Official Statement:
*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 never could imagine. It has instilled so many morals and values I wouldn’t have learned otherwise. Boxing made me the man I am today.
It has always been my dream to be a champion in life and when boxing found me, I was a poor kid growing up in Brownsville Brooklyn with not much to look forward to. As a young black kid I was being forced fed an identity that I wasn’t important or wouldn’t succumb to anything substantial in life I was told the ghetto that I grew up in was was full of criminals with no future and I will be a statistic just like my peers and the ones that came B4 me dead or in jail with no potential to make it out or to make a success of myself. I am now proud to say I’m the Rose that grew from concrete in Brooklyn. I’ve proven so many people wrong. Proud to say I’m a living example of what it looks like to take your destiny and your own hands And when you embrace yourself and God-given talents, what all you could achieve.
I want to thank ALL MY FANS. My teachers from school for giving me knowledge Thank my neighborhood OG’s Who always told me to stay focused and cherish the opportunities God have blessed me with, thank my friends from childhood to adulthood for pushing me and motivating, me on my path. I want to thank my Starrett City boxing community for grooming me as well as my trainers throughout my career (RIP Victor Roundtree) thanks to my blood family for giving me unconditional love and support continuously throughout my life thank you to my son Nathaniel for being the reason I fight and the reason I live! my biggest motivator and reason why I do all that I do I’m so blessed to have you as a son.
Through the ups and downs inside & out of the ring, I have manage to become 2x world champion and I’m able to say I’m the first cancer survivor to be a boxing world champion – the biggest accomplishment I’ve ever could achieve. Being able to inspire others with my story has always made me feel like my life meant more than just fighting inside the ring. A true miracle man. Job well done 🙏🏾 #Humbled #meek #teamjacobs
Excellent choice champ, you are a true champion in ans out
Great career for Jacobs. He went nearly even with Golovkin when GGG was knocking everyone else out. And had some fine victories himself. That was after he kicked cancer’s $#@. Well done.
And don’t forget his fight with Canelo
And because of your uncanny likeness to actor Will Smith I’m sure you could be his double in acting.
But congratulations on your achievements and may your life be full of happiness
Great decision to retire. Jacobs will forever be known as a champion and a man of great character, integrity, and humility. I really respect that and respect him, both as a fighter and as a man.
Danny you are a hall of famer no matter what…Thank you for all the years of your talent in that square circle and for being such a positive human being.
Class act, great fighter, cancer survivor, Champion. Danny Jacobs is one of the good guys, I wish him the very best.
Classy at the start and the end of your career. Thank you for the enjoyment you have given us by doing the hardest sport in the world. Good luck in the next chapter of your life Champ
Congrats on your career and your retirement champ!! A true stand up guy and a class act!! Wish you the best!
I wish him luck. But I feel he’ll be back at some point. They all for the most part do.
Congratulations to the “Golden Child”. Daniel Jacobs………
This man is the embodiment of a fighter in and out of the ring. Solid career with victories over the likes of Sergio Mora, undefeated Peter Quillin via TKO victory, Julio Cesar Chavez jr and going the distance with Canelo and GGG. Perhaps he may pursue a career as a boxing analyst.
Thank you for the great fights. A fine pro boxer with excellent Boxing skills and an underrated mean streak.
I expected the retirement based on the fighters he’s been in there with and finally losing to journeyman Mosley jr.
Hope he enjoys his life and continue to contribute to the sport. There are many kids walking through Brooklyn now that needs to hear his story.
Nice career Champ!