Daniel Jacobs Fails Weight Check Before Canelo Alvarez Bout; Fight Still On

Daniel Jacobs came in more than three pounds over the 170-pound rehydration weight limit for Saturday's bout with Canelo Alvarez, but the bout will go on as scheduled.

"Jacobs came in heavy. It is what it is," Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya told ESPN.com's Dan Rafael. "We spoke to Canelo and his attitude is, 'I don't care. I'm still gonna kick his ass.' Canelo is pissed off, and he wants to kick his ass. Canelo was 169, solid and feeling stronger than ever. But the fact that Jacobs came in heavy tells you a lot. It tells you how unsure he is in himself."

Alvarez weighed in at 169 pounds. Both fighters made the 160-pound limit for their welterweight championship unification bout Friday but had a weight check-in Saturday where neither could be above 170 pounds.

Under terms of the fight contract, Jacobs will be fined $1 million of his $10 million purse guarantee. 

"My thought is as long as both guys made 160 and Canelo looked the stronger fighter during the weigh-in [Friday], that's all that matters," De La Hoya said. "We have a fight."

Jacobs is a naturally bigger fighter than Canelo, standing 6'0" to Alvarez's 5'8". His larger stature is a reason Alvarez's team put the second weigh-in clause into the contract for their fight so that their guy would not go into Saturday night at a significant weight disadvantage.

Alvarez, 28, is 51-1-2 as a professional, with his only loss coming to Floyd Mayweather in 2013. He's considered a heavy favorite to defeat Jacobs, who won the vacant IBF middleweight title from Serhiy Derevianchenko in October. Their most recent common opponent is Gennady Golovkin, who defeated Jacobs and drew/lost to Alvarez in their two fights.

Notably, Jacobs missed the pre-fight weight check-in for that bout against Golovkin. While that missed check-in cost him a chance at the IBF middleweight championship, his being overweight against Canelo will not affect the championships on the line.