91 results for "danny jacobs"
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Danny Jacobs gets TKO at Barclays
Michael WoodsDanny Jacobs looked sharp in taking out Keenan Collins in round four at Barclays Center Saturday night. The Brownsville-born middleweight was putting combos together from the start on Collins, a Pennsylvania fighter. Now living in Park Slope, Jaco...
Blog | April 28, 2013 -
Garcia too strong for Judah in BK
Michael WoodsDanny Garcia and Zab Judah were in each others' faces leading up to their Saturday clash at Barclays Center, to the extent that they were kept separate for the weigh-in Friday. They sorted it out in the ring in Brooklyn, and the fighter from Philly b...
Blog | April 28, 2013 -
Peter Quillin retains middleweight title with win over Fernando G...
Dan RafaelAfter running rampant all over Fernando Guerrero for seven rounds, Peter Quillin proved he's the real deal -- and ready to test himself against the best middleweights in the world.
Story | Conversation | April 27, 2013 -
More drama ahead of Garcia-Judah fight
Michael WoodsIf the Saturday clash between WBA and WBC 140-pound champion Danny Garcia and ex-junior welter and welter titlist Zab Judah contains half the drama that the buildup to the fight has provided, then fans at Barclays Center and watching on Showtime will...
Blog | April 25, 2013 -
Danny Jacobs cancer-free, elated
Michael WoodsDanny Jacobs, the middleweight prospect from Brownsville who will fight Saturday night at Brooklyn's Barclays Center against 36-year-old Keenan Collins (15-7-3, 10 KOs), of York, Pa., felt a lump in his back a few weeks ago and an alarm bell went off...
Blog | April 24, 2013 -
Marcus Browne to fight Feb. 9 in Brooklyn
Michael WoodsMarcus Browne has the sort of personality that will take him far, if his skills keep growing at the rate they have been. He mixes confidence and self-deprecation smoothly, as when I asked the 22-year-old Staten Islander if he behaved himself during t...
Blog | January 04, 2013 -
The NYFightBlog 2012 Boxer of the Year
Michael WoodsBoxing in New York picked up the pace in 2012. The new series at the Barclays Center took off, and the debut in October was a success. Having a focal point is an immense boost to the local scene, as young fighters can know that they have a stage read...
Blog | December 31, 2012 -
Danny Jacobs wins at MSG
Michael WoodsBrownsville's Danny Jacobs met Chris Fitzpatrick, out of South Carolina, in a middleweight scrap set for eight or less at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. Jacobs started out lefty, then went righty at the 2:10 mark in the first. Fitzpatric...
Blog | December 01, 2012 -
Danny Garcia takes another big step with knockout of Erik Morales...
Dan RafaelDanny Garcia has moved leaps and bounds up boxing's pecking order in a very short time. Pounding out Erik Morales in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Saturday may have been his most impressive performance yet.
Story | Conversation | October 22, 2012 -
Danny Jacobs wins comeback fight
Michael WoodsDanny Jacobs drew a hearty roar from the peeps at Barclays Center when he was introduced, and then sent Missouri's Josh Luteran down in the first, off a left hook-right follow, and drew a heartier roar. The ref waved off the fight before even finishi...
Blog | October 20, 2012 -
Barclays Center Boxing Photos
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Photo Gallery | Conversation | October 20, 2012 -
Devon Alexander breezes by passive Randall Bailey to win welterwe...
Dan RafaelDevon Alexander wasn't spectacular, but he didn't need to be against the gun-shy Randall Bailey, who lost his welterweight belt in his first defense Saturday in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Story | Conversation | October 20, 2012 -
Danny Jacobs' direst fight: for his career, life
Kieran MulvaneyOne day, Danny Jacobs was an all-world middleweight prospect with unlimited potential. The next, he was fighting for his life. On Saturday in Brooklyn, he will be thankful to get back to just fighting.
Story | Conversation | October 17, 2012 -
Barclays workouts open to public
Michael WoodsAttention, boxing fanatics, sub-fanatics, and the merely curious. A whole bunch of world class pugilists will work out and sign autographs on Wednesday, October 17 at 12:00 p.m., in Brooklyn. So feel free to gawk, and/or bring a Sharpie and somethin...
Blog | October 16, 2012 -
Jacobs' road from Brooklyn to hell and back
Michael WoodsDanny Jacobs had the talent and the sort of standout personality that made it a natural for boxing power brokers to look at him, tab him a future star and craft a push to make it so. "The Golden Child" was his nickname, as the Brownsville, Brookly...
Blog | October 10, 2012 -
Malignaggi, Jacobs work out at Gleason's
Michael WoodsBoxing will debut at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Oct. 20, and the press is on to spread the word about the show, which is topped, nominally, by a Danny Garcia-Erik Morales rematch, but in reality, by the New Yorkers who are fighting on the car...
Blog | October 09, 2012