Super bantamweight | 1 | |
| 33 | Lupe Madera | July 10, 1983 | Light flyweight ( | 1 | |
| − | Alberto Dávila | September 1, 1983 | Bantamweight | 1 | |
| − | Richie Sandoval | April 7, 1984 | Bantamweight | 2 | |
| 34 | Gabriel Bernal | April 9, 1984 | Flyweight | 1 | |
| 35 | Juan Meza | November 3, 1984 | Super bantamweight | 1 | |
| 36 | Julio César Chávez | September 13, 1984 | Super featherweight , Lightweight , Light welterweight | 9, 2, 16 (27) | |
| 37 | José Luis Ramírez | November 3, 1984 | Lightweight | 2 | |
| − | Joey Olivo | March 29, 1985 | Light flyweight | 1 | |
| 38 | Daniel Zaragoza | May 4, 1985 | Bantamweight , Super bantamweight | 0, 11 | |
| − | Gaby Canizales | March 10, 1986 | Bantamweight | 0 | |
| 39 | Gilberto Román | March 30, 1986 | Super flyweight | 11 | |
| − | Steve Cruz | June 23, 1986 | Featherweight | 0 | |
| 40 | René Arredondo | May 5, 1986 | Light welterweight | 0 | |
| − | Louie Espinoza | January 16, 1987 | Super bantamweight Featherweight | 2, 0 | |
| 41 | Lupe Aquino | July 12, 1987 | Light middleweight | 0 | |
| 42 | Jorge Vaca | October 28, 1987 | Welterweight | 0 | |
| 43 | Juan José Estrada | May 28, 1988 | Super bantamweight | 2 | |
| 44 | Jorge Páez | August 4, 1988 | Featherweight | 8 | |
| − | Orlando Canizales | July 9, 1988 | Bantamweight | 15 | |
| − | Tony Lopez | July 23, 1988 | Super featherweight Lightweight | 5, 1 (6) | |
| 45 | Raúl Pérez | August 29, 1988 | Bantamweight Super bantamweight | 6, 0 | |
| 46 | Germán Torres | December 11, 1988 | Light flyweight | 0 | |
| 47 | Mauricio Aceves | January 20, 1989 | Lightweight | 1 | |
| 48 | Genaro León | May 6, 1989 | Welterweight | 0 | |
| 49 | Humberto González | June 25, 1989 | Light flyweight | 12 | |
| − | Robert Quiroga | April 21, 1990 | Super flyweight | 5 | |
| 50 | Marcos Villasana | June 2, 1990 | Featherweight | 3 | |
| − | Michael Carbajal | July 29, 1990 | Light flyweight | 11 | |
| − | Loreto Garza | August 17, 1990 | Light welterweight | 1 | |
| 51 | Isidro Pérez | August 18, 1990 | Flyweight | 1 | |
| 52 | Ricardo López | October 25, 1990 | Mini flyweight , Light flyweight | 22, 2 (24) | |
| 53 | Melchor Cob Castro | March 25, 1991 | Light flyweight | 0 | |
| 54 | Manuel Medina | August 12, 1991 | Featherweight | 5 | |
| − | Genaro Hernández | November 22, 1991 | Super featherweight | 11 | |
| 55 | José Quirino | February 22, 1992 | Super flyweight | 0 | |
| 56 | Carlos González | June 29, 1992 | Light welterweight | 3 | |
| 57 | Miguel Ángel González | August 24, 1992 | Lightweight | 10 | |
| 58 | Victor Rabanales | September 17, 1992 | Bantamweight | 1 | |
| 59 | Julio César Borboa | January 16, 1993 | Super flyweight | 5 | |
| 60 | Gregorio Vargas | April 28, 1993 | Featherweight | 0 | |
| − | Zack Padilla | July 7, 1993 | Light welterweight | 4 | |
| 61 | José Luis Bueno | November 13, 1993 | Super flyweight ( | 0 | |
| 62 | Gabriel Ruelas | February 19, 1994 | Super featherweight | 2 | |
