..DANIEL JACOBS To Fight Twice In 8 Days...

[THe TRiNiTY]

Obviously decades ago, this wouldn't have been big news.

But nowadays? For a hot, undefeated prospect? And on the biggest card of the year, so far. Pacquiao/Hatton.

'Rising middleweight star and one of boxing’s hottest prospects, Daniel “The Golden Child” Jacobs has been added to the much anticipated May 2nd pay-per-view undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton: “The Battle of East and West” at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The highly touted prospect will be featured in the third of four pay-per-view undercard bouts against former two-time world amateur champion Mike Walker, who was originally slated to face James Kirkland, before Kirkland was KO’d by legal problems.'

Good for him.

I stole this, for the record. Bold part made me laugh.

[Scott9945]

Fighting again so soon after an easy match is no big deal, but I am surprised that he's in with by far the best opponent of his career on such short notice.

[THe TRiNiTY]

Fighting again so soon after an easy match is no big deal, but I am surprised that he's in with by far the best opponent of his career on such short notice.

Yeah, if this was the same kind of guy as the one on Friday, I'd say, 'Who cares?'

But, this is actually a pretty solid step up. Hope, for his sake, it doesn't backfire.

[Verstyle]

I like this. He made me a fan for doing it, not waiting a damn year for another fight.

[FreshPrince]

8 days after his sparring session on ESPN.

[THe TRiNiTY]

8 days after his sparring session on ESPN.

At the end of the day, he's faced two guys on television/PPV that are out there to hurt him. Good for him.

[AntonTheMeh]

wait? so he's at 154 now? how is he fighting a guy who's supposed to fight kirkland?

[oldgringo]

I like this. I like that not all fighters feel the need to baby their careers along. Jacobs is a great talent, I wish him all the best.

[javelin_fangs]

The only thing that makes this moderately interesting is that Jacobs is fighting for the second time in about a week and he's fighting a somewhat durable guy. But Jacobs has not fought anybody worth mentioning and even after Saturday, win or lose, that will not have changed. I want to be a fan, but at some point they've got to put him in with somebody.

[Spray_resistant]

Kirkland's lose is Jacob's gain good for him.....it would be interesting if when Kirkland gets out, he has a fight with Jacobs presuming he is still a marketable prospect or has made a name for himself. That fight would have some kind of a storyline to it.