IBF super middleweight world champion Caleb Truax (29-3-2, 18 KOs) would love to get a rematch with Daniel Jacobs. (photo by Lucas Noonan)
They fought back in 2015, when Jacobs (33-2, 29 KOs) stopped Truax in the twelfth round of their middleweight fight. The defeat snapped Truax's streak of eight fights without a defeat.
After that defeat, Truax got back on the horse and moved up to super middleweight.
Truax picked up a quick win, but then suffered disaster when he was knocked out in the first round by Anthony Dirrell in April of 2016.
He then picked up two wins before he was retained as a comeback opponent for IBF champion James DeGale earlier this month in London.
In what BoxingScene.com had voted in as their 'Upset of The Year' for 2017, Truax fought his way to a twelve round a majority decision to capture the IBF belt. DeGale, an Olympic gold medal winner who only had a razor close decision loss to George Groves in 2011, was a massive betting favorite over Truax - with some oddsmakers tabbing him as a 100-1 favorite.
On the back on that win, Truax is very open to the idea of tangling with Jacobs again.
"Yeah I’d love to get a second crack at him. He’s been on fire for a while now and after we fought he was stopping everybody. Even the fight with Golovkin, I thought he won that fight. He’s probably one of the top ten pound-for-pound guys in the sport, so it would be an honor to get back in there with him and fight for my title this time," Truax said to On The Ropes Boxing Radio.
Both Jacobs and Truax are advised by Al Haymon.
If he's unable to get Jacobs in the ring for a second time, Truax is open to fighting anyone in the super middleweight ranks.
"It’s pretty hot right now [at 168-pounds]. They got that World Super Series going on with four good fighters left. David Benavidez is a good champion. It’s a hot division. I don’t have my eye on anybody in particular, I’ll let my promoter, Warriors Boxing and Al Haymon map out what they think is my best option and we’ll just go from there," Truax said.