Daniel Jacobs Record
Daniel Jacobs (The Golden Child) is a 38-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former middleweight world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 16 years, 6 months, and 28 days, Jacobs amassed a record of 37-5, which includes 30 wins via KO, 5 of which were in world-title fights.
Boxing Career
Daniel Jacobs was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. on February 3, 1987. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on December 8, 2007 against Jose Jesus Hurtado. Jacobs defeated Hurtado via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Jacobs got his first shot at a world title at the age of 23 after 20 professional fights. On July 31, 2010 Jacobs challenged Dmitry Pirog's WBO middleweight title but lost via 5th round KO.
He became a world champion on August 9, 2014 at the age of 27 years, after by defeating Jarrod Fletcher in a clash for the vacant WBA (Regular) middleweight champion. Jacobs stopped Fletcher in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight. This was his 29th fight as a professional.
Jacobs then went on to successfully win the IBF middleweight world title as well.
Jacobs' last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Shane Mosley Jr. at age 37, on July 6, 2024.
Some of Daniel Jacobs' best fights have been against Peter Quillin, Julio César Chávez Jr., Luís Arias, Sergiy Derevyanchenko, Maciej Sulęcki, Sergio Mora, and Caleb Truax. For a complete list of Jacobs' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Daniel Jacobs".
Jacobs has 5 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Daniel Jacobs Losses".
Fight Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
42 | Jul 06, 2024 | 37 | 
Shane Mosley Jr. 32 21-4 | loss | UD 10 |
41 | Feb 12, 2022 | 35 | 
John Ryder 33 30-5 | loss | SD 12 |
40 | Nov 27, 2020 | 33 | 
Gabriel Rosado 34 25-12-1 | win | SD 12 |
39 | Dec 20, 2019 | 32 | 
Julio César Chávez Jr. 33 51-3-1 | win | RTD 5 |
38 | May 04, 2019 | 32 | 
Canelo Álvarez 28 51-1-2 | loss | UD 12 |
37 | Oct 27, 2018 | 31 | 
Sergiy Derevyanchenko 32 12-0 | win | SD 12 |
36 | Apr 28, 2018 | 31 | 
Maciej Sulęcki 28 26-0 | win | UD 12 |
35 | Nov 11, 2017 | 30 | 
Luís Arias 27 18-0 | win | UD 12 |
34 | Mar 18, 2017 | 30 | 
Gennady Golovkin 34 36-0 | loss | UD 12 |
33 | Sep 09, 2016 | 29 | 
Sergio Mora 35 28-4-2 | win | TKO 7 |
32 | Dec 05, 2015 | 28 | 
Peter Quillin 32 32-0-1 | win | TKO 1 |
31 | Aug 01, 2015 | 28 |
Sergio Mora 34 28-3-2 | win | TKO 2 |
30 | Apr 24, 2015 | 28 | 
Caleb Truax 31 25-1-2 | win | TKO 12 |
29 | Aug 09, 2014 | 27 |  Jarrod Fletcher | win | TKO 5 |
28 | Mar 15, 2014 | 27 | 
Milton Nuñez 34 26-9-1 | win | TKO 1 |
27 | Aug 19, 2013 | 26 | Giovanni Lorenzo | win | TKO 3 |
26 | Jun 22, 2013 | 26 | Keenan Colins | win | TKO 4 |
25 | Dec 01, 2012 | 25 | Chris Fitzpatrick | win | RTD 5 |
24 | Oct 20, 2012 | 25 | Josh Lutheran | win | TKO 1 |
23 | Mar 05, 2011 | 24 | Robert Kliewer | win | KO 1 |
22 | Dec 18, 2010 | 23 | Jesse Orta | win | TKO 5 |
21 | Jul 31, 2010 | 23 | 
Dmitry Pirog 30 16-0 | loss | KO 5 |
20 | May 15, 2010 | 23 | Juan Astorga | win | TKO 2 |
19 | Mar 27, 2010 | 23 | Jose Rodriguez Berrio | win | RTD 1 |
18 | Aug 22, 2009 | 22 | 
Ishe Smith 31 21-3 | win | UD 10 |
17 | Jun 26, 2009 | 22 | George Walton | win | TKO 8 |
16 | May 02, 2009 | 22 | Michael Walker | win | UD 8 |
15 | Apr 24, 2009 | 22 | Jose Varela | win | KO 2 |
14 | Feb 28, 2009 | 22 | Jose Luis Cruz | win | KO 1 |
13 | Dec 06, 2008 | 21 | Victor Lares | win | TKO 2 |
12 | Nov 08, 2008 | 21 | Jimmy Campbell | win | TKO 3 |
11 | Oct 18, 2008 | 21 | Tyrone Watson | win | KO 1 |
10 | Sep 27, 2008 | 21 | Emmanuel Gonzalez | win | UD 6 |
9 | Sep 13, 2008 | 21 | Ramon Espinoza | win | TKO 1 |
8 | Jul 23, 2008 | 21 | Sergio Rios | win | KO 1 |
7 | Jul 04, 2008 | 21 | Julio Perez | win | TKO 1 |
6 | May 03, 2008 | 21 | Jose Pena | win | TKO 1 |
5 | Apr 19, 2008 | 21 | Leshon Sims | win | TKO 4 |
4 | Mar 22, 2008 | 21 | Matt Palmer | win | TKO 1 |
3 | Feb 16, 2008 | 21 | Alexander Volkov | win | TKO 2 |
2 | Jan 25, 2008 | 20 | Hector Lopez | win | KO 1 |
1 | Dec 08, 2007 | 20 | Jose Jesus Hurtado | win | TKO 1 |