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Canelo Álvarez vs. Daniel Jacobs

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Canelo Álvarez vs. Daniel Jacobs
Date4 May 2019
VenueT-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBA, WBC, IBF and The Ring middleweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Mexico Saúl Álvarez United States Daniel Jacobs
Nickname "Canelo" "Miracle Man"
Hometown Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Purse $35,000,000 $10,000,000
Pre-fight record 51–1–2 (35 KO) 35–2 (29 KO)
Age 28 years, 9 months 32 years, 3 months
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 159+12 lb (72 kg) 160 lb (73 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBA, WBC, TBRB and The Ring
Middleweight Champion
The Ring No. 3 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
2-division world champion
IBF
Middleweight Champion
The Ring/TBRB
No. 2 Ranked Middleweight
Result
Álvarez defeated Jacobs by Unanimous Decision

Canelo Álvarez vs. Daniel Jacobs was a professional boxing match contested on 4 May 2019, for the WBA, WBC, IBF and The Ring Middleweight championship.[1]

Background

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After moving up to Super middleweight in December 2018 to defeat Rocky Fielding, Canelo Álvarez announced in January 2019 he would return to the Middleweight division to face Daniel Jacobs in an attempt to unify his WBA, WBC and The Ring belts with Jacobs' IBF title. Álvarez would state in the announcement "I have no doubt that I will be victorious and that I'll be one step away from becoming the undisputed middleweight world champion."[2][3][4]

Jacobs expressed confidence based on his strong showing against Gennady Golovkin two years earlier, "People said GGG hit too hard and I took everything he had and there’s no way that Canelo hits that hard".[5]

The two boxers had to be pulled apart during the weigh-in.[6] Jacobs came in 3.7lb over a contracted rehydration limit of 170lbs the morning of the bout (a stipulation demanded by Álvarez’s team), costing him nearly $1,000,000 of his $10,000,000 guaranteed purse.

The fight

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Canelo was the busier fighter in the early rounds, Jacobs using his rangy left jab to keep Álvarez at bay however the Mexican's elusive upper-body movement prevented him from scoring frequently. A switch to southpaw in round five and seven, gave Jacobs some success and a big left hook in ninth round momentarily stopped Canelo in his tracks. For the most part however Álvarez's more accurate puncher and superior defensive work kept him in control of the action. At the end of 12 rounds all three judges scored the bout for Álvarez, with two scores of 115–113 and one of 116–112 giving him a unanimous decision victory.[7][8][9][10]

Aftermath

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Speaking after the bout Álvarez said "It was just what we thought, we knew he was going to be a difficult fighter. It was just what we thought because of the style of fight that he brings, but we just did our job." Jacobs would admit that the task of making the middleweight limit was become difficult, saying "It is taking a toll on my body and it’s showing, I might have outgrown the middleweight division, and I might take my talents to super middleweight."

Despite now holding three of the four belts at middleweight, Álvarez opted not to face WBO titleholder Demetrius Andrade, to attempt to become the first Undisputed middleweight champion since Jermain Taylor in 2005. Instead he would move up two weight divisions to face WBO Light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev.

Undercard

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Confirmed bouts:[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Saul Alvarez vs. Daniel Jacobs". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ^ Dan Rafael (17 January 2019). "Canelo Alvarez, Daniel Jacobs set May 4 bout to unify titles". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. ^ Emily Caron (17 January 2019). "Canelo Alvarez Announces Daniel Jacobs Middleweight Fight". si.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  4. ^ Joseph Zucker (17 January 2019). "Canelo Alvarez to Fight Daniel Jacobs on May 4 in Middleweight Unification Bout". bleacherreport.com. Bleacher Report. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  5. ^ "'No way Canelo Alvarez hits harder than Gennady Golovkin', says Daniel Jacobs". Independent. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. ^ Peter Gilbert (5 May 2019). "Canelo vs Jacobs: Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs pulled apart as tempers boil over in Vegas". skysports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez beats Daniel Jacobs to unify middleweight division". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  8. ^ Bryan Armen Graham (5 May 2019). "Canelo Álvarez defeats Daniel Jacobs to unify middleweight titles – as it happened". theguardian.com. The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  9. ^ Bryan Armen Graham (5 May 2019). "Canelo Álvarez outpoints Daniel Jacobs to unify middleweight title belts". theguardian.com. The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Canelo Alvarez wins unanimous decision over Daniel Jacobs". SI.com. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  11. ^ "BoxRec - event".
Preceded by Canelo Álvarez's bouts
4 May 2019
Succeeded by
Preceded by Daniel Jacobs's bouts
4 May 2019
Succeeded by