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BROOKLYN - WBA Middleweight World Champion Daniel Jacobs shocked undefeated challenger Peter Quillin with a first round TKO in the all-Brooklyn main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on Saturday in front of 8,443 fans at Barclays Center.<
BROOKLYN - WBA Middleweight World Champion Daniel Jacobs shocked undefeated challenger Peter Quillin with a first round TKO in the all-Brooklyn main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on Saturday in front of 8,443 fans at Barclays Center.<br />
Daniel Jacobs went from having a dangerous opponent to having a hurt foe in front of him. And so he went into action to keep Peter Quillin from being able to be dangerous again — attacking Quillin and scoring a marvelous first-round technical knockout. Although he wasn’t expecting to hurt Quillin so early, it was no accident that Jacobs was able to end the fight once Quillin was wobbled so badly.
Boxing fans already knew how Daniel Jacobs was. But now they’ll be paying even more attention to him after his first-round technical knockout of Peter Quillin, according to Lou DiBella, the promoter who works on many of the shows involving fighters signed with adviser Al Haymon. “A star was born tonight,” DiBella said afterward. “That was incredibly impressive. ““Speed — speed of another level — is power,” the promoter later added. “What was amazing about that barrage of punches was not only the force of them, but how many of them they were and how quick they were.”
BROOKLYN - WBA Middleweight World Champion Daniel Jacobs shocked undefeated challenger Peter Quillin with a first round TKO in the all-Brooklyn main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on Saturday in front of 8,443 fans at Barclays Center.<br /> <br />
It was perhaps as emphatic a win as could be. Daniel Jacobs stepped in with one of the other top middleweights, Peter Quillin, hurt him early in the first round with a right hand and then finished him before the round even hit its halfway point. And with that, Jacobs feels he will finally get the respect he deserved but which some hadn’t yet given him.
BROOKLYN - WBA Middleweight World Champion Daniel Jacobs shocked undefeated challenger Peter Quillin with a first round TKO in the all-Brooklyn main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on Saturday in front of 8,443 fans at Barclays Center. Brooklyn's Jacobs (31-1, 28 KOs) won the "Battle For Brooklyn," a matchup of top middleweights facing off in the prime of their career in their hometown.
The best fighters in the world will almost never have to react to being badly hurt. Then again, the best fighters in the world can remain the best if they know how to react to being stunned. Floyd Mayweather Jr. had the presence of mind, or the instinct, to hold onto Shane Mosley for dear life when Mosley rocked him in the second round of their fight years ago. Peter Quillin didn’t do the same thing when Daniel Jacobs wobbled him in the first and only round of their bout this past Saturday. Instead, he alternated between covering up and trying to stand his ground and trade.
It can be hard enough for a fighter to lose. Peter Quillin’s first loss had to be a tough one. He didn’t even make it half a round against Daniel Jacobs and was wobbled badly enough that referee Harvey Dock halted the bout. It would be understandable, then, for a fighter to respond with disappointment, frustration and pride. Quillin, however, was at peace with what happened — and didn’t protest the stoppage.
As I predicted it was a tougher job than many expected for James DeGale against Lucian Bute. The judges in Quebec may even have been a tad generous in their markings. Sky’s Jim Watt scored it a draw and I thought it was very close – at best a round or two in it.