| − | Oscar De La Hoya | March 5, 1994 | Super featherweight Lightweight , Light welterweight , Welterweight , Light middleweight Middleweight | 1, 6, 1, 7, 2, 0 (17) | |
| − | Jesse James Leija | May 7, 1994 | Super featherweight | 0 | |
| − | Johnny Tapia | October 24, 1994 | Super flyweight , Bantamweight , Featherweight | 13, 1, 0 (14) | |
| 63 | Alejandro González | January 7, 1995 | Featherweight | 2 | |
| 64 | Alberto Jiménez | February 11, 1995 | Flyweight | 4 | |
| 65 | Marco Antonio Barrera | March 31, 1995 | Super bantamweight Featherweight Super featherweight | 13, 2, 4 (19) | |
| − | Danny Romero | April 22, 1995 | Flyweight Super flyweight | 1, 2 (3) | |
| 66 | José Luis López | March 13, 1996 | Welterweight | 1 | |
| − | Raúl Márquez | April 12, 1997 | Light middleweight | 2 | |
| 67 | Jesús Chong | May 31, 1997 | Light flyweight | 0 | |
| 68 | Érik Morales | September 6, 1997 | Super bantamweight Featherweight Super featherweight Light welterweight | 9, 3, 1, 0 (13) | |
| 69 | Yori Boy Campas | December 6, 1997 | Light middleweight | 3 | |
| 70 | Héctor Lizárraga | December 13, 1997 | Featherweight | 0 | |
| 71 | Enrique Sánchez | February 8, 1998 | Super bantamweight | 2 | |
| − | Roberto García | March 13, 1998 | Super featherweight | 2 | |
| 72 | César Bazán | June 13, 1998 | Lightweight | 2 | |
| 73 | Ruben Sánchez León | August 14, 1998 | Flyweight | 1 | |
| 74 | Jorge Arce | December 5, 1998 | Light flyweight , Super flyweight, Super bantamweight Bantamweight | 8, 0, 1, 0 (9) | |
| 75 | Néstor Garza | December 12, 1998 | Super bantamweight | 3 | |
| − | Fernando Vargas | December 12, 1998 | Light middleweight | 5 | |
| 76 | César Soto | May 15, 1999 | Featherweight | 0 | |
| 77 | Diego Morales | June 7, 1999 | Super flyweight | 1 | |
| 78 | Isidro García | December 18, 1999 | Flyweight | 1 | |
| 79 | José Antonio Aguirre | February 11, 2000 | Minimumweight | 7 | |
| 80 | Guty Espadas Jr. | April 14, 2000 | Featherweight | 1 | |
| 81 | José Luis Castillo | June 17, 2000 | Lightweight | 5 | |
| − | Willie Jorrín | September 9, 2000 | Super bantamweight | 2 | |
| 82 | Fernando Montiel | December 15, 2000 | Flyweight Super flyweight , Bantamweight | 3, 8, 2 (13) | |
| 83 | Roberto Carlos Leyva | April 29, 2001 | Minimumweight | 1 | |
| 84 | Cruz Carbajal | March 15, 2002 | Bantamweight | 2 | |
| 85 | Antonio Margarito | March 16, 2002 | Welterweight | 7 | |
| 86 | Óscar Larios | November 1, 2002 | Super bantamweight ( Featherweight | 7, 1 (8) | |
| 87 | Juan Manuel Márquez | February 1, 2003 | Featherweight Super featherweight Lightweight Junior welterweight | 4, 1, 3, 0 (8) | |
| 88 | Rafael Márquez | February 15, 2003 | Bantamweight , Super bantamweight | 7, 0 | |
| 89 | Víctor Burgos | February 15, 2003 | Light flyweight | 2 | |
| 90 | Alejandro García | March 1, 2003 | Light middleweight | 1 | |
| 91 | Edgar Cárdenas | May 31, 2003 | Minimumweight | 0 | |
| 92 | Jesús Chávez | August 15, 2003 | Super featherweight Lightweight | 0, 0 | |
| 93 | Julio César González | October 18, 2003 | Light heavyweight | 0 | |
