Jacobs: Canelo will have another defeat before Golovkin's 3rd fight

By Keith Idec

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – Daniel Jacobs took notes regarding the entire speech of Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin fighting for a third time in September.

Jacobs would not be surprised if Alvarez and Golovkin come back to the charge. The IBF middleweight champion just does not think this fight will take place in September because Jacobs is convinced he will upset Alvarez on May 4th.

Alvarez, who is a favorite between 4-1 and 3-1 over Jacobs, would be entitled to an immediate rematch if the Brooklyn boxer beats Mexico's icon in his fight for the unification of the title in the weights means two weeks from Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (DAZN). Jacobs discussed Alvarez-Golovkin III's discussions before a free practice session on Monday at the Competitive Edge Athletics, Long Island gymnasium where he trained for his fight against Alvarez.

"I always look at things like this: you can promote what you want, as much as the next bout of Canelo and his next opponent," Jacobs told BoxingScene.com. "But he's going to have a loss when he fights [Golovkin]. So yes, you can always do these fights with other people. But he's going to have another defeat on his record because, in my heart, I do not feel that he's going to overtake me. "

Alvarez, 28 (51-1-2, 35 KO), dominated Golovkin by majority decision in his middleweight championship game on September 15 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KO) and Alvarez (Kazakhstan) entered a draw for suspects in September 2017 at the T-Mobile Arena.

Jacobs (32-2, 29 KO's), 32, wants his revenge against Golovkin, who beat Jacobs unanimously in a hard-fought decision in the round of 12 two years ago at Madison Square Garden. However, he looks forward to defeating Alvarez, who won the 160-pound WBA and WBC championships against Golovkin.

"It would be great," said Jacobs, who left New York Tuesday for Las Vegas. "Not only because they neglect me as an opposition or they have the opportunity to win, but because the upset would only catapult me, put me at the highest level. I've always said I'm the best middleweight in the world, so I can have that title and I'll be happy with that. No matter who they want to fight in the near future, I would have accomplished what I wanted to do – and that beats Canelo and becomes the best middleweight in the world. "

Keith Idec is a senior writer / columnist for BoxingScene.com. You can contact him on Twitter @ Idecboxing.