Joseph Jacobs (born 1 October 1960) is a British former boxer who as an amateur was ABAlightweight champion in 1986, and as a professional was British super featherweight champion in 1990, going on to fight for a world title.
He made his professional debut in October 1986, beating Tony Richards on points. After winning his first five fights, including a points win over Sugar Gibiliru, he suffered his first defeat in March 1987 when he was stopped in the first round by George Baigrie.
In September 1987 he beat Carl Crook on points to take the BBBofC Central Area lightweight title. In November 1988 he challenged for the British lightweight title held by Steve Boyle, the defending champion stopping him in the eighth round.
He dropped down to super featherweight, and in February 1990 beat John Doherty by a single point to take the British super featherweight title.[4] He lost the title seven months later when he was stopped in the eleventh round by Hugh Forde.[4]
In June 1991 he travelled to Italy to challenge for the WBO world junior lightweight title held by Kamel Bou-Ali. Bou-Ali stopped him in the third round, and this proved to be Jacobs' final fight.[5]
Referencesedit
^"Club Feature: The Fox ABC Manchester", britishboxers.co.uk, 19 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2016
^"1986: 99th ABAE National Championship, Wembley Arena, London", England Boxing. Retrieved 19 March 2016
^"Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
^ abMcMillan, Jim (2011) The Alternative View of a Boxers Record, AuthorHouse, ISBN978-1456779191, p. 186, 187
^Fleischer, Nat & Andre, Sam (2002) An Illustrated History of Boxing, Citadel Press, ISBN978-0806522012, p. 335
External linksedit
Boxing record for Joey Jacobs from BoxRec(registration required)
January 01, 1970
joey, jacobs, boxer, born, 1960, joseph, jacobs, born, october, 1960, british, former, boxer, amateur, lightweight, champion, 1986, professional, british, super, featherweight, champion, 1990, going, fight, world, title, joey, jacobsbornjoseph, jacobs, 1960, o. Joseph Jacobs born 1 October 1960 is a British former boxer who as an amateur was ABA lightweight champion in 1986 and as a professional was British super featherweight champion in 1990 going on to fight for a world title Joey JacobsBornJoseph Jacobs 1960 10 01 1 October 1960 age 63 Manchester EnglandNationalityBritishStatisticsWeight s LightweightSuper featherweightHeight5 ft 8 in 173 cm Boxing recordTotal fights15Wins10Wins by KO2Losses5Medal record Boxing Representing England British Empire amp Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh 60 kgCareer editBorn in Manchester Jacobs boxed out of the Fox ABC in Ancoats as an amateur 1 and won the ABA lightweight 60 kg championship in 1986 2 He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 60 Kg division at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh Scotland 3 following in the footsteps of his father Joey Jacobs Sr He made his professional debut in October 1986 beating Tony Richards on points After winning his first five fights including a points win over Sugar Gibiliru he suffered his first defeat in March 1987 when he was stopped in the first round by George Baigrie In September 1987 he beat Carl Crook on points to take the BBBofC Central Area lightweight title In November 1988 he challenged for the British lightweight title held by Steve Boyle the defending champion stopping him in the eighth round He dropped down to super featherweight and in February 1990 beat John Doherty by a single point to take the British super featherweight title 4 He lost the title seven months later when he was stopped in the eleventh round by Hugh Forde 4 In June 1991 he travelled to Italy to challenge for the WBO world junior lightweight title held by Kamel Bou Ali Bou Ali stopped him in the third round and this proved to be Jacobs final fight 5 References edit Club Feature The Fox ABC Manchester britishboxers co uk 19 March 2014 Retrieved 19 March 2016 1986 99th ABAE National Championship Wembley Arena London England Boxing Retrieved 19 March 2016 Athletes and results Commonwealth Games Federation a b McMillan Jim 2011 The Alternative View of a Boxers Record AuthorHouse ISBN 978 1456779191 p 186 187 Fleischer Nat amp Andre Sam 2002 An Illustrated History of Boxing Citadel Press ISBN 978 0806522012 p 335External links editBoxing record for Joey Jacobs from BoxRec registration required Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joey Jacobs boxer born 1960 amp oldid 1140401588, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
