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Total Fights | 42 |
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Wins | 37 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 5 |
KO Wins | 30 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 16 years and six months, Daniel Jacobs fought 42 times with 37 wins and 5 losses.
Jacobs retired from professional boxing with a record of 37-5, which included two middleweight world-title wins and four successful title defense fights. He had a 71.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 30 of his total 42 fights being knockout wins, five of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Jacobs' career was a 5th round KO loss to Dmitry Pirog in a middleweight title fight.
His latest fight was a 10-round unanimous decision defeat to Shane Mosley Jr. on July 6, 2024.
Some of Jacobs' best fights and notable victories include wins over Peter Quillin, Julio César Chávez Jr., Sergio Mora, Caleb Truax, Ishe Smith, Luís Arias, and Maciej Sulęcki.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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42 | Jul 6, 2024 | 37 | Shane Mosley Jr. | Loss | UD |
41 | Feb 12, 2022 | 35 | John Ryder | Loss | SD |
40 | Nov 27, 2020 | 33 | Gabriel Rosado | Win | SD |
39 | Dec 20, 2019 | 32 | Julio César Chávez Jr. | Win | RTD5 |
38 | May 4, 2019 | 32 | Canelo Álvarez | Loss * | UD |
37 | Oct 27, 2018 | 31 | Sergiy Derevyanchenko | Win * | SD |
36 | Apr 28, 2018 | 31 | Maciej Sulęcki | Win | UD |
35 | Nov 11, 2017 | 30 | Luís Arias | Win | UD |
34 | Mar 18, 2017 | 30 | Gennady Golovkin | Loss * | UD |
33 | Sep 9, 2016 | 29 | Sergio Mora | Win * | TKO7 |
32 | Dec 5, 2015 | 28 | Peter Quillin | Win * | TKO1 |
31 | Aug 1, 2015 | 28 | Sergio Mora | Win * | TKO2 |
30 | Apr 24, 2015 | 28 | Caleb Truax | Win * | TKO12 |
29 | Aug 9, 2014 | 27 | Jarrod Fletcher | Win * | TKO5 |
28 | Mar 15, 2014 | 27 | Milton Nuñez | Win | TKO1 |
27 | Aug 19, 2013 | 26 | Giovanni Lorenzo | Win | TKO3 |
26 | Jun 22, 2013 | 26 | Keenan Colins | Win | TKO4 |
25 | Dec 1, 2012 | 25 | Chris Fitzpatrick | Win | RTD5 |
24 | Oct 20, 2012 | 25 | Josh Lutheran | Win | TKO1 |
23 | Mar 5, 2011 | 24 | Robert Kliewer | Win | KO1 |
22 | Dec 18, 2010 | 23 | Jesse Orta | Win | TKO5 |
21 | Jul 31, 2010 | 23 | Dmitry Pirog | Loss * | KO5 |
20 | May 15, 2010 | 23 | Juan Astorga | Win | TKO2 |
19 | Mar 27, 2010 | 23 | Jose Rodriguez Berrio | Win | RTD1 |
18 | Aug 22, 2009 | 22 | Ishe Smith | Win | UD |
17 | Jun 26, 2009 | 22 | George Walton | Win | TKO8 |
16 | May 2, 2009 | 22 | Michael Walker | Win | UD |
15 | Apr 24, 2009 | 22 | Jose Varela | Win | KO2 |
14 | Feb 28, 2009 | 22 | Jose Luis Cruz | Win | KO1 |
13 | Dec 6, 2008 | 21 | Victor Lares | Win | TKO2 |
12 | Nov 8, 2008 | 21 | Jimmy Campbell | Win | TKO3 |
11 | Oct 18, 2008 | 21 | Tyrone Watson | Win | KO1 |
10 | Sep 27, 2008 | 21 | Emmanuel Gonzalez | Win | UD |
9 | Sep 13, 2008 | 21 | Ramon Espinoza | Win | TKO1 |
8 | Jul 23, 2008 | 21 | Sergio Rios | Win | KO1 |
7 | Jul 4, 2008 | 21 | Julio Perez | Win | TKO1 |
6 | May 3, 2008 | 21 | Jose Pena | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Apr 19, 2008 | 21 | Leshon Sims | Win | TKO4 |
4 | Mar 22, 2008 | 21 | Matt Palmer | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Feb 16, 2008 | 21 | Alexander Volkov | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Jan 25, 2008 | 20 | Hector Lopez | Win | KO1 |
1 | Dec 8, 2007 | 20 | Jose Jesus Hurtado | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Daniel Jacobs (The Golden Child) is a 37-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. on February 3, 1987. He is a former middleweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 16 years — from 2007 to 2024.
Jacobs made his professional boxing debut against Jose Jesus Hurtado at the age of 20 on December 8, 2007, defeating Hurtado via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 19 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 16 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 23 on July 31, 2010 after 20 professional fights, against Dmitry Pirog for the WBO (vacant) title. He lost to Pirog via 5th round KO.
Jacobs has won two world titles at middleweight. For all the details about Jacobs' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Jacobs had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against fellow American boxer Shane Mosley Jr. on July 6, 2024. Jacobs lost the fight via 10 round unanimous decision.
Jacobs had a total of nine world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and four successful title defenses. He won six of these fights and lost three.
Daniel Jacobs fought for middleweight world titles in five fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won two middleweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Oct 27, 2018 | Sergiy Derevyanchenko | Middleweight | IBF* | SD |
Aug 9, 2014 | Jarrod Fletcher | Middleweight | WBA (Regular)* | TKO |
Daniel Jacobs had five middleweight world-title defense fights. He won four of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Sep 9, 2016 | Sergio Mora | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Dec 5, 2015 | Peter Quillin | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Aug 1, 2015 | Sergio Mora | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Apr 24, 2015 | Caleb Truax | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Daniel Jacobs lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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May 4, 2019 | Canelo Álvarez | Middleweight | IBF | UD |
Jacobs fought a total of 42 times during his professional career, which includes 9 world-title fights at the middleweight division. These nine fights are the highlight of his career.
August 22, 2009: Daniel Jacobs puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Ishe Smith via 10th round unanimous decision.
July 31, 2010: In his first world-title fight, Daniel Jacobs loses to Dmitry Pirog via 5th round KO. He was fighting for the WBO (vacant) middleweight title.
August 9, 2014: Jacobs wins the WBA (Regular) middleweight title from Jarrod Fletcher, by beating Fletcher via 5th round TKO.
April 24, 2015: Jacobs successfully defends the WBA (Regular) middleweight title against Caleb Truax, winning the fight via 12th round TKO.
August 1, 2015: Jacobs successfully defends the WBA (Regular) middleweight title against Sergio Mora, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
December 5, 2015: Jacobs successfully defends the WBA (Regular) middleweight title against Peter Quillin, winning the fight via 1st round TKO.
November 11, 2017: Daniel Jacobs beats Luís Arias via 12th round unanimous decision.
April 28, 2018: Daniel Jacobs beats Maciej Sulęcki via 12th round unanimous decision.
December 20, 2019: Daniel Jacobs beats Julio César Chávez Jr. via 5th round RTD.
Jacobs knocked out 30 of his 42 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 71.4%. Of his total 37 wins, 30 of them were via KO (81.1%).
Jacobs' first world-title win was the WBA (Regular) (vacant) belt at middleweight. He defeated Jarrod Fletcher via 5 round TKO to win the title.
Jacobs won two world titles at middleweight.
Jacobs had a total of five title defense fights. He was successful four times and lost one time.