Canelo Alvarez insists Daniel Jacobs is a ‘much better fighter’ than Gennady Golovkin to ignite feud with Kazakh
The Mexican, who defends his world middleweight titles in Las Vegas on Saturday, triumphed in a disputed rematch against ‘GGG’ last year
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Your support makes all the difference.Canelo Alvarez insists Daniel Jacobs is a better boxer than Gennady Golovkin as the Mexican superstar bids to unify the middleweight division this weekend against the American.
The 28-year-old puts his WBA and WBC middleweight world titles on the line. Jacobs defends his IBF strap and is bullish he can take the power of Canelo, having survived 12 rounds with Golovkin.
And after edging his Kazakh rival in their rematch last year, Canelo believes Jacobs poses a bigger threat, despite GGG outpointing him two years ago.
“Technically, he’s a much better fighter,” Canelo explained on Tuesday at the grand arrival at MGM Grand.
“His abilities are much better… He has one of the most complicated styles in boxing.”
Canelo also revealed he is fully concentrated on the job at hand, despite enormous pressure to help US streaming platform DAZN take off.
“I concentrate. I work hard. And things unfold and fall into place,” said the Mexican. “Like the contract, like the opponents, like everything that’s happened.
“It’s just me continuing to do my thing.”
While Jacobs believes he is catching Canelo at just the right time to cause a seismic upset.
“It’s perfect timing for us because we all have so many options, and I’m at the pinnacle, and I have the key right now,” said Jacobs.
“Focus on this job, show everything I know and the sky’s the limit. So many opportunities can arise by winning this.”
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