Canelo vs Jacobs

Canelo vs Jacobs stats

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez stepped into the ring with a record of 51 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws, 35 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Daniel Jacobs made his way to the ring with a record of 35 wins, 2 loses and draws, with 29 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Jacobs had advantage in power over Canelo, with a 83% knock out percentage over Canelo's 69%.

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez was the younger man by 3 years, at 30 years old.

Jacobs had a height advantage of 3 inches over Canelo. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez & Daniel Jacobs fought out of an orthodox stance.

Canelo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 2 years and 1 month earlier than Jacobs, who’s first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 228 more professional rounds, 414 to Jacobs' 186.

Canelo vs Jacobs form

Canelo had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Sergey Kovalev on 2nd November 2019 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBO World Light heavyweight championship fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Daniel Jacobs on 4th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Middleweight, WBA Super World Middleweight, WBC World Middleweight and The Ring Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Rocky Fielding on 15th December 2018 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBA World Super Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Before that, he had beat Gennady Golovkin on 15th September 2018 by majority decision in their WBA Super World Middleweight, WBC World Middleweight and The Ring Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had drawn with Gennady Golovkin on 16th September 2017 by split draw in their WBC World Middleweight, WBA Super World Middleweight, IBF World Middleweight and The Ring Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Jacobs had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr on 20th December 2019 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez on 4th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Middleweight, WBA Super World Middleweight, WBC World Middleweight and The Ring Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Sergiy Derevyanchenko on 27th October 2018 by split decision in their IBF World Middleweight championship fight at Hulu Theater @ MSG, New York.

Before that, he had won against Maciej Sulecki on 28th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Barclays Center, New York.

He had defeated Luis Arias on 11th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Nassau Coliseum, New York.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Daniel Jacobs had been fighting more than Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.

Going to this contest, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez had last fought 1 year 2 months and 18 days ago, while Daniel Jacobs' last outing had been 1 year and 1 month ago.

Canelo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years 1 month and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 50 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

Jacobs' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years 1 month and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 53 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.6 rounds on average.

What time did Canelo vs Jacobs start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:15 pm EST / 8:15 pm PST at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 4:15 am BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Canelo vs Jacobs?

Canelo vs Jacobs was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Sky Sports Action.