Quillin: I’ll fight Daniel Jacobs if the price is right

quillin653By Dan Ambrose: WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin (31-0, 22 KO’s) says he’d be interested in facing once beaten #3 WBC, #5 IBF, #5 WBO, #6 WBA Daniel Jacobs (27-1, 24 KO’s) for the right about of money. If Quillin doesn’t get the right price, he’ll face whoever his manager Al Haymon picks out for him. Quillin hasn’t had a good opponent yet in his three title defenses, and it would be an upgrade if Jacobs were to be Quillin’s next opponent, even though Jacobs was already exposed in a loss to Dmitry Pirog.

“I just take ’em as they come along,” Quillin said. “At one point I thought I was fighting Danny Jacobs in my last fight. If that’s the only big fight out there for me, we’ll fight as long as the price is right.”

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Daniel Jacobs stops Giovanni Lorenzo in 3rd round

lorenzo11By Jim Dower: #9 WBO middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (26-1, 23 KO’s) continued with his long slow climb back to the top with a 3rd round TKO on Monday night of former middleweight title challenger Giovanni Lorenzo (32-6, 24 KO’s) to capture the vacant WBC Continental Americas middleweight title in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Best Buy Theater, in New York, New York, USA.

Jacobs, 26 knocked Lorenzo down with a nice right hand bomb in the 3rd round after having stunned him with a scorching left hook to the head moments earlier. The fight was then stopped at 2:05 of the round by referee Steve Willis.

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Daniel Jacobs to move down to 154

jacobs45By Dan Ambrose: Middleweight Daniel Jacobs (24-1, 21 KO’s) plans on moving down to the 154 pound division for his next fight on February 9th at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, according to RingTV. Jacobs, 25, will be fighting on the undercard of the Zab Judah vs. Danny Garcia fight.

Jacobs has been fighting at 160 since 2009 after moving down in weight from super middleweight, which is the weight class that Jacobs started his career at. Although Jacobs was successful at super middleweight, it was clear that he didn’t have the frame or the chin for that weight. He was a slightly better fit at 160.

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Trout beats Cotto; Jacobs and Velez both win

Image: Trout beats Cotto; Jacobs and Velez both winMiguel Cotto seen here turning his back on Austin Trout after being hit with a legal body shot on the belt line in the 9th – By Jim Dower: An over-trained looking Miguel Cotto (37-4, 30 KOs’s) just didn’t have it tonight in his attempt at capturing a title off of WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) at Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York, USA. Cotto looked smaller than he had been for his last two fights, and was missing his big power.

Trout looked to be at least 15 pounds heavier than Cotto, and his extra height and reach made it nearly impossible for Cotto to land with any consistency. The judges gave Trout the victory by the scores of 117-111, 117-111, 119-109. Some boxing fans thought those scores were too wide, in particular the 119-109 score, which gave Cotto very little credit for some of the rounds where he did some good work.

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News: Daniel Jacobs to fight on Cotto-Trout undercard on 12/1; Oosthuizen-Zuniga

Image: News: Daniel Jacobs to fight on Cotto-Trout undercard on 12/1; Oosthuizen-ZunigaBy Allan Fox: Former middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (23-1, 20 KO’s) will be back in action on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto vs. Austin Trout card on December 1st against an opponent still to be determined at Madison Square Garden, in New York.

Jacobs, 25, is coming off of a 1st round knockout win last Saturday night against Josh Luteran on the Danny Garcia vs. Erik Morales undercard at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York. Jacobs flattened Luteran with a right, left, right combination that badly hurt him. This was Jacob’s first fight since March of last year.

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Daniel Jacobs destroys Josh Luteran

Image: Daniel Jacobs destroys Josh LuteranBy Allan Fox: Making his first appearance in over a year and half former middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (23-1, 20 KO’s) destroyed an over-matched Josh Luteran (13-2, 9 KO’s) by a 1st round knockout last Saturday night at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York.

Jacobs, 25, hurt Luteran with a hard right hand followed by a quick left-right combination that knocked him out. Luteran was badly hurt when the back of his head bounced off the canvas as a result of the knockdown.

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Daniel Jacobs to fight on Alvarez-Hatton undercard on 3/5

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 as of yet for the 23-year-old Jacobs, but given how badly he was schooled by Pirog, you would have to imagine that it won’t be anyone dangerous or any kind of threat to Jacobs.

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Daniel Jacobs fights on Khan-Maidana undercard this Saturday

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 contender Dmitry Pirog in a failed attempt for Jacobs in capturing the vacant World Boxing Organization middleweight title in July.

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Daniel Jacobs to fight on December 18th in comeback bout

Image: Daniel Jacobs to fight on December 18th in comeback boutBy 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 against Russian Dimitriy Pirog on July 31st in his last fight. Jacobs came into the fight as the predicted winner. However, he was totally dominated by Pirog for four rounds before being taken out in the 5th round of a one-sided fight. Jacobs has no clue how to adjust to the Mayweather-esque movements and skills of Pirog.

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