By Miguel Rivera

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya views WBC, WBA middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez as the best pound for pound fighter in boxing.

On Saturday, De La Hoya believes Canelo will cement that status by beating IBF middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Canelo has captured world titles at 154 and 160, and went up to 168 last December to capture the WBA "regular" title from Rocky Fielding.

To prepare for the fight, Canelo did 182 rounds of sparring, as come view Jacobs as the most dangerous opponent of the Mexican star's career.

"Canelo Alvarez's career is unique. He has to be the best in the world, pound for pound ... he's that right now, even before facing Jacobs. Now, by beating Jacobs, he will obviously [solidify the fact] that he's the best in the world," De La Hoya said.

Canelo wants to become the first Mexican fighter in history to claim all four of the major sanctioning belts - including the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO. The WBO is held by Demetrius Andrade.

"More than pressure [to accomplish that], it's motivation. In the end, what I want to do is to make history," says Canelo.

"I would not like to talk about me being the best in history, because I only think about the present. I feel like I'm the number one in the world and what I want is to focus on my story, to be great in the sport."

Jacobs has several physical advantages, like size, height and reach - but his team is not worried in the least. Fielding has a big height and reach advantage over Canelo, who nullified those stats with a third round knockout. 

"It's not the first time that Canelo has boxed with taller fighters, so there's no problem," said José Chepo Reynoso, the coach of the Mexican superstar.