Daniel Jacobs: record, next fight and profile →
Keith Connolly, who has worked with Jacobs his entire career, expects to feel even better March 18 at Madison Square Garden. That’s when Brooklyn’s Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs), the WBA world middleweight champion, will challenge Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs), the WBA “super” middleweight champion, for 160-pound supremacy in an HBO Pay-Per-View main event.
WBC, IBO, WBA, IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) announced on the social networks that a deal was finalized to face mandatory challenger Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29KOs). Golovkin says the fight is now signed, sealed and delivered for HBO Pay-Per-View on March 18th at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Abel Sanchez, trainer for WBC, IBO, WBA, IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs), is crossing his fingers that a deal is finalized with mandatory challenger Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29KOs).
Tom Loeffler Video Interview - LOS ANGELES - Former two-division world champion and Future Hall of Famer Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins (55-7 2, 32 KOs) and Joe Smith, Jr. (22-1, 18 KOs) hosted a final press conference ahead of their showdown for the WBC International Light Heavyweight Championship on Saturday, December 17. The bout will be televised live from Inglewood, Calif.'s "Fabulous" Forum on HBO World Championship Boxing® beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Photos by Tom Hogan/HoganPhotos.
After months of negotiations, a deal is finally within reach for a mandatory fight between IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) and challenger Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29KOs).
Tom Loeffler, promoter of WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs), is looking forward to a big 2017 for his fighter.
BoxingScene.com has learned that representatives for Gennady Golovkin and Danny Jacobs are not expected to come to a contractual agreement for their middleweight title fight by Wednesday’s 5 p.m. ET deadline.
As of Tuesday, despite what was being brandied about over the weekend, the bout between WBA middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) and Daniel Jacobs has not been finalized.
Negotiations are on-going for a fight between WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) and his mandatory challenger Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29KOs). The hope is that should this fight comes to fruition in mid-March in New York.
Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions, who handle WBA, WBC, IBO, IBF middleweight king Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs), advised the Los Angeles Times that there’s “a positive outlook” to striking a deal by early next month for a mandatory defense against Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29KOs).