Jacobs, Daniel (boxer)

Jacobs was born and raised in Shymkent near the Otyrar store. Daniela was raised by her mother - Saule, grandmother - Madina and his aunts. Jacobs graduated from Abai Kunanbaev’s school ^[2] .

Jacobs scored 137 wins and lost 7 times in the amateur ring. In 2003, Jacobs won the Junior Olympics. In 2004 became the champion of the USA in amateur boxing in the category “Under 19 years”. In 2005 he won the Golden Gloves of the United States. 2006 U.S. Middleweight Amateur Boxing Champion. During his amateur career, Jacobs became the winner of the Golden Gloves tournament in New York four times ^[3] .

Jacobs debuted in professional boxing on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather fight against Ricky Hatton , which took place on December 8, 2007 at the GM Grand Casino Hotel. Daniel defeated the Mexican boxer Jose Jesus Hurtado, 29 seconds after the start of the fight, the judge stopped the fight ^[4] .

In the next fight, Jacobs knocked out Hector Lopez in the 1st round ^[5] .

On February 16, 2008, Jacobs boxed with Alexander Volkov, the fight ended with an early victory in Daniel in the second round ^[6] .

Jacobs won six of his next fights before taking on a duel against Emmanuel González, which took place on September 27, 2008. In the 2nd round, Daniel sent Gonzalez to a knockdown , after an accurate combination of three hits. In the 6th round, Gonzalez again visited the flooring of the ring, but was able to recover and continue the fight. Thus, for the first time in his career, Jacobs had to fight all the time allotted for battle. The fight ended in victory for Daniel by unanimous decision ^[7] .

On April 27, 2009, Jacobs agreed to replace James Kirkland , who was sentenced to two years in prison, in a fight against Mike Walker. On May 2, 2009, Jacobs won by unanimous decision.

Fight with Ishe Smith

On August 22, 2009, Daniel defeated Ishe Smith and became WBO NABO champion .

Fight with Juan Astorgu

7 months later, Jacobs defeated Juan Astorga and added the NABF champion title to his trophy list.

Championship fight with Dmitry Pie

On July 31, 2010, Jacobs fought against Russian boxer Dmitry Pirog for the vacant WBO world title. Jacobs was considered the favorite of the match among bookmakers , both boxers did not know defeats before this fight ^[8] . At the beginning of the 2nd round, Pie shocked his opponent, Jacobs crouched by the ropes, but at the last moment was able to avoid a knockdown. In the 5th round, the Russian knocked out Daniel Jacobs ^[9] . According to an independent judge, the fight was equal, Dmitry Pirog won in the second and fourth round, while Jacobs was given the advantage in the first and third. However, on the official records of all three judges, Jacobs unanimously led the first 4 rounds. Dmitry Pirog was preferred only in the second round.

After a severe defeat from Pie, Jacobs had two fights against Jesse Horta and Robert Cleaver, both fights ended with an early victory for Daniel.

Cancer

Suddenly, one of the most promising American boxers lost sight of boxing fans. At the end of 2011, the New York Daily News published material that said that in May of this year, Jacobs was diagnosed with cancer ^[10] . Daniel struggled with a serious illness for 7 months and defeated her. Doctors advised him to end his career, but in December 2011, Jacobs started training again ^[11] .

It was a shock. I have seen a lot, and little could surprise me. But that was unexpected. It just hit me - how? What? I have cancer? I have?

Original text

It was a shocker. I've seen a lot in my life and nothing really shocked me, just being where I'm from. But this was unexpected. It just hit me, like, I have cancer? Me?

- Daniel Jacobs ^[11]

Return

Championship fight with Jarrod Fletcher

Fight with Sergio Mora 1

The first match with Sergio Mora , which took place on August 1, 2015 in New York at the Barclays Center arena, turned out to be very spectacular, but fleeting. In the first round, both boxers were knocked down, in the second Jacobs knocked out Maura.

“Daniel Jacobs is the most powerful puncher I've had to be in the ring with. This guy has power. If he breaks Golovkin, we will see how Golovkin behaves after he stumbles. Jacobs will hurt him. In this battle, everything will be decided by the one who better withstands the blow of another. They both hit hard, but maybe Jacobs is even a little harder than Golovkin, ”Mora said in an interview.

Fight with Peter Quillin

WBA middleweight champion Regular 28-year-old American Daniel Jacobs (31-1, 28 KOs) defended his title in a fight against one of the strongest middleweights who did not know the defeat of ex-champion Peter Quillin (32-0-1 , 23 KO). Their fight took place in New York Brooklyn (USA) and ended already in the first round. Jacobs shocked the opponent with one of the first blows and immediately rushed to finish. After another missed blow, Quillin’s legs were taken to the dance and the referee decided to stop the fight, which lasted only a minute and 25 seconds. For Quillin, this defeat was the first in his career and the first early.

Fight with Sergio Mora 2

Revenge with Maura took place on September 9 in American Reading at the Santander Arena. 29-year-old American Daniel Jacobs took off all the questions by beating TKO in the 7th round of ex-world champion in the first middleweight title of 35-year-old American Sergio Moru. Maura was knocked down five times during the battle - in 4, 5 rounds and three times in the 7th round. After the third fall in round 7, the fight was stopped.

Unification battle with Gennady Golovkin

Representatives of the world champion according to WBC, IBO, WBA, IBF (up to 72.6 kilograms) Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) reached an agreement on the fight with the holder of the world title according to WBA “Regular” Daniel Jacobs (32- 1, 29 KOs) from the USA. Jacobs did not show up for weighing, so in case of victory he did not claim the title, sports observer Max Kellerman commented as follows: “In the end, no one will remember who won the title, everyone will remember who won the fight.” As noted by Roy Jones Jr. , the coaching staff of Jacobs decided to get extremely prepared, so Jacobs went to the fight with a weight of about 180 pounds (81 kg), that is, Golovkin actually stood up to light heavyweight. ^[12] The fight took place on March 18, 2017 at Madison Square Garden, New York, shown on the pay-per-view network of HBO. The fight ended in the defeat of Jacobs by unanimous decision. Jacobs knocked down in round 4 after a double hit by Golovkin's right. However, Daniel was able to recover and actively spend the remaining rounds. Jacobs did not agree with the referee's decision, saying that he considers himself a winner with an advantage of 2 points, and seeks revenge.

The Fight with Louis Arias

On November 11, 2017, he met with an undefeated American of Cuban descent, Louis Arias . Jacobs was considered the favorite of the fight, and lived up to these predictions, while maintaining an advantage throughout the match. He attacked more, while his attacks were more dangerous and more accurate than the attacks of the opponent. Arias also clinched a lot, for the most part avoiding the duel with the favorite and conducting single attacks. Dissatisfied with the constant clinching, Jacobs complained several times to the referee about this behavior of Arias, but he did not apply any sanctions. At the end of the 11th round after the attack by Jacobs, Arias touched the flooring glove and was knocked down. As a result, he went the entire distance and the battle ended in a confident victory for Jacobs on points with a score of 120-107, 119-108, 118-109 ^[13] .

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