Former Middleweight Champion Daniel Jacobs Retires From Boxing

Former WBA middleweight titleholder and IBF champion Daniel ‘Miracle Man’ Jacobs, (37-5 30 KOs), announced his retirement on Saturday After 17 years as a pro.

Jacobs, 37, ended a near two and a half year boxing hiatus earlier this month when he lost a unanimous decision to Shane Mosley Jr in his return in Anaheim, California. This was his second fight in four and a half years after suffering consecutive defeats. His last bout was a split-decision loss to John Ryder in 2022.

Jacobs born in Brooklyn New York, had an excellent career and fought, future hall of famers Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in 2019 and GGG Gennady Golovkin in 2017 in his two most high-profile fights. His world title victories, where in 2014 Jacobs won the WBA middleweight title in a fifth-round TKO win over Jarrod Fletcher. Four years later in 2018 he defeated Sergiy Derevyanchenko for the IBF middleweight title by a split decision at Madison Square Garden.

In May 2011, Jacobs woke up one morning completely paralysed; he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. He underwent gruelling surgery to remove the large tumour which encased his spine and spinal column.

Following dozens of radiation treatments, Jacobs miraculously returned to the ring in October 2012 after making a successful return to professional boxing with a first-round knockout victory over Josh Luteran.

Daniel Jacobs posted a message on his Instagram “Announcing my retirement,” “I want to show my gratitude and appreciation to the sport of boxing as it has changed my life in ways I could never imagine. It has instilled so many morals and values I wouldn’t have learned otherwise. Boxing made me the man I am today.”