Daniel Jacobs is an American professional boxer. He is a two-time middleweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 2018 to 2019 and the WBA title from 2014 to 2017. As of August 2018, Jacobs is ranked as the world’s third best active middleweight by The Ring magazine, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and BoxRec. Jacobs is particularly known for his exceptional punching power, with an 82. 8% knockout-to-win ratio.
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Daniel Jacobs is an American professional boxer. He is a two-time middleweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 2018 to 2019 and the WBA title from 2014 to 2017. As of August 2018, Jacobs is ranked as the world’s third best active middleweight by The Ring magazine, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and BoxRec. Jacobs’ career was almost cut short in 2011 due to osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. He went on to make a full recovery after spending 19 months out of the sport, meanwhile recovering from severe operation-induced injuries generally perceived as crippling. On October 20, 2012, having fully recovered from cancer, Jacobs made a successful return to professional boxing with a first-round knockout victory over Josh Luteran. Jacobs is particularly known for his exceptional punching power, with an 82. 8% knockout-to-win ratio, and is stylistically considered an all-around fighter with good movement and hand speed. Jacobs was born and raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn. He was raised by his mother, Yvette Jacobs, his grandmother, Cordelia Jacobs, and his aunts. As an amateur boxer, Jacobs recorded 137 wins and 7 losses.
In 2003, Jacobs won the Junior Olympics national championship at 154 pounds. He almost qualified for the U.S. Olympic team for the 2008 Summer Olympics, beating Dominic Wade and Shawn Porter en route, but twice lost the North American Olympic Qualifier Super Middleweight finale to Shawn Estrada. On April 27, 2009, Jacobs agreed to replace junior middleweight James Kirkland, who was arrested on a gun charge, to fight Mike Walker. Jacobs won by unanimous decision with scores of 80–72 from two judges and 79–73 from the other. On August 19, 2013, Jacobs captured the WBC Continental Americas middleweight title via third round knockout of Giovanni Lorenzo Lorenzo during the premiere of Golden Boy Live! on Fox Sports 1. Jacobs defeated Keenan Collins with a 4th round TKO over Jarrod Fletcher in New York on August 9, 2014. On July 31, 2010, Jacobs faced undefeated Russian Dmitry Pirog for the vacant WBO middleweight championship. The belt had last belonged to Sergio Martínez, who had been stripped due to not complying with the WBO’s rules. On December 8, 2007, Jacobs defeated Jose Jesus Hurtado by first round technical knockout in just 29 seconds.
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