| 94 | Javier Jáuregui | November 22, 2003 | Lightweight | 0 | |
| 95 | Israel Vázquez | March 25, 2004 | Super bantamweight | 5 | |
| 96 | Julio Díaz | May 13, 2004 | Lightweight | 0 | |
| − | Juan Díaz | July 17, 2004 | Lightweight | 7 | |
| 97 | Iván Hernández | September 25, 2004 | Super flyweight | 0 | |
| 98 | Isaac Bustos | December 18, 2004 | Minimumweight | 0 | |
| 99 | Eric Ortiz | March 11, 2005 | Light flyweight | 0 | |
| 100 | Martín Castillo | March 19, 2005 | Super flyweight | 3 | |
| 101 | Hugo Cázares | April 30, 2005 | Light flyweight Super flyweight | 5, 2 (7) | |
| 102 | Daniel Ponce de León | October 29, 2005 | Super bantamweight Featherweight | 7, 0 | |
| 103 | Jhonny González | October 29, 2005 | Bantamweight ( Featherweight | 2, 6 (8) | |
| 104 | Ulises Solís | January 7, 2006 | Light flyweight | 9 | |
| 105 | Rodolfo López | July 30, 2006 | Featherweight | 0 | |
| − | David Díaz | August 12, 2006 | Lightweight | 1 | |
| − | Robert Guerrero | September 2, 2006 | Featherweight Super featherweight | 2, 0 | |
| 106 | Omar Niño Romero | August 10, 2006 | Light flyweight | 2 | |
| 107 | Édgar Sosa | April 14, 2007 | Light flyweight | 10 | |
| 108 | Cristian Mijares | January 3, 2007 | Super flyweight | 8 | |
| − | Steven Luevano | July 14, 2007 | Featherweight | 5 | |
| − | Sergio Mora | June 7, 2008 | Light middleweight | 0 | |
| 109 | Raúl García | June 14, 2008 | Minimumweight | 5 | |
| 110 | Cristóbal Cruz | October 23, 2008 | Featherweight | 3 | |
| 111 | Humberto Soto | December 20, 2008 | Super featherweight Lightweight | 3, 4 (7) | |
| 112 | Giovani Segura | July 25, 2009 | Light flyweight | 5 | |
| 113 | Juan Carlos Salgado | October 10, 2009 | Super featherweight | 3 | |
| 114 | Orlando Salido | May 15, 2010 | Featherweight , Super featherweight | 2, 0 | |
| 115 | Julio César Miranda | June 12, 2010 | Flyweight | 3 | |
| 116 | Miguel Vázquez | August 14, 2010 | Lightweight | 6 | |
| 117 | Tomás Rojas | September 20, 2010 | Super flyweight | 2 | |
| 118 | Gilberto Keb Baas | November 7, 2010 | Light flyweight | 1 | |
| − | Brandon Ríos | February 26, 2011 | Lightweight | 0 | |
| 119 | Hernán Márquez | April 2, 2011 | Flyweight | 2 | |
| 120 | Canelo Álvarez | March 5, 2011 | Light middleweight ( Middleweight Light heavyweight ( Super middleweight | 6, 2, 0, 4 (12) | |
| − | Victor Ortiz | April 16, 2011 | Welterweight | 0 | |
| 121 | Ramón García Hirales | April 30, 2011 | Light flyweight | 0 | |
| 122 | Adrián Hernández | April 30, 2011 | Light flyweight | 5 | |
| 123 | Julio César Chávez Jr. | June 4, 2011 | Middleweight | 3 | |
| 124 | Abner Mares | August 13, 2011 | Bantamweight Super bantamweight Featherweight | 2, 1, 0 (3) | |
| 125 | Moisés Fuentes | August 27, 2011 | Minimumweight | 2 | |
| 126 | Rodrigo Guerrero | October 8, 2011 | Super flyweight | 0 | |
| 127 | Antonio DeMarco | October 15, 2011 | Lightweight | 2 | |
| 128 | Juan Carlos Sánchez Jr. | February 11, 2012 | Super flyweight | 2 | |
