(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.