Daniel Jacobs

At 37 years old, Daniel Jacobs has this physical status:

Daniel "Danny" Jacobs (born February 3, 1987) is an American professional boxer.

He has competed for two decades as a middleweight world champion, as well as the WBA's (Regular) title from 2012 to 2017.

Jacobs' career was almost cut short in 2011 due to osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer.

Jacobs made a complete recovery after missing 19 months out of the sport in August. According to The Ring magazine, the Transnational Boxing Board, and BoxRec, he is the world's third best active middleweight.

He is best known for his outstanding punching ability, with an 82.8% win rate, and is regarded as an all-around fighter with good mobility and hand speed.

Early life

Jacobs was born and raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Yvette Jacobs, his grandmother, Cordelia Jacobs, and his aunts raised him. Jacobs graduated from Erasmus High School.

Personal life

Jacobs was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a life-threatening form of bone cancer, in May 2011. He returned to the ring after receiving positive treatment at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Jacobs has a son.

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Amateur career

Jacobs won 137 games and 7 losses as an amateur boxer. Jacobs claimed the junior Olympics national championship at 154 pounds in 2003. Jacobs also became the national champion of the United States in the 19–and-under division, a PAL national championship, and the National Golden Gloves welterweight championship in 2004. He gained his second national championship and also the National Golden Gloves middleweight championship in 2005. He met Russian Matvey Korobov at the preliminaries of the 2005 Boxing World Cup in July 2005 and lost in a third round tie. Jacobs won the United States Amateur middleweight championship in 2006, defeating Shawn Porter in the finals, 32–21. Jacobs won four New York Golden Gloves titles during his amateur career. He almost qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by defeating Dominic Wade and Shawn Porter (twice) en route, but Shawn Estrada lost the North American Olympic Qualifier Super Middleweight final to Shawn Estrada twice.

Professional career

Jacobs made his professional boxing debut on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton's Undercard, which took place on December 8, 2007, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. He defeated Jose Jesus Hurtado by a technical foul out in 29 seconds in the first round. Jacobs fought on the undercard of superfights for a long time. He was regarded as a blue-chip candidate.

Jacobs decided on April 27, 2009, to challenge Mike Walker, a junior middleweight who had been arrested on a weapons charge, who was coming off a win over two-time world champion Antwun Echols. Jacobs gained unanimous decision by 80-72 from two judges and 79–73 from the other. Jacobs triumphed the NABO middleweight title over August 22, 2009, defeating Ishe Smith by unanimous vote.

Jacobs defeated Russian Dmitry Pirog in the vacant WBO middleweight championship on July 31, 2010. Sergio Martnez, who was suspended for not complying with the WBO's guidelines, had the belt at the time. The confrontation took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Pirog was a 3-1 underdog going into the war. Jacobs was in the 5th round when he was caught with a strong right hand against the ropes and knocked out, losing him his first match of his career. "I knew I was fine after the second round," Pirog said. In the second round, I hurt him, but I knew I could come back and do it again."

Jacobs won his first two fights before being diagnosed with osteosarcoma.

Jacobs won by a first-round knockout over Josh Luteran on October 20, 2012, having completely recovered from cancer.

Danny Garcia and Zab Judah's scheduled match at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, was postponed until April 27, 2013 due to a rib injury sustained by Garcia. www.edu.com Jacobs was drafted in on the undercard for this fight, and his fight pushed forward to April 27 as well. On the day, Jacobs defeated Keenan Collins with a round 4 knockout.

During the premiere of Golden Boy Live on August 19, 2013, Jacobs claimed the WBC Continental Americas middleweight title by defeating Giovanni Lorenzo in the third round. Fox Sports 1 is a cable television network.

Jacobs defeated Jarrod Fletcher in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on August 9, 2014, capturing the vacant WBA (Regular) middleweight crown. Jacobs dropped Fletcher in round 1 with a left hook and a right cross in round 5; they continued on to round 5 with a right cross. Jacobs became the world champion after winning. Jacobs said, "It feels so good to win this belt." "It's the best moment in my life." Jacobs said he wanted to face Peter Quillin next.

Jacobs' first defense was against Caleb Truax, who he comfortably outboxed for eleven rounds before he conceded a knockdown and ended in a deadlock on round 12.

Jacobs then met former light middleweight titlist Sergio Mora. Jacobs started the war tentatively, but was able to time and kill Mora with a right hook that put the latter on the canvas. When Jacobs attempted to use pressure to get a quick stoppage, Mora was able to return the favor. Mora retired after injuring his right foot in round 2, which would cause the match to be called off. Jacobs also stated that he was trying to combat Quillin after the war.

Jacobs defeated Peter Quillin by TKO in the first round on December 5, 2015. Jacobs landed a lead right hand that trapped Quillin flush on the temple and stunned him. Jacobs then attempted to finish the game with non-stop hard combinations in the entire round. Quillin was stunned as he stumbled over the ropes, triggering the referee to notice that Quillin was disorientated and waved the contest off with no complaint from Quillin. Many, including Floyd Mayweather, felt that the war was delayed far too early.

Jacobs defeated Sergio Mora in September 2016. He said the war was a step back for him, accusing Mora of winning for the first time. Jacobs received a dominant TKO victory on fight night after two flash knockdowns in rounds 4 and 5. Mora went down three times in round 7 before the referee called the game to a halt.

