Daniel Jacobs (37-5, 30) was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. on February 3, 1987. At the age of 20 years on December 8, 2007, he made his professional boxing debut against Jose Jesus Hurtado, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On his 21st career fight at 23 years old, Daniel Jacobs got a shot at the WBO middleweight titles against Dmitry Pirog on July 31, 2010 but lost the fight via 5th-round KO.
He became a middleweight world champion (WBA (Regular)) on August 9, 2014 at the age of 27 years old, on his 29th career fight, after defeating Jarrod Fletcher via 5th-round TKO.
Jacobs' last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Shane Mosley Jr. at age 37 on July 6, 2024. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
Some of Daniel Jacobs' best fights have been against Ishe Smith, Maciej SulÄcki, Peter Quillin, LuĂs Arias, Sergio Mora, Caleb Truax and Julio CĂ©sar ChĂĄvez Jr.
Jacobs has 5 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
42  | Jul 6, 2024 37 years, 5 months 37-5 (30) | 32 years, 6 months 21-4 (12) | SMD | 10 | UD | LOSS |
41  | Feb 12, 2022 35 years 37-4 (30) | 33 years, 6 months 30-5 (17) | 12 | SD | LOSS | |
40  | Nov 27, 2020 33 years, 9 months 37-3 (30) | 34 years, 10 months 25-12-1 (14) | 12 | SD | WIN | |
39  | Dec 20, 2019 32 years, 10 months 36-3 (30) | 33 years, 10 months 51-3-1 (33) | 5 | RTD | WIN | |
38  | May 4, 2019 32 years, 3 months 35-3 (29) | 28 years, 9 months 51-1-2 (35) | MD | 12 | UD | LOSS Lost IBF For WBA (Super), WBC, The Ring |
37  | Oct 27, 2018 31 years, 8 months 35-2 (29) | 32 years, 11 months 12-0 (10) | MD | 12 | SD | WIN Won IBF Vacant |
36  | Apr 28, 2018 31 years, 2 months 34-2 (29) | 28 years, 11 months 26-0 (10) | 12 | UD | WIN | |
35  | Nov 11, 2017 30 years, 9 months 33-2 (29) | 27 years, 4 months 18-0 (9) | 12 | UD | WIN | |
34  | Mar 18, 2017 30 years, 1 months 32-2 (29) | 34 years, 11 months 36-0 (33) | MD | 12 | UD | LOSS For WBA (Super), WBC |
33  | Sep 9, 2016 29 years, 7 months 32-1 (29) | 35 years, 9 months 28-4-2 (9) | MD | 7 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
32  | Dec 5, 2015 28 years, 10 months 31-1 (28) | 32 years, 5 months 32-0-1 (23) | MD | 1 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
31 | Aug 1, 2015 28 years, 5 months 30-1 (27) | 34 years, 7 months 28-3-2 (9) | MD | 2 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
30  | Apr 24, 2015 28 years, 2 months 29-1 (26) | 31 years, 7 months 25-1-2 (15) | MD | 12 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
29 | Aug 9, 2014 27 years, 6 months 28-1 (25) | Jarrod Fletcher | MD | 5 | TKO | WIN Won WBA (Regular) Vacant |
28  | Mar 15, 2014 27 years, 1 months 27-1 (24) | 34 years, 5 months 26-9-1 (24) | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
27 | Aug 19, 2013 26 years, 6 months 26-1 (23) | Giovanni Lorenzo | MD | 3 | TKO | WIN |
26 | Jun 22, 2013 26 years, 4 months 25-1 (22) | Keenan Colins | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
25 | Dec 1, 2012 25 years, 9 months 24-1 (21) | Chris Fitzpatrick | 5 | RTD | WIN | |
24 | Oct 20, 2012 25 years, 8 months 23-1 (20) | Josh Lutheran | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
23 | Mar 5, 2011 24 years, 1 months 22-1 (19) | Robert Kliewer | 1 | KO | WIN | |
22 | Dec 18, 2010 23 years, 10 months 21-1 (18) | Jesse Orta | 5 | TKO | WIN | |
21  | Jul 31, 2010 23 years, 5 months 20-1 (17) | 30 years, 1 months 16-0 (13) | MD | 5 | KO | LOSS For WBO Vacant |
20 | May 15, 2010 23 years, 3 months 20-0 (17) | Juan Astorga | MD | 2 | TKO | WIN |
19 | Mar 27, 2010 23 years, 1 months 19-0 (16) | Jose Rodriguez Berrio | 1 | RTD | WIN | |
18  | Aug 22, 2009 22 years, 6 months 18-0 (15) | 31 years, 1 months 21-3 (9) | MD | 10 | UD | WIN |
17 | Jun 26, 2009 22 years, 4 months 17-0 (15) | George Walton | 8 | TKO | WIN | |
16 | May 2, 2009 22 years, 2 months 16-0 (14) | Michael Walker | 8 | UD | WIN | |
15 | Apr 24, 2009 22 years, 2 months 15-0 (14) | Jose Varela | 2 | KO | WIN | |
14 | Feb 28, 2009 22 years 14-0 (13) | Jose Luis Cruz | 1 | KO | WIN | |
13 | Dec 6, 2008 21 years, 10 months 13-0 (12) | Victor Lares | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
12 | Nov 8, 2008 21 years, 9 months 12-0 (11) | Jimmy Campbell | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
11 | Oct 18, 2008 21 years, 8 months 11-0 (10) | Tyrone Watson | 1 | KO | WIN | |
10 | Sep 27, 2008 21 years, 7 months 10-0 (9) | Emmanuel Gonzalez | 6 | UD | WIN | |
9 | Sep 13, 2008 21 years, 7 months 9-0 (9) | Ramon Espinoza | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
8 | Jul 23, 2008 21 years, 5 months 8-0 (8) | Sergio Rios | 1 | KO | WIN | |
7 | Jul 4, 2008 21 years, 5 months 7-0 (7) | Julio Perez | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
6 | May 3, 2008 21 years, 3 months 6-0 (6) | Jose Pena | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
5 | Apr 19, 2008 21 years, 2 months 5-0 (5) | Leshon Sims | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
4 | Mar 22, 2008 21 years, 1 months 4-0 (4) | Matt Palmer | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
3 | Feb 16, 2008 21 years 3-0 (3) | Alexander Volkov | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Jan 25, 2008 20 years, 11 months 2-0 (2) | Hector Lopez | 1 | KO | WIN | |
1 | Dec 8, 2007 20 years, 10 months 1-0 (1) | Jose Jesus Hurtado | 1 | TKO | WIN |
