Moving On: Danny Jacobs Targets Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Glory

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When it dawned on Danny Jacobs, sometime in early 2018, that a rematch against Gennady Golovkin or a shot at Saul Alvarez would not happen anytime soon, the Brooklyn native did not despair. Yes, he had signed a three-bout contract with HBO with the understanding that one of them would involve either Golovkin or Alvarez, the top middleweights in the world. But given that the ballyhooed rematch between those two fighters had been pushed back to September 2018, thanks to Alvarez failing a drug test, Jacobs knew that he would have to wait a bit longer for his turn. Meanwhile, Jacobs made something very clear to his handlers: no tune-ups. For his next couple of fights, Jacobs wanted legitimate opponents, fighters in their prime who would pose a threat. The sort of no-hopers Jacobs had thrashed around for the better part of eight years stretching back to his professional start in 2007 were now effectively banned.

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