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By Sean Jones: IBF middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs) is at the top of the list for potential opponents for WBA/WBC champion Saul Canelo Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) to fight on May 4 next year if he beats WBA ‘regular’ super middleweight Rocky Fielding (27-1, 15 KOs) this Saturday night in their fight […]

Daniel Jacobs is gunning for a Middleweight World title unification battle with Canelo Alvarez in 2019 – and the IBF World ruler says their showdown is one of the biggest fights in boxing.  → read full article

By Sean Jones: Daniel Jacobs will be at ringside this Saturday night for Saul Canelo Alvarez’s fight against Rocky Fielding at Madison Square Garden in New York.  → read full article

By Sean Jones: Promoter for Gennaddy Golovkin, Tom Loeffler, says he doesn’t see Saul Canelo Alvarez taking a risky fight against IBF middelweight champion Daniel Jacobs in May of 2019 after he deals with his next opponent WBA ‘regular’ super middleweight champion Rocky Fielding on December 15.  → read full article

By Jim Dower: Daniel Jacobs beat Sergey Derevyanchenko by a 12 round split decision last Saturday night to win the vacant IBF middleweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York.  → read full article

By Jeff Aranow: Daniel Jacobs wants to let a potential match-up against unbeaten WBC interim middleweight champion Jermall Charlo marinate for as long as possible before they finally face each other.  → read full article

By Allan Fox: Daniel Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs) says he’ll offer Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin a rematch despite him not offering a rematch after their controversial decision win last year.  → read full article

By Dan Ambrose: Danny Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs) won the vacant IBF middleweight title last Saturday night in beating Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-1, 10 KOs) on HBO, and he’s now targeting Saul Canelo Alvarez for a unification fight next May.  → read full article

By Jeffrey Miller: Danny Jacobs beat Sergiy Derevyanchenko in a closely contested battle last Saturday night to put himself in the position for a unification fight against WBC middleweight champion Saul Canelo Alvarez in May of next year.  → read full article

By Sean Jones: Daniel Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs) just barely edged previously unbeaten #1 IBF Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-1, 10 KOs) by a 12 round split decision to capture the vacant International Boxing Federation middleweight title on Saturday night on HBO at Madison Square Garden in New York.  → read full article