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SPORTS Saturday 2 March 2019
Plenty of respect and confidence for Canelo, Jacobs

By BARRY WILNER moments in a 51-1-2 re- more people."
NEW YORK (AP) — The re- cord with 35 knockouts. He The bout will be on a special
sumes are impressive. The became a three-division weekend for Mexico, on
mutual respect is beyond world champion by knock- the eve of Cinco de Mayo,
question. The determina- ing out Rocky Fielding in and Alvarez prizes the op-
tion is through the roof. three rounds to take the portunity to do his thing in
So why shouldn't the mid- WBA super middleweight the ring "for my country, my
dleweight title unification crown in December but family, my fans." He knows,
bout between Canelo Al- now moves back where however, that taking on Ja-
varez and Daniel Jacobs he probably belongs. And cobs will be anything but a
be a classic, a fight-of-the- the middleweight division is party.
year candidate? the deepest and strongest He likes that idea.
Ask both champions and around. "Because of his experi-
they say that's exactly Jacobs, 32, is a logical foe, ence and his talent and
what to expect on May and that's good for the his confidence and all of
4 in Las Vegas. And while sport considering how logic his virtues, this has all the
that might seem like hype rarely plays into matchups. qualities of a fight of the
for the fight, there is some- Since going 12 rounds with year," Alvarez noted, add-
thing of an aura around this Triple G and losing a very ing he's watched film of
matchup. close decision two years many of Jacobs' fights to
"He is a very strong mental ago, Jacobs has three wins get a feel for the taller (by
fighter," Alvarez said Thurs- and owns the IBF crown. 3 inches) American.He also
day about Jacobs, who is The thought of adding has watched lots of his own
nicknamed "Miracle Man" Alvarez's WBA and WBC bouts. WBC and WBA middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez
and overcame bone can- belts is enticing but hardly "Every fight, I feel I learn (50-1-2, 34 KOs), left, and IBF middleweight world champion
cer to return to the ring. the only motivation for the something from it. In all of Daniel Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs), right, pose with clenched fists dur-
"His history shows his perse- Brooklyn native. my fights, I focus on learn- ing a pre-fight press conference on Wednesday Feb. 27, 2019,
verance and that is a big "I never get tired of inspir- ing, and especially learn- in New York.
strength for him. He has ing people and telling my ing from the mistakes," he Associated Press
that will to win. I invite that story," he said. "Strangers, added. "Every fight, I watch though he already owned "I understand the game
in an opponent; that is the people I meet in airports to see the good things and two super welterweight ti- now and what you need
type of fighter I am." when I travel, they are fas- to focus on whatever errors tles. He has improved since, to be great," Jacobs said.
Mexico's Alvarez, 28, is con- cinated because it's a feel- I have made to make sure and only Golovkin truly has "This is my shot and I am
sidered by many the best in good story. I am blessed they don't happen again." challenged Alvarez in the on a mission. Canelo al-
the game today. His epic with a second chance at Those gaffes are so rare last 4½ years. ways shows up and gives
fights with Gennady Go- life and a career, and that that Alvarez hasn't lost Jacobs will present a major his best, so do I. He's used
lovkin — a draw and then is the message I want to since Floyd Mayweather challenge in the fight that to the big spotlight, and for
a tight victory, with a third get out to the world. That outpointed him in 2014, will be streamed by DAZN me this is everything. I plan
meeting a distinct possibil- is something special, and a fight Alvarez accepted as part of Alvarez's $365 mil- to take over the show and
ity — are the most shining I want to inspire so many when he was still quite raw, lion deal for 11 fights. be the headliner."q

Olympic medalist gets 3-month ban for accidental doping

By EDDIE PELLS information on the ingredi- The 26-year-old Logan,
AP National Writer ents label. It was listed as who took silver in slopestyle
If Devin Logan has her way, having only trace amounts five years ago at the Olym-
she'll be the first and last of THC — which is banned pics, said she was shocked
to serve this sort of doping above certain thresholds when she tested positive in
ban. by the World Anti-Doping December. "I take 100 per-
The 2014 Olympic silver Agency — but clearly con- cent responsibility for it," she
medalist is in the final week tained more. said. "Being a veteran of my
of a three-month suspen- "Everyone should look at sport, I should know better."
sion, announced Friday, my case and go deeper Logan is among the few in
for using a cannabis-based into their own investiga- freestyle skiing who shoul-
product she says contained tions," Logan said. ders a full schedule on both
higher-than-allowed levels As marijuana and mar- the halfpipe and the slope-
of the banned substance, ijuana-based products style courses. It inflicts a bru-
THC. become more widely le- tal beating on her body.
Though THC positives are galized and accepted, She said almost everyone
nothing new — the chemi- supplements such as CBD in the action-sports world
cal is found in marijuana will make more headlines is looking for ways to man-
— Logan's case appears in sports; the NFL and foot- age pain, and talk of CBD
to be the first-of-its-kind in ball players, for instance, is on the rise. Logan's six-
the United States involving are wrestling with exactly month ban was reduced to
Cannabidiol (CBD) drops, where these sorts of treat- three months because she
which athletes are increas- ments should fit into their took educational courses.
ingly using to manage pain. game. Just Thursday, Mar- In this Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 file photo, women's freestyle ski- "Anybody using CBD prod-
What wasn't unique about tha Stewart signed a deal ing slopestyle silver medalist Devin Logan of the United States ucts should be aware that
this case, however, is that to help a marijuana grower holds her medal during the medals ceremony at the 2014 Winter they may contain THC,
it involved taking a prod- market its own brand of the Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Associated Press whatever the packaging
uct that she says had bad product. says," Shaw said.q