By Sean Jones: Luis Arias’ trainer John David Jackson was upset last Saturday night at how much bigger highly ranked middleweight contender Danny Jacobs (33-2, 29 KOs) was compared to his fighter. Jackson claims that Jacobs refused to weigh-in on the night of the fight, and that he appeared to come into the fight as a cruiserweight in coming in at 180 to 185 pounds.
By Dan Ambrose: Following his one-sided 12 round unanimous decision over contender Luis Arias (18-1, 9 KOs) Daniel Jacobs’ promoter Eddie Hearn plans on having him fight in 5 months from now in April against who hopes will be one of the following fighters: Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, Saul Canelo Alvarez, David Lemieux or Billy Joe Saunders.
By Jim Dower: Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs (33-2, 29 KOs) pitched a near shutout tonight in defeating previously undefeated fringe contender Luis Arias (18-1, 9 KOs) by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
By Juan Flores: Danny “Miracle Man” Jacobs (32-2, 29 KOs) will be taking his first step back to becoming a world champion again tonight in his scheduled 12-round bout against Luis Arias (18-0, 9 KOs) on HBO Boxing. This is a new beginning for the 30-year-old Jacobs. He’s getting a fresh start with HBO, and he has a new promoter in Eddie Hearn.
Official Weigh-in Results:
DANIEL JACOBS vs LUIS ARIAS
JARRELL MILLER vs MARIUSZ WACH
CLETUS SELDIN vs ROBERTO ORTIZ
In the main event on Saturday, Nov. 11, Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs battle undefeated Luis Arias in a twelve-round middleweight bout at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Opening the action-packed HBO telecast will be super lightweight knockout artists Long Island’s own Cletus Seldin and Roberto Ortiz squaring off in a 10-round bout. In the chief-support bout, exciting heavyweight Jarrell Miller looks to stake his claim on a heavyweight title shot and in his way is Polish giant Mariusz Wach.
By Dan Ambrose: A very thin looking Danny Jacobs (32-2, 29 KOs) weighed in at 159.6 pounds on Friday at his weigh-in for his 12 round fight against unbeaten middleweight contender Luis Arias (18-0, 9 Kos) on Saturday night at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
By Chris Williams: Danny Jacobs (32-2, 29 KOs) says he wants to go after unbeaten former junior middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (26-0, 20 KOs) in his next fight after his bout this Saturday night against Luis Arias (18-0, 9 KOs) on HBO.
By Jim Dower: Luis Arias (18-0, 9 KOs) is poised to make former WBA middleweight champion Danny “Miracle Man” Jacobs (32-2, 29 KOs) pay for hand-selecting him as his opponent for this Saturday night in his first fight on HBO from The Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
By Jeff Aranow: From listening to Daniel Jacobs talk this week, you would think his fight this Saturday night is against Gennady “GGG” Golovkin instead of unbeaten Luis Arias (18-0, 9 KOs) on HBO. In his interviews, Jacobs has been getting a lot of mileage talking up his loss to Golovkin from March 18, saying he should have won the fight.
By Dan Ambrose: Danny “Miracle Man” Jacobs (32-2, 29 KOs) admits that he has a tough fight on his hands this Saturday night against unbeaten Luis Arias (18-0, 9 KOs), but that’s not keeping him from looking past him towards potential future fights against Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, Saul Canelo Alvarez, David Lemieux, Billy Joe Saunders and Jermall Charlo.