Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez beats Daniel Jacobs to unify middleweight division


Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez unified the middleweight division with a points victory over Daniel Jacobs in Las Vegas.
The Mexican – now beaten just once in 55 fights – took Jacobs’ IBF belt to add to his own WBC and WBA titles.
Judges scored the fight 115-113, 115-113, 116-112 in Canelo’s favour after 12 rounds.
And the scorecard reflected Canelo’s improved defence and counterattacking skills in his return to 160lb.
The 28-year-old became a three-weight world champion when moving up a division to face England’s Rocky Fielding last year, but he returned to middleweight to face New Yorker Jacobs, 32, in what was his second bout of a reported £278m deal with streaming service DAZN.
Canelo was busy in the early rounds but Jacobs grew into the fight and landed a heavy left hook in the ninth which the Mexican’s chin stood up to.
“He’s a tremendous champion, I take my hat off to him,” said Jacobs – known as the ‘Miracle Man’ after returning to the ring and becoming a champion following cancer.


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