| 129 | Léo Santa Cruz | June 2, 2012 | Bantamweight Super bantamweight Featherweight Super featherweight | 3, 4, 4, 0 (11) | |
| 130 | Mario Rodríguez | September 1, 2012 | Minimumweight | 0 | |
| 131 | Gamaliel Díaz | October 27, 2012 | Super featherweight | 0 | |
| − | Mikey Garcia | January 19, 2013 | FeatherweightSuper featherweight , Lightweight Junior welterweight | 0, 1, 1, 0 (2) | |
| 132 | Juan Francisco Estrada | April 6, 2013 | Flyweight Super flyweight | 5, 3 (8) | |
| 133 | Victor Terrazas | April 20, 2013 | Super bantamweight | 0 | |
| 134 | Carlos Amado Molina | September 14, 2013 | Light middleweight | 0 | |
| − | Omar Figueroa Jr. | January 29, 2014 | Lightweight | 2 | |
| 135 | Oswaldo Novoa | February 5, 2014 | Minimum weight | 1 | |
| 136 | Francisco Rodríguez Jr. | March 23, 2014 | Minimum weight | 1 | |
| 137 | Carlos Cuadras | May 31, 2014 | Super flyweight | 6 | |
| 138 | Javier Mendoza | September 20, 2014 | Junior flyweight | 1 | |
| 139 | Pedro Guevara | December 30, 2014 | Light flyweight | 2 | |
| 140 | Julio Ceja | November 1, 2015 | Super bantamweight | 0 | |
| 141 | Francisco Vargas | November 21, 2015 | Super featherweight | 1 | |
| 142 | José Argumedo | December 31, 2015 | Minimumweight | 3 | |
| 143 | Hugo Ruiz | February 27, 2016 | Super bantamweight | 0 | |
| 144 | Ganigan López | March 3, 2016 | Light flyweight | 1 | |
| − | Jessie Vargas | March 5, 2016 | Welterweight | 0 | |
| 145 | Gilberto Ramírez | April 9, 2016 | Super middleweight | 5 | |
| 146 | Óscar Valdez | July 23, 2016 | Featherweight Super featherweight | 6, 1 (7) | |
| − | Jessie Magdaleno | November 5, 2016 | Super bantamweight | 1 | |
| 147 | Miguel Berchelt | January 28, 2017 | Super featherweight | 6 | |
| 148 | Rey Vargas | February 25, 2017 | Super bantamweight Featherweight | 5, 0 | |
| 149 | Juan Hernández | March 4, 2017 | Flyweight | 0 | |
| 150 | Luis Nery | August 15, 2017 | Bantamweight Super bantamweight | 0, 0 | |
| − | David Benavidez | September 8, 2017 | Super middleweight | 1 | |
| 151 | Ray Beltrán | February 16, 2018 | Lightweight | 0 | |
| − | José Ramírez | March 17, 2018 | Light welterweight | 4 | |
| 152 | Jaime Munguía | May 12, 2018 | Light middleweight | 5 | |
| − | Carlos Licona | December 1, 2018 | Minimumweight | 0 | |
| 153 | Emanuel Navarrete | December 8, 2018 | Super bantamweight Featherweight | 5, 3 (8) | |
| − | Danny Roman | April 26, 2019 | Super bantamweight | 0 | |
| − | Andy Ruiz Jr. | June 1, 2019 | Heavyweight | 0 | |
| 154 | Elwin Soto | June 21, 2019 | Light flyweight | 3 | |
| 155 | Julio Cesar Martinez | December 20, 2019 | Flyweight | 4 | |
| − | Joseph Diaz | January 30, 2020 | Super featherweight | 0 | |
| − | Angelo Leo | August 1, 2020 | Super bantamweight | 0 | |
| − | Brandon Figueroa | May 15, 2021 | Super bantamweight | 0 | |
| − | Jesse Rodriguez | February 5, 2022 | Super flyweight | 2 | |
| 156 | Daniel Valladares | July 1, 2022 | Minimumweight | 0 | |
| − | Joshua Franco | August 11, 2022 | Super flyweight | 0 | |
