Daniel Jacobs Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (22-1, 19 KO’s) will be out of action until at least early 2012 if not longer due to an injury. He expects to be back in the first part of 2012 and wants to continue training with his new trainer Freddie Roach to try and work his way [...]

By Jason Kim: On the undercard of the Saul Alvarez vs. Matthew Hatton fight on Saturday night, both James Kirkland and Daniel Jacobs scored 1st round knockouts over their mismatched opponents. Both Kirkland and Jacobs are trying to rebuild their careers, so it’s not surprising that they were matched so soft. Kirkland (26-0, 23 KO’s) [...]

By Jason Kim: Middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (21-1, 18 KO’s) will begin training this week with new trainer Freddie Roach for Jacobs’ next bout on the undercard of the Matthew Hatton vs. Saul Alvarez bout on March 5th at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California.

By Jim Dower: Middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (21-1, 18 KO’s) will be returning to action for the second time since being destroyed by Dmitriy Pirog when he fights on the undercard of the Saul Alvarez vs. Matthew Hatton card on March 5th at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. No opponent has been picked out [...]

Daniel Jacobs TKO 5 Jesse Orta

Boxing action – Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada: Peter Quillin KO 1 Martin Desjardins Daniel Jacobs TKO 5 Jesse Orta Tyson Fury UD 8 Zack Page Kevin Bizier RTD 3 Ronnie Warrior Jr Paul Malignaggi TKO 6 Michael Lozada Pier Olivier Cote TKO 1 Cesar Soriano Bernard Hopkins MD 12 Jean Pascal

By Eric Thomas: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime – At Friday’s weigh-in for the WBC light heavyweight clash between champion Jean Pascal and 45-year-old challenger Bernard Hopkins. both Hopkins and Pascal easily came in under the 175 pound light heavyweight limit. Hopkins came in at 174.5, whereas Pascal weighed 174.10.

By Jason Kim: Once beaten middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (20-1, 17 KO’s) will be seeing action this Saturday night on the Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana undercard at the Mandalay Bay Resorts & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This will be Jacob’s first fight since he was stopped in the 5th round by Russian middleweight [...]

By Jason Kim: Previously unbeaten middleweight contender Daniel Jacons (20-1, 17 KO’s) will stage a comeback fight on December 18th against a still to be determined opponent at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada . Jacobs, 23, was stopped in the 5th round in a failed attempt to capture the vacant WBO middleweight title [...]

By Jim Dower: Russian Dmitry Pirog (17-0, 14 KOs) pulled of an impressive victory last Saturday night in stopping highly hyped and previously unbeaten Daniel Jacobs (20-1, 17 KO’s) in a 5th round TKO on the undercard of the Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las [...]

By Jason Kim: It may have been a really humiliating experience for Daniel Jacobs (20-1, 17 KO’s) to be viciously knocked out by Russian Dmitry Pirog (17-0, 14 KO’s) in the 5th round last Saturday night, but it’s only one loss. Jacobs, 23, is young enough and talented enough to learn from this defeat, improve [...]

By Matt Stein: Unbeaten Russian Dmitry Pirog (17-0, 14 KO’s) looked very impressive in stopping previously undefeated American Daniel Jacobs (20-1, 17 KO’s) in the 5th round last Saturday night on the undercard of the Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz clash at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jacobs, 23, [...]

By Peter Wells: Not everything last night went as planned, as expected Robert Guerrero dominated the 38-year-old Joel Casamayor and took an easy decision apart from his last round scare, and Linares did enough to make Rocky Juarez’s late surge all for nothing. But it was Daniel Jacobs another promising star at Golden Boy Promotions [...]

By Christian Ramos: Golden Boy’s nightmare came true, and Daniel “The Golden Child” Jacobs 20-1 (17), suffers his first defeat by way of 5th round T.K.O. at the hands of the new WBO Middleweight Champion, or better stated titleholder, Dmitry Pirog 17-0 (14) of Russia. Though I’m nowhere near as critical as Jim Lampley, it [...]

