Jacobs vs. Pirog

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 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 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 [...]

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 [...]