Canelo Alvarez vs. Daniel Jacobs: Roundup of Expert Picks for the Superfight:
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs will meet on Saturday in a middleweight unification superfight that's been hailed by many as boxing's biggest bout of 2019 so far.The pair will face off at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the expert picks have rolled in thick and fast approaching such a highly anticipated bout.
IBF middleweight titleholder Jacobs beat Serhiy Derevianchenko via split decision in October to take the vacant belt, while Canelo will put his WBA (Super), WBC, The Ring and lineal middleweight belts on the line.
All pre-fight signs suggest Canelo will add to his collection of crowns when he returns to Las Vegas on Saturday, although there are experts out there who back "Miracle Man" for a mighty upset.
Daniel Jacobs has a penchant for bullying his opponents to move around the ring in a complex manner and hitting them while doing so.
That in-ring generalship, veteran savvy and guile was what "The Miracle Man" put on display in October, when he earned a hard-fought split-decision over Sergiy Derevyanchenko to claim the IBF middleweight championship.
If Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is going to snatch that strap in their middleweight title unification fight Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, live and exclusively on DAZN, he'll probably need to figure out Jacobs' intricate style ... and quickly into the fight.
Former world champions Jessie Vargas and Sergio Mora recently held an in-ring demonstration for DAZN, with Vargas pinpointing these three keys for Canelo to solve Jacobs' style and have his hand raised Saturday night.
Canelo Alvarez is going to have to move over different styles. At times, in the beginning of the fight, he’s going to have to put pressure, apply pressure, come in, move and set, use a lot of head movement, a lot of footwork, left, right, and any chance he gets, any possibility of being inside the pocket, he needs to land that big left hook to the body, the uppercuts inside. Body, body and body and body shots. I cannot stress enough. Why? Because you need to diminish Daniel Jacobs’ power and speed and also the ability of him moving around boxing; all the strength that he has. All you have to do is land the body shots in the beginning. That way, toward the middle rounds, you start bringing it up top."
