Garcia vs. Malignaggi in depth results

EW5G6415(Photo credit: Lucas Noonan/Premier Boxing Champions) By Joshua Broom: Saturday nights PBC on ESPN broadcast from the Barclays Center opened up with an action packed, knockdown filled affair as hometown fighter Danny “The Miracle Man” Jacobs (30-1 27 KO) defended his WBA “Regular” 160 lb title against former WBC 154 lb champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora (28-4-2 9 KO) in the first bout of the evening.

The 34 year old Mora opened the first round as the busier fighter, landing tricky combinations to the body and head of the 28 year old Jacobs.

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Daniel Jacobs says he’ll fight Peter Quillin next

EW5G4572(Photo credit: Lucas Noonan/Premier Boxing Champions) By Dan Ambrose: WBA “regular’ middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (30-1, 27 KOs) got a cheap win tonight with his opponent 24-year-old Sergio “Latin Snake” Mora (28-4-2, 9 KOs) suffering a freakish leg injury in the 2nd round of his fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The referee Gary Rosato stopped the fight and ruled it a 2nd round knockout despite Mora not having been touched. Rather than give Mora a rematch to clear up the controversy, Jacobs says he’ll be facing former WBO 160lb champion Peter Quillin next in a battle of Brooklyn fighters.

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Purses: Danny Garcia $1.25M, Malignaggi $550K, Jacobs $550K, Mora $225K

Image: Purses: Danny Garcia $1.25M, Malignaggi $550K, Jacobs $550K, Mora $225K(Photo credit: Ed Diller/Dibella Entertainment) By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (30-0, 17 KOs) will be getting good money for his non-title fight against 34-year-old Paulie Malignaggi (33-6, 7 KOs) this Saturday night on Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York,

Even though this fight is considered a mismatch in the eyes of a lot of boxing fans and no titles are on the line, Garcia will be getting $1.25 million. Malignaggi will be bringing in $500,000 as Garcia’s B-side opponent.

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Daniel Jacobs hoping to KO Sergio Mora this Saturday on ESPN

001-Danny-Jacobs-IMG_4514By Dan Ambrose: WBA World middleweight belt holder Daniel Jacobs (29-1, 26 KOs) is hoping to get a knockout victory this Saturday night in his voluntary title defense against #10 WBA Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora (28-3-2, 9 KOs) on Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN on the undercard of the Danny Garcia vs. Paulie Malignaggi fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

For Jacobs, this is his second consecutive voluntary defense after his win over Caleb Truax in his recent first defense. It looks like Jacob’s adviser Al Haymon isn’t taking any chances with him by taking his time before he’s finally forced to defend against his No.1 Chris Eubank Jr. or Tureano Johnson.

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Malignaggi and Daniel Jacobs quotes

BROOKLYN (July 8, 2015) – Former two-division world champion Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi, middleweight world champion Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs, President of DiBella Entertainment Lou DiBella and CEO of Barclays Center Brett Yormark took time today to discuss the upcoming Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN fights taking place Saturday, August 1 at Barclays Center.

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Daniel Jacobs: I see Sergio Mora as the most devastating opponent I’ve had thus far

mora1By Dan Ambrose: WBA World middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (29-1, 26 KOs) is taking seriously his title defense next month on August 1st against former WBA junior middleweight champion Sergio Mora (28-3-2, 9 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Mora, 34, is ranked only #11 by the WBA, and is clearly not the same fighter he once was seven years ago when he was the WBA 154lb champ, but he’s easily one of the better fighters than Jacobs has fought during his career.

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Daniel Jacobs defends against Sergio Mora on August 1st

jacobs45By Dan Ambrose: WBA World middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (29-1, 26 KOs) will be taking another voluntary defense of his WBA title on August 1st against #11 WBA fringe contender Sergio Mora (28-3-2, 9 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

It’s a safe fight for Jacobs, who hasn’t faced a tough opponent since getting blown out in 6 rounds by Dmitry Pirog in 2010. With all the available options for Jacobs to fight, Mora is clearly one of the safer fights for him due to his lack of punching power and his advanced age of 34.

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Danny Garcia vs. Paulie Malignaggi possible for August 1; Daniel Jacobs vs. Sergio More or Mathew Macklin

garcia677By Dan Ambrose: 27-year-old WBA/WBC 140lb champion Danny Garcia (30-0, 17 KOs) is expected to be back in the ring in less than two months against 34-year-old former two division world champion Paulie Malignaggi (33-6, 7 KOs) kin a fight at welterweight on August 1st on Premier Boxing Champions from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that the fight is in the works. If the fight does come off, Garcia would be taking his third straight fight at welterweight. It’s unclear when he’ll be officially stripped of his WBA/WBC 140lb titles because Garcia hasn’t defended them since March of 2014.

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Sergio Mora defeats Abie Han by split decision

mora544By Dan Ambrose: In a fight that was a lot tougher than expected for 34-year-old former WBC 154 pound champion Sergio Mora (28-3-2, 9 KOs), he had to battle hard to defeat ESPN regular Abie Han (23-2, 14 KOs) by a close 12 round split decision on Friday night at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.

It was a fight that could have literally gone either way, as many of the rounds were extremely close. Mora was exhausted in the last three rounds of the fight, and he clearly lost – or should have lost – those rounds.

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Jermain Taylor: I’ll beat Sergio Mora

taylor775By Dan Ambrose: IBF middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (33-4-1, 20 KOs) expects to come out on top when he faces Sergio Mora (27-3-2, 9 KOs) on February 6th at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, in Biloxi, Miss.

Taylor will be making his defense of his IBF belt that he won recently over the aging 40-year-old Sam Soliman last year in October. It was the perfect opponent for Taylor, as Soliman didn’t have the kind of punching power to worry him like the other middleweight champions would have.

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