By Allan Fox: #5 WBA Daniel Jacobs (27-1, 24 KO’s) will be facing #2 WBA Jarrod Fletcher (18-1, 10 KO’s) on August 9th in a very winnable fight for the 27-year-old Jacobs at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Jacobs had been talked about fighting WBO middleweight champion Pete Quillin for his title, but instead Jacobs will have the much easier task of fighting the 30-year-old Australian Fletcher for the WBA title.
If Jacobs can’t beat Fletcher for the title then it’s going to be tough for Jacobs to ever capture a world title belt, because this is perhaps the best chance he’s ever going to get to win a world title.