Boxer Canelo Alvarez has another middleweight championship for his collection
Canelo Alvarez, of Mexico, celebrates his win over Daniel Jacobs in a middleweight title boxing match Saturday, May 4, 2019, in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS -- Canelo Alvarez added another belt to his collection Saturday night, outworking Daniel Jacobs over 12 rounds to win a unanimous decision in their middleweight title unification fight.
Two ringside judges scored it 115-113, while the third had it 116-112. The Associated Press scored it 115-113 in favour of Alvarez. Alvarez, the red-headed Mexican sensation, earned $35 million for risking his titles against Jacobs, a Brooklyn fighter who held a piece of the middleweight crown himself. He got another $1 million from the purse of Jacobs after Jacobs weighed in too heavy the day of the fight.
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