Roach is Being Considered To Train Daniel Jacobs

By Lem Satterfield

Middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs will return to the ring possibly trained by Freddie Roach against an opponent to be determined on the March 5, HBO televised card featuring 20-year-old WBC silver belt titlist Saul Alvarez against Matthew Hatton, Golden Boy Promotions match maker Eric Gomez told FanHouse.

The 23-year-old Jacobs is coming off of last month's fifth-round knockout over Jesse Orta at the Pepsi Colesium in Quebec City, Canada., which improved his record to 21-1, with his 18th knockout.

Gomez said that Roach was "being considered," but that there was "no confirmation at this time."

Reached recently in Mexico, where he is training Chavez for Saturday night's bout against Billy Lyell (22-8, four KOs), Roach told FanHouse that he was not yet aware of the request to train Jacobs.

Jacobs was rebounding from a fifth-round knockout in an HBO televised, July loss to Dmitry Pirog (17-0, 14 KOs) of Russia during his failed bid to earn the vacant WBO belt at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.

Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here .