Daniel Jacobs Boxing News
Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Mauricio Herrera co-feature on Canelo vs. Jacobs card
April 24th, 2019
Rising star Vergil Ortiz Jr. (12-0, 12 KOs) will have the opportunity of a lifetime as his scheduled 10-round welterweight battle against Mauricio “El Maestro” Herrera (24-8, 7 KOs) will now be the co-main event of Canelo vs. → read full story
Jacobs sees weaknesses in Canelo’s game
April 23rd, 2019
By Kenneth Friedman: IBF middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs) has spotted major flaws in WBA/WBC middleweight champion Saul Canelo Alvarez’s game that he feels he can take full advantage of to defeat him next month in Las Vegas, Nevada. → read full story
Daniel Jacobs international media conference call transcript
April 22nd, 2019
Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs), the IBF Middleweight World Champion of Brooklyn, N.Y., hosted an international media conference call today to discuss his upcoming 12-round unification fight against WBC, WBA, Lineal and Ring Magazine Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) of Guadalajara, Mexico. → read full story
GGG: I’m hoping to fight Canelo again title or not
April 22nd, 2019
By Sean Jones: During today’s news conference for his June 8th catch-weight fight against unbeaten Steve Rolls (19-0, 10 KOs), former IBF/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs) addressed Saul Canelo Alvarez’s recent comments about not wanting to fight him unless he had a world title in his possession. → read full story
David Lemieux injured, fight with John Ryder OFF
April 17th, 2019
By Dan Ambrose: The Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Daniel Jacobs DAZN card took a big hit on Wednesday with former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux suffering a hand injury in training and pulling out of his scheduled fight against super middleweight contender John Ryder. → read full story
David Lemieux injured, pulls out of John Ryder fight
April 17th, 2019
An unfortunate hand injury has forced David Lemieux (40-4, 34 KOs) to withdraw from his 168-pound debut against London’s John “The Gorilla” Ryder (27-4, 15 KOs) in what was going to be the scheduled 12-round co-main event of Canelo vs. → read full story
Jacobs says Canelo lost TWICE to GGG
April 16th, 2019
By Sean Jones: Daniel Jacobs was taking verbal shots at Saul Canelo Alvarez on Monday, saying that he thinks he lost BOTH fights against Gennady Golovkin in the past. → read full story
Canelo: I beat GGG twice, it’s over. I want Kovalev
April 16th, 2019
By Mark Eisner: As far as Saul Canelo Alvarez is concerned, he’s closed the chapter on his rivalry with Gennady Golovkin after beating him twice, and he now wants to move on to a potential fight against WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev in the near future. → read full story
Jacobs says it’s “absurd” GGG doesn’t want rematch, even if he beats Canelo
April 16th, 2019
By Aragon Garcia: Daniel Jacobs thinks it’s crazy the way former middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and his team talk about fighters supposedly being afraid to fight him, but then they turn around and say they’ll still want to take the Saul Canelo Alvarez trilogy fight in September, even if Jacobs beats him on May 4. → […]
Jacobs wants GGG rematch after Canelo fight
April 16th, 2019
By Sean Jones: IBF middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs) has a goal in mind to avenge his loss to Gennady Golovkin after he deals with WBA/WBC champion Saul Canelo Alvarez in their fight next month on May 4 on DAZN at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. → read full story
