Video: Danny Jacobs Discusses Big KO Win Over Lorenzo
Bill Emes catches up with middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs to discuss his knockout of Giovanni Lorenzo, the battle between Gennady Golovkin and Curtis Stevens, and more.
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Danny Jacobs Returns To Form With KO of Lorenzo
Unbeaten Bronx junior lightweight Emanuel Gonzalez kept his “0” in the opener of the Golden Boy Promotions show at the Best Buy Theater in New York City, outpointing Alabama’s Michael Doyle over four fairly uneventful rounds. Scores were 40-36 across the board for Gonzalez, now 12-0 with 7 KOs. Doyle (2-4, 1 KO), who was coming off a first round TKO win over previously unbeaten Neuky Santelises just five days ago, wasn’t able to see lightning strike twice against the patient Gonzalez, who was able to stagger his foe twice in the first round, but wasn’t able to get him out of there.
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Photos/Weights: Danny Jacobs-Giovanni Lorenzo, More
The fighters are ready for Golden Boy Promotions' new Monday night fight series on Fox Sports 1. In the main event, Danny Jacobs (25-1, 22KOs) will face Giovanni Lorenzo (32-5, 24KOs). Jacobs weighed 159.2-pounds, while Lorenzo was 158.6-pounds.
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Danny Jacobs: Continuing to inspire in and out of the ring
By Thomas Gerbasi - The last time I spoke to Danny Jacobs in March of 2012, he was days away from his second sparring session after beating cancer. The first one in December of 2011, against his good friend and 2008 Olympian Sadam Ali, didn’t go so well. When I remind him of this conversation earlier this week, he laughs. “The first time I did go sparring it really didn’t turn out the way I thought and I knew I had a long way to go,” said Jacobs, who can afford to look back at those rough days and smile; not just because he defeated the Osteosarcoma that threatened his career and his life, but because he’s won three straight bouts by knockout since returning to the ring in October of 2012. On August 19th, he takes the biggest step in his comeback when he faces always tough Giovanni Lorenzo at the Best Buy Theater in New York City. It’s been a remarkable journey thus far for the former middleweight title challenger, but one he always thought would turn out okay, even during what most would consider to be the darkest times. “No, there were never any doubts,” he said. “I told myself that if I couldn’t get through training, I wouldn’t set foot inside that ring and risk my health and my life. So the first time I did come back, even though there was a little bit of rust, I was confident that over time the kinks were going to be out, and they are. I feel like I’m a hundred percent now, if not better.”
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Photos: Danny Jacobs-Giovanni Lorenzo FS1 Presser
(From Left to Right) 2012 United States Olympian Marcus Browne, undefeated rising welterweight star Eddie Gomez, top middleweight contender Danny Jacobs, Golden Boy Promotions Partner Bernard Hopkins, EVP of Programming and Research for FOX Sports Bill Wagner, former world title challenger Giovanni Lorenzo, welterweight contender Steve Upsher Chambers and bantamweight prospect Claude Staten Jr. pose on July 23, 2013 in New York City at the press conference to officially announce Jacobs’, Lorenzo’s, Gomez’s, Chambers’, Browne’s and Staten Jr.’s August 19, 2013 fights at Best Buy Theater in Manhattan which will be televised live as part of the first event of the Golden Boy Live! Series on FOX Sports 1.
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Golden Boy's Fox Sports 1 Series Kicks Off on August 19th
NEW YORK - Big-time boxing hits Broadway on Monday, August 19 when the brand new Golden Boy Live!series premieres on FOX Sports 1, America's new sports network,from Best Buy Theater in Manhattan with an exciting tripleheader. Headlining this groundbreaking event is top middleweight contender Danny Jacobs of Brooklyn facing former world title challenger Giovanni Lorenzo of Manhattan in a 10-round bout for the vacant WBC Continental Americas Middleweight Championship. In the co-main event, the Bronx's Eddie Gomez risks his perfect professional record in an eight-round welterweight match-up against Philadelphia veteran Steve Upsher Chambers. Adding to the local New York City flavor is 2012 U.S. Olympian and Staten Island native Marcus Browne who will be featured in a televised fight against an opponent to be determined as well as bantamweight prospect and Brooklynite Claude Staten Jr. who will be featured on the non-televised portion of the fight card.
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Schaefer: Danny Jacobs in Line For Peter Quillin Shot
After overcoming cancer, Danny Jacobs is now ready to fight for a world championship, so says Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. The middleweight boxer Danny Jacobs, who overcame cancer to resume his once-promising career, is ready to take a big step up in competition in the next few months as he prepares for another title shot, and Schaefer says the Brooklyn-born Jacobs is in line to face either WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin- maybe at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn later this year- or the respected Giovanni Lorenzo. Either way, Schaefer believes that Jacobs (25-1, 22 knockouts) is set to challenge some of the best fighters in the division after taking a logical and disciplined approach to his comeback, fighting three times against decent opposition after he was diagnosed with cancer in 2011.
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Photos: Mayweather-Guerrero - Stars Galore at Weigh-in
Bonus photos from the Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero weigh-in at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, including shots of Adrien Broner, Bernard Hopkins, Danny Garcia, shots of the 'Money Team', Chepo Reynoso, Floyd Mayweather Sr., and several others.
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Quillin Drops Guerrero Four Times, Seventh Round TKO
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York - Peter Quillin (29-0, 21KOs) dropped Fernando Guerrero (25-2, 19KOs) four times to score a seventh round stoppage, and retains the WBO middleweight championship. The first round was a little slow as both fighters were looking for openings. In the second round, Quillin landed a huge counter right hand put Guerrero down on his back. Guerrero beat the count. Quillin got him against the ropes, let his hands go and scored a second knockdown. Guerrero took more punishment and barely survived the round.
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Photos/Weights: Garcia-Judah, Quillin-Guerrero Are Ready
Months worth of feuding in person, online and any other way imaginable are now just a day away from being resolved in the ring. Danny 'Swift' Garcia and Zab 'Super' Judah are moments away from stepping on the scales for Friday's official weigh-in for their 140 lb. title fight Saturday evening at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Garcia (25-0, 16KO) helped christened the building with a 4th round knockout over Erik Morales in their rematch last October. Judah (42-7, 29KO) hasn't fought since a career-resurrecting knockout win over then-unbeaten Vernon Paris last March. The bout marked his first ever appearance in his home borough of Brookyn. The televised co-feature pits unbeaten middleweight titlist Peter Quillin against Fernando Guerrero - assuming both can get within the middleweight limit. Quillin (28-0, 20KO) weighed in over the middleweight limit, coming in at 161 1/2 lb. He will have two hours to shed 1 1/2 lb., otherwise will risk losing his title on the scales. Guerrero has less of an uphill battle, though was also heavy. The Maryland-based Dominican came in at 160.4 lb. Both fighters will weigh-in again at 2:10PM ET.
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