Daniel Jacobs

Amateur Career

2003 Junior Olympics National Champion
2003 International Junior Olympics Champion in Alexandria, USA (70kg).
2004 Under-19 United States National Champion in Bushkill, USA (69kg).
2004 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion in Kansas City, USA.
2004 England vs USA Dual Meet Winner in London, England (69kg):
- Defeated Martin Murray (England) 19:17
- Defeated Martin Murray (England) 23:12
2005 United States National Championships Silver medalist in Colorado Springs, USA (69kg):
- Defeated Brent Rodriguez RSC 2
- Defeated DeShon Banks 27:24
- Defeated Boyd Melson 15:10
- Lost to Demetrius Andrade 12:18
2005 National Golden Gloves Middleweight Champion in Little Rock, USA.
2005 World Cup participant in Moscow, Russia (75kg);
- Lost to Matvey Korobov (Russia) RSCOS 3
2006 United States National Championships Gold medalist in Colorado Springs, USA (75kg):
- Defeated Cerresso Fort 12:6
- Defeated Maurice Slade RSC 1
- Defeated Shawn Estrada 8:6
- Defeated Shawn Porter 32:21
2007 United States Olympic Trials runner-up in Houston, USA (75kg):
- Defeated Shawn Porter 30:18
- Defeated Dominic Wade 18:10
- Lost to Shawn Estrada 13:13+
- Defeated Shawn Porter 31:11
- Lost to Shawn Estrada 14:24

Championship Record

6-3-0 (5 KO's) in world championship bouts.
5-3-0 (4 KO's) against former or current world champions.
- Won against Ishe Smith, Caleb Truax, Sergio Mora (twice) & Peter Quillin.
- Lost against Dmitry Pirog, Gennady Golovkin & Saul Alvarez.

Variant Record

2-0-0 (2 KO's) in fights outside his native United States.
Defeated 4 undefeated opponents with ten or more bouts: Peter Quillin, Luis Arias, Maciej Sulecki & Sergiy Derevyanchenko.

In May 2011, Jacobs was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a life-threatening form of bone cancer. [1]

Preceded by: Gennady Golovkin Upgraded to Super Champion	WBA Middleweight Champion 2014 Aug 9 – 2017 Mar 18 Regular Champion Lost bid for Super Championship	Succeeded by: Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam Regular Champion
Preceded by: Gennady Golovkin Stripped	IBF Middleweight Champion 2018 Oct 27 – 2019 May 04	Succeeded by: Saul Alvarez