Daniel Jacobs: record, next fight and profile →
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, middleweight world champion of the WBA and WBC, is hoping to have at least three fights in 2019. Last year, Canelo saw action three times - which was the first time since 2011 where the Mexican superstar stepped in the ring more than twice in a single year.
Canelo Alvarez was overwhelmed by the recent reception that he received at a media tour event in Mexico, to promote his upcoming fight with Daniel Jacobs on May 4 in Las Vegas. The two fighters will battle for the IBF, WBA, WBC middleweight titles at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Jacobs figured Alvarez would choose another opponent, someone less threatening than him to the Mexican superstar’s middleweight championship reign. The Brooklyn native was pleasantly surprised in mid-January, when Golden Boy Promotions and Alvarez accepted DAZN’s offer for their middleweight title unification fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Daniel Jacobs is expecting to become the king of the middleweights in two months. On May 4th, Jacobs will stake his IBF world title against Mexican superstar, Canelo Alvarez, who holds the WBC, WBA middleweight belts. The contest takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Matchroom Sports CEO Eddie Hearn has heard the circulating talk that Canelo Alvarez wants to unify the entire middleweight division. Canelo, who holds the WBC, WBA middleweight belts, is facing Hearn promoted boxer, IBF middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs, on May 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman has revealed that Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez will receive a special distinction from his organization. "Canelo is a boxer who has crossed all borders and that is why he will be named as the franchise champion of the World Boxing Council," Sulaiman said.
WBC, WBA middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez is confident in his ability to adapt to the fighting style of IBF champion Daniel Jacobs. Canelo and Jacobs will collide on May 14th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. And only one of them will walk away with three world titles.
NEW YORK – Erislandy Lara doesn’t want what he feels happened to him to happen to Daniel Jacobs. That’s why he advised Jacobs on Thursday to press for a knockout when he squares off against Canelo Alvarez on May 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Lara lost a debatable split decision to Alvarez in July 2014 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
IBF middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs believes he is fully capable of scoring a knockout victory over Canelo Alvarez, who holds the WBC, WBA middleweight straps. The two world champions will collide on May 4th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Canelo, Jacobs, Mexico City Press Conference - MEXICO CITY - Canelo Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs), WBC, WBA, Lineal and Ring Magazine Middleweight World Champion, and Daniel "Miracle Man" Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs), IBF Middleweight World Champion, completed the second stop of their three-city press tour with a full day of interviews and a press conference at the TV Azteca Studios in Mexico City, Mexico.