Daniel Jacobs a Free Agent? "I'm Not With Golden Boy"
By Mark Vester
According to middleweight prospect Daniel Jacobs (17-0, 15KOs), he is not under any promotional agreement with Golden Boy Promotions. Jacobs is one of the most highly regarded prospects in the sport. Most industry insiders were under the impression that Jacobs was signed to a deal with Golden Boy. He does appear on many of their undercards. During a recent interview with boxingtalk.com, Jacobs set the record straight when he was asked to give his thoughts on the "whirlwind pace" that Golden Boy had set his career.
"I don't mean to cut you off but Al Haymon has me on that pace. I am not with Golden Boy Promotions even though we work closely with them. I am not signed with them. I just want to throw that out there. I am very comfortable with the pace and Al Haymon is doing a beautiful job. At the beginning of my career we sat down and talked about what we were going to do as far as keeping me busy and we came up with a perfect plan and we are executing it perfectly," Jacobs said.
"I can't be more happy than the way we have been going thus far. As a young guy coming out of the amateurs who had a whole lot of amateur fights I want to be as active as possible and to also use my youth to my best ability. We are going to try to continue to do it and hopefully if I continue to win and continue to win impressively next year I can get a title shot."
Based on his comments, it appears that Jacobs could sign with another promotional company, or can he? It does raise a lot questions as to the motives behind Golden Boy's push on a fighter who is technically a free agent. Those same questions have been raised with Floyd Mayweather Jr. There had been rumors that Mayweather signed a co-promotional agreement with Golden Boy for five fights and Golden Boy has done a great job of pushing his comeback, but Mayweather's team has disputed the existence of any such agreement.
Jacobs is scheduled to face Ishe Smith on the August 22 HBO televised triple-header at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
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