Canelo Alvarez to fight Daniel Jacobs in May 4 middleweight unification
by Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times
Jan 17, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Canelo Alvarez has agreed to fight fellow middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs on May 4.
Mexico's Alvarez (51-1-2, 35 knockouts) broke the news of the unification bout on his Twitter account Thursday. The streaming service DAZN will broadcast the fight.
World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association champion Alvarez will have the opportunity to add the International Boxing Federation belt that Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs), of Brooklyn, N.Y., won in October with a defeat of Sergiy Derevyanchenko by split decision.
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