Until 2016, Jacobs was involved in talks with WBC, IBF, IBO, and WBA (Super) middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. As part of the WBA's declared effort to unify their belts, Jacobs was Golovkin's mandatory. In an email to RingTV, WBA president Gilberto Mendoza announced that if a deal had to be made by 5 p.m. on December 7, or a purse auction would be held on December 19 in Panama. With Golovkin receiving 75% and Jacobs 25%, the WBA declared a purse bid of $400,000 later that day. Although purse bids were announced, Loeffler said he would keep talks, hoping that a deal will be reached before the purse auction. The fight will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on December 17, 2017. The match will be shown on HBO PPV.

Golovkin weighed in at 159.6 lb, the official weigh-in, a day before the fight, while Jacobs weighed 159.8 lb. Jacobs declined to compete for the IBF title by missing a fight-day weight check. The IBF does not require participants in championship matches to perform a weight check on the morning of the match, as well as the official weigh-in the day before the fight; at the morning weight check, they can weigh no more than 10 pounds (4.5 kilogram) above the fight's bodyweight limit. On fight night, Jacobs weighed 182 lb, 12 more than Golovkin.

The fight lasted the full 12 rounds in front of a sell-out crowd of 19,939. Golovkin had battled 12 rounds in his first appearance in his professional career. Golovkin's combination of ring control, constant forward pressure, and a strong jab led to a 115–112, 114–113 unanimous decision victory, snapping his 23 fight knockout streak dating back to November 2008. Golovkin dropped Jacobs with a short right hand along the ropes in the fourth round for a flash knockdown. Jacobs recovered, but Golovkin ruled the majority of the middle rounds. Jacobs was able to switch between orthodox and southpaw positions, but he was still on the back foot. Both boxers were warned once more for rabbit punching when they were referring to referee Charlie Fitch. Golovkin landed 231 of 615 punches (38%), more than Jacobs who landed 175 of 541 (32%), according to Compubox punch estimates. Jacobs thought he had won the game by two rounds and attributed the loss to the possibility of a big money fight between Golovkin and Canelo lvarez. "He'd have to kill me," Jacobs said after being knocked down, telling Golovkin. "I'm a boxer, not a killer," Golovkin said in a post-fight interview. I love the game." Golovkin's earnings were forecast to be at least $2.5 million compared to Jacob's $1.75 million, ahead of its revenue shares.

Jacobs had signed with promotional firm Matchroom Boxing in September 2017. Since returning from service, Jacobs had been working without a career firm. On HBO, Jacobs' matches will be televised. Jacobs would meet Luis Arias at the Nassau Coliseum on November 11, according to later reports. Jacobs dominated Arias from beginning to end, scoring a flash knockdown in round 11 to win by a unanimous vote 118–109, 120–107. This was Jacobs' first decision victory in a 12-round match. According to CompuBox Statistics, Jacobs landed 184 of 581 punches (32%), while Arias landed 88 of 318 (28%). In every single round, Jacobs defeated Arias. The bout reached a 706,000 viewers and topped out at 765,000.

Jacobs will face Polish boxer Maciej Sulli (26-0, 10 KOs), on HBO in February 28, after weeks of rumors, when it was confirmed in February 2018 at the Barclays Center in New York City. The WBA fought for the middleweight title on March 30, an eliminator. On three judges' scorecards, Jacobs defeated 116-111, 117-110, and 115-112.

The contest attracted 811,000 viewers and a record of 874,000 viewers.

Gennady Golovkin was ordered to defend his position against Ukrainian opponent Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-0, 10 KOs). This came after the Golovkin vs. Alvarez match broke down, and Golovkin decided to face Vanes Martirosyan on May 5 in a match. Golovkin was allowed to fight Martirosyan as long as he would meet Derevyanchenko afterwards. Golovkin was disqualified from his IBF world title for failing to adhere to the IBF's guidelines on June 6. Although the IBF gave Golovkin an exception to combat Martyrosyan, the Golovkin family was not allowed to sanction the fight, Golovkin's team was able to begin negotiating and combating mandatory challenger Derevyanchenko by August 3, 2018. The IBF issued a statement in which it was more elaborate. The IBF ordered a purse match for Jacobs vs. Derevyanchenko on June 11, the IBF confirmed it on June 25, which was postponed. According to Ringtv, the fight for the vacant IBF middleweight title will take place on November 10, 2018 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, on July 20, 2018.

Jacobs defeated Canelo Alvarez, a pound-for-pound champion, in an effort to unified his IBF title with the WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles. Both fighters managed to avoid a lot of punches in a mostly tactical match. Canelo proved to be the more elusive and cost-effective of the two groups by winning the war by a unanimous decision, 116-112, 115-113, and 115-113 to unify the middleweight belts.

Jacobs began the fight on December 20, 2019. Chavez Jr. Chavez Jr. got off to a good start, but after two rounds Jacobs decided on his own tactic and began to land on Chavez Jr., which threatened him. Chavez Jr. had to leave after five rounds due to a suspected nose and hand injury.

Jacobs met Gabriel Rosado in his second bout. Jacobs, the strong favorite in a largely underwhelming contest, had a rough time against Rosado and then won by a narrow split-decision victory. Jacobs had it 115-113, while Rosado's had it 115-113.

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