By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KOs) will have the pleasure to be working this Friday’s fight card on Spike TV on Premier Boxing Champions headlined by WBC super middleweight champion Anthony Dirrell (27-0-1, 22 KOs) defending his title against #8 WBC Badou Jack (18-1-1, 12 KOs) from the UIC Pavilion, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Daniel Jacobs
Atlas wants Golovkin to fight Quillin and Jacobs
By Dan Ambrose: ESPN commentator Teddy Atlas went on a long rant last Friday night in talking about WBA Super World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin’s recent 11th round stoppage win over an overmatched Martin Murray (29-2-1, 12 KOs) in their fight in Monte Carlo last week in their fight on February 21st.
The fight was supposed to have been a competitive one in the eyes of some boxing fans, but it turned out to be a one-sided affair with Golovkin chasing an unwilling Murray around the ring for 10 rounds before Golovkin finally caught up to Murray in the 11th and stopped him on his feet.
Jermain Taylor will struggle against Quillin or Jacobs
By Allan Fox: Newly crowned IBF middleweight champion Jermain Taylor wasn’t ready to say whether he’ll be facing his IBF mandatory challenger Hassan N’Dam last night following Taylor’s 12 round unanimous decision win over IBF champion Sam Soliman.
Instead of answering the question by ESPN about who he’ll be fighting next, Taylor said that he’ll fight whoever his adviser Al Haymon wants him to. With that said, it’s quite possible that Haymon will look to match Taylor instead against former WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin or WBA champion Daniel Jacobs next instead of having him face N’Dam.
Quillin will likely face Jacobs in fall, says De La Hoya
By Dan Ambrose: Peter Quillin (31-0, 22 KOs) unexpectedly vacated his WBO middleweight title on Thursday after he’d earlier been given two extensions by the World Boxing Organization to sign for his November 1st title defense against mandatory challenger Matt Korobov.
A lot of boxing fans believe that Quillin and his adviser Al Haymon chose to relinquish the title due to the danger that Korobov presented to him. But Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya says that Quillin has his sights set on fighting WBA 160 pound champion Daniel Jacobs (28-1, 25 KOs) next fall at a still to be determined date and venue.
WBA with 3 champs at 160: Jacobs, Golovkin and Chudinov
By Allan Fox: Last night, Daniel Jacobs (28-1, 25 KOs) defeated #2 WBA Jarrod Fletcher (18-2, 10 KOs) by a 5th round TKO to win the vacant WBA 160 pound title. It was a good win by Jacobs in proving himself against a guy who arguably should have never been ranked at No.2 given that he was knocked out in the 2nd round by Billy Joe Saunders just two years ago.
To show how messed up the WBA’s rankings are, Saunders is ranked at No.13 by the WBA despite the fact that he has a stoppage win over Fletcher and he’s unbeaten. But what’s more strange is why the WBA has three champions in the middleweight division.
Garcia obliterates Salka; Peterson stops Santana; Jacobs defeats Fletcher
(Photo Credit: Amanda Kwok / SHOWTIME) By Jim Dower: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (29-0, 17 KOs) totally obliterated the much smaller unranked lightweight Rod Salka (19-4, 3 KOs) in an easy 2nd round knockout on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Garcia knocked Salka down three times in the 2nd round. The fight was halted at 2:31 of the round after flattening Salka with a left hook.
“No fight is easy unless you put in the hard work. My fans love me. It has nothing to do with my opponent, because when Danny Garcia is at his best he can beat anybody,” Garcia said after the fight. “I leave it up to Al Haymon to decide my opponents. It doesn’t matter to me. I show up on fight night and always find a way to win.”
Daniel Jacobs faces Jarrod Fletcher tonight for vacant WBA 160lb title in Brooklyn, New York
(Photo Credit: Amanda Kwok/SHOWTIME) By Jim Dower: #3 WBA Daniel Jacobs (27-1, 24 KOs) battles #2 WBA Jarrod Fletcher (18-1, 10 KOs) tonight for the vacant WBA World middleweight title at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The World Boxing Association has made a mess with their multiple champions in many of their weight divisions.
After tonight’s Jacobs-Fletcher fight, there will be a WBA Super World middleweight champion in Gennady Golovkin, WBA regular champion in either Jacobs or Fletcher, and then a WBA interim 160 pound champion.
Daniel Jacobs targeting Golovkin in the future after Fletcher fight
By Dan Ambrose: Daniel Jacobs (27-1, 24 KOs) wants to pick up the vacant WBA middleweight title this Saturday night in his fight against #2 WBA Jarrod Fletcher (18-1, 10 KOs) of Australia, and then move onto unification fights against WBO 160 pound champion Peter Quillin and WBA champion Gennady Golovkin.
The Jacobs vs. Fletcher fight will be taking place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on the undercard of the Rod Salka vs. Danny Garcia fight.
Jacobs says he wants the Golovkin fight, but it’s hard to know if he’s just namedropping or if he’s serious about wanting to fight him. A match between him and Golovkin could prove to be a real tough one to try and put together given that Golovkin fights on HBO, and Jacobs on Showtime.
Daniel Jacobs vs. Jarrod Fletcher this Saturday at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
By Allan Fox: This Saturday night #4 WBA Daniel Jacobs (27-1, 24 KOs) will be facing #2 WBA Jarrod Fletcher (18-1, 10 KOs) in a fight for the vacant WBA World middleweight title on Showtime at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
The mixed fortunes of Daniel Jacobs and Dimitry Pirog
By Gav Duthie: It is somewhat of a fairytale that Daniel Jacobs 27-1 (24) fights for the WBA world title on August 9th 2014. His last title challenge ended in disaster when in 2010 he was put flat on his back in the 5th round as the referee waved away the contest.
After two low-key winning comeback fights he was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of cancer.
His conqueror back in July 2010 on the undercard of Juan Manuel Marquez v Juan Diaz 2 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas was Russian middleweight Dimitry Pirog 20-0 (16). Despite being behind on the cards Pirog delivered a perfectly timed right hand to the head of Jacobs handing him the WBO middleweight championship.