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Total Fights | 41 |
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Wins | 37 |
Losses | 4 |
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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14 years and two months into his professional boxing career, Daniel Jacobs has fought 41 times with 37 wins and 4 losses.
Jacobs' boxing record is currently 37-4, which includes two middleweight world-title wins and four successful title defense fights. He has a 73.2% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 30 of his total 41 fights being knockout wins, five of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Jacobs' career is a 5th round KO loss to Dmitry Pirog in a middleweight title fight.
His last fight was a 12-round split decision defeat to John Ryder on February 12, 2022. He is on a one-fight losing streak.
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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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 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.
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 has had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a non-title bout against British boxer John Ryder on February 12, 2022. Jacobs lost the fight via 12 round split decision. It's been 2 years, 2 months, and 12 days since this fight.
Jacobs has had a total of nine world-title fights till today, which includes winning two world titles and four successful title defenses. He won six of these fights and lost three.
Daniel Jacobs has fought for middleweight world titles in five fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. Till today, he has 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 has 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 has 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 has fought a total of 41 times till today, 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 has knocked out 30 of his 41 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 73.2%. Of his total 37 wins, 30 of them have been 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.
As of April 2024, Jacobs has won two world titles at middleweight.
Jacobs has had a total of five title defense fights so far. He was successful four times and lost one time.