Dmitry Pirog TKO 5 Daniel Jacobs

Boxing results – Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada: Jean Paul Mendy DQ 1 Sakio Bika George Groves TKO 6 Alfredo Contreras Seth Mitchell TKO 1 Derek Bryant Juan Montiel UD 6 Mike Peralta Frankie Gomez TKO 1 Ronnie Peterson Jorge Linares UD 10 Rocky Juarez Robert Guerrero UD 10 Joel Casamayor Dmitry [...]

By Peter Wells: Every fighter has a time to become a man, everyone always remembers that first fight that made them a star, the fight that started their legacy. Daniel Jacobs 20-0(17KO’s) is tipped to become a new star, he has the full package and in his 21st outing since his debut in 2007 the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten American Daniel Jacobs (20-0, 17 KO’s) will be facing what could be the hardest test of his still young career this Saturday night against unbeaten Russian Dmitry Pirog (16-0, 13 KO’s) for the vacant World Boxing Organization middleweight title on the undercard of the Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz bout [...]

by Ronnie Jordan: The welterweight division is currently regarded by many as the strongest and most talent packed in boxing. It’s hard to argue with this when the division posses not only the two best pound for pound fighters in the world but also a supporting cast of world class boxers like Miguel Cotto, Antonio [...]

By Jason Kim: On July 31st, unbeaten middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (20-0, 17 KO’s) will be taking his toughest fight of his young career against undefeated Russian Dmitry Pirog (16-0, 13 KO’s) on the undercard of the Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz bout at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

FACT SHEET WHEN: Saturday, July 31, 2010 WHERE: Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada PRINCIPLES: RING MAGAZINE, WBA & WBO LIGHTWEIGHT TITLES – 12 ROUNDS JUAN MANUEL “DINAMITA” MARQUEZ vs. JUAN “BABY BULL” DIAZ

K. Swanson: Thanks everybody for calling in again. You can see that we are in full swing for the July 31 Marquez vs. Diaz II Fight of the Year: The Rematch, including these wonderful Undercard conference calls that we are participating in right now. We’re happy to have Daniel Jacobs and Dmitry Pirog on the [...]

By Jim Dower: If you’re interested in seeing one of the best pay-per-view cards in many years, you can’t go wrong in purchasing the July 31st card between headliners WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) vs. Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. [...]

By Matt Stein: Fighting on the undercard of the Juan Diaz vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight on July 31st, unbeaten Russian middleweight contender Dmitry Pirog (16-0, 13 KO’s) will face undefeated American Daniel Jacobs (20-0, 17 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout for the vacant WBO middleweight title at the Mandalay Bay Resort & [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten middleweight Daniel Jacobs (20-0, 17 KO’s) will be facing undefeated Russian contender Dmitry Pirog (16-0, 13 KO’s) for the vacant WBO middleweight title on July 31st, on the undercard of the Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Jacobs, 23, will be fighting the 29-year-old [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (20-0, 17 KO’s) could challenge for the middleweight title against either Felix Sturm or Sebastian Sylvester, according to Sportsillustrated. Jacobs, only 23, destroyed Juan Astorga in two rounds last weekend on the undercard of the Amir Khan vs. Paulie Malignaggi fight at Madison Square Garden, in New [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (20-0, 17 KO’s) was too much for over-matched opponent Juan Astorga (14-5-1, 9 KO’s), knocking him down four times and stopping him in the 2nd round on the undercard of the Amir Khan vs. Paulie Malignaggi bout last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, in New York. [...]

By Eric Thomas: Victor Ortiz (27-2-1, 21 KOs) defeated Nate Campbell (33-6-1, 25 KOs) by a 10 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, in New York. The fight was far from exciting, as Ortiz dominated Campbell, making him look his age. The entire fight card was pretty dull, filled with mismatches [...]

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, May 5 – It’s been nearly a year and a half since middleweight phenom Daniel “The Golden Child” Jacobs has performed in front of his hometown fans in New York City, but on Saturday, May 15, he will step into the ring at the Theater in Madison Square Garden to face Juan [...]

By Eric Thomas: Undefeated middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (19-0, 16 KO’s) will be fighting on the undercard of the WBA light welterweight title fight between champion Amir Khan and challenger Paulie Malignaggi on May 15th against Juan Astorga (14-4-1, 9 KO’s) at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Jacobs, 23, may end being the best [...]