Mexican star grinds out unanimous win over bigger Jacobs
by Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times
May 05, 2019
3 minutes
LAS VEGAS - Canelo Alvarez sought to out-box a boxer. He did that, and in the end, he also conquered a significant size disadvantage.
Alvarez added a third middleweight belt to his collection Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena by defeating Daniel Jacobs by scores of 115-113, 115-113 and 116-112.
In taking Jacobs' International Boxing Federation belt, Alvarez (52-1-2) was especially sharp in piling up early rounds. Jacobs, perhaps 20 pounds bigger, answered in the later rounds, but Alvarez didn't wilt and leaned on
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