Who won Canelo vs Jacobs?

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez beat Daniel Jacobs by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 4th May 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 115-113, 116-112, 115-113 in favor of winner Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

This contest was for the undisputed middleweight championship of the world, with the IBF, WBA, WBC & The Ring belts on the line.

Also, on the undercard Lamont Roach was victorious over Jonathan Oquendo, Vergil Ortiz Jr beat Mauricio Herrera, John Ryder defeated Bilal Akkawy for the WBA Interim World Super Middleweight title and Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz was victorious over Freddy Fonseca.

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 0 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 32 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, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 262 more professional rounds, 460 to Jacobs' 198.

Canelo vs Jacobs form

Canelo had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Dmitry Bivol on 7th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Caleb Plant on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 11th round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, IBF World Super Middleweight and WBO World Super Middleweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada.

Going into that contest, he had won against Billy Joe Saunders on 8th May 2021 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, WBO World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship fight at AT&T Stadium, Arlington.

Before that, he had beat Avni Yildirim on 27th February 2021 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship fight at Hard Rock Stadium, Florida.

He had defeated Callum Smith on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Middleweight and WBA Super World Super Middleweight championship fight at Alamodome, Texas.

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 won against Sergiy Derevyanchenko on 27th October 2018 by split decision in their IBF World Middleweight championship fight at Hulu Theater @ MSG, New York, United States.

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

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

Before that, he had been beaten by Gennady Golovkin on 18th March 2017 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Middleweight, WBC World Middleweight and WBA Super World Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had beat Sergio Mora on 9th September 2016 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBA World Middleweight championship fight at Santander Arena, Reading.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez had last fought 6 months and 24 days ago, while Daniel Jacobs' last outing had been 4 years, 1 month and 4 days ago.

Canelo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.2 rounds on average.

Jacobs' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 55 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11 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.

What were the odds on Canelo vs Jacobs?

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez was a 11/50 (-450) favourite going into the contest, while Daniel Jacobs made his way into the ring at 87/20 (+430) with oddsmakers.