The boxing world was buzzing during and after Canelo Alvarez defeated Daniel Jacobs.
The middleweight title unification was the talk of social media with many fighters and pundits giving their take on the fight. Canelo unified the WBA "Super," WBC and IBF middleweight titles with a unanimous decision win in the main event of a DAZN card from Las Vegas.
Perhaps no name took social media by storm when talking about the fight more than Gennadiy Golovkin, who was unimpressed with the action taking place at the T-Mobile Arena. Golovkin has a lot of interest in the fight as a potential third fight against Alvarez could be in the works down the line now that both fighters compete on DAZN.
Below are reactions from the boxing world, including Golovkin's, on Canelo vs. Jacobs:
I saw no emotions, nothing special today. It was a nice sparring match. Boring. They should have given more to the fans. #CaneloJacobs pic.twitter.com/onBjjV9L1q
— Gennady Golovkin (@GGGBoxing) May 5, 2019
My scorecard #CaneloJacobs pic.twitter.com/GYPaE64MQx
— Carl Frampton MBE (@RealCFrampton) May 5, 2019
9-3 Canelo. Dull fight, but Canelo boxed brilliantly. #canelojacobs #boxing
— caleb truax (@GoldenCalebT) May 5, 2019
112-116 Canelo or
— ClaressaT-rexShields (@Claressashields) May 5, 2019
7-5 Canelo for me
— Jamie Moore (@JamieMoore777) May 5, 2019
Danny fought his heart though..@Canelo congrats!! ------
— Gervonta Davis (@Gervontaa) May 5, 2019
Congrats Canelo great win and also to Danny Jacobs putting up a great fight , @GoldenBoyBoxing @DAZN_USA @daznglobal putting on the best fights in the game ----
— Jason Quigley (@jay_quigley) May 5, 2019
Canelo on another level ----
— The Professor (@JoshuaFranco_) May 5, 2019
Good fight tho Danny... Canelo Great tho!
— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) May 5, 2019
115-113 for me in a high level fight - just the start cost Danny. Congrats Canelo a great Champ and always so proud of DJ - a great man! @DAZN_USA @SkySportsBoxing
— Eddie Hearn (@EddieHearn) May 5, 2019
Congrats to Canelo for the win, a solid performance. Danny fought well in spots and I think won 5 rounds, maybe 4. Not a great fight, but well fought and interesting.
— Al Bernstein (@AlBernstein) May 5, 2019
Personally have it a draw and that’s without tequila #CaneloJacobs
— Kalle & Nisse Sauerland (@SauerlandBros) May 5, 2019
Congrats to @Canelo on the win. Was disappointed that @DanielJacobsTKO didn’t get more going. #canelovsjacobs
— Lennox Lewis (@LennoxLewis) May 5, 2019
Brilliant fight between 2 great champions, I had it 116-112 Canelo, he was brilliant the first half the fight in particular #canelojacobs pic.twitter.com/lcgCq3ioVT
— Anthony Fowler (@afowler06) May 5, 2019
Fightful had a post-show podcast dissecting the main event, which can be seen in the video at the top of the page.
