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By Thomas Gerbasi - It takes a lot to leave Danny Jacobs speechless, but winning his first world title in August of last year did the trick.
“It’s really kind of hard to put that moment into words because that moment was something that I dreamed about for a very long time, since I was about 14 years old,” Jacobs said this week in Chicago, site of his first WBA middleweight title defense against Caleb Truax tonight.
That reaction is one shared by many first-time world titlists, especially when it comes after a failed first effort. Think of getting something you’ve wanted since you were a teenager, with all the blood, sweat and tears attached to it. But Jacobs’ story was different. Sure, he bounced back from his lone loss against Dmitry Pirog in 2010 to halt Jarrod Fletcher in five rounds last year, but it was what happened between those two bouts which makes his story all the more fascinating and even more understandable that words can’t describe what he achieved.
“Three years prior, when it was all stripped away from me, all I could do was think about stepping back into the ring and becoming a champion,: he said. “For that to actually happen and for me to experience that, it still has yet to actually sink in. I consider myself a champion by just being a survivor, but as far as a boxing world champion, I still feel like I have a lot more to prove.” [Click Here To Read More]
“It’s really kind of hard to put that moment into words because that moment was something that I dreamed about for a very long time, since I was about 14 years old,” Jacobs said this week in Chicago, site of his first WBA middleweight title defense against Caleb Truax tonight.
That reaction is one shared by many first-time world titlists, especially when it comes after a failed first effort. Think of getting something you’ve wanted since you were a teenager, with all the blood, sweat and tears attached to it. But Jacobs’ story was different. Sure, he bounced back from his lone loss against Dmitry Pirog in 2010 to halt Jarrod Fletcher in five rounds last year, but it was what happened between those two bouts which makes his story all the more fascinating and even more understandable that words can’t describe what he achieved.
“Three years prior, when it was all stripped away from me, all I could do was think about stepping back into the ring and becoming a champion,: he said. “For that to actually happen and for me to experience that, it still has yet to actually sink in. I consider myself a champion by just being a survivor, but as far as a boxing world champion, I still feel like I have a lot more to prove.” [Click Here To Read More]
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