Danny Jacobs added to Dec 18th card

Middleweight Daniel Jacobs, the 2009 ESPN.com prospect of the year, will try to rebound from his first defeat on Dec. 18 against an opponent to be determined. Jacobs, who was stopped in the fifth round by Dmitry Pirog in July while fighting for a vacant belt, will be on the Jean Pascal-Bernard Hopkins undercard in Quebec City, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer told ESPN.com.

"It may have been too much too soon for Danny. Everybody had to take a step back after that," Schaefer said of the title bout. "Hopefully, on Dec. 18 it will be the first step to getting him back, and then we'll try to have him back quickly in the beginning of [2011]," Schaefer said.

By the middle of next year, Schaefer said, he'd like to move Jacobs (20-1, 17 KOs) into a title eliminator to try to get him another title opportunity. Schaefer said he'd like to see Jacobs' next title shot coincide with the opening of the under-construction Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Golden Boy has a deal to put on monthly cards there, and Jacobs is from Brooklyn.

"My dream would be to have Danny ready to challenge for a world title in the spring of 2012, when the Barclays Center opens," Schaefer said. "Maybe the first fight at the Barclays Center would be Danny Jacobs winning a world title. If I could script it, that's how I would script it."

Jacobs' Dec. 18 fight is not slated to be part of Showtime's Pascal-Hopkins broadcast, nor is the welterweight debut of former junior welterweight titlist Paulie Malignaggi, who is coming off a May loss to Amir Khan and recently signed with Golden Boy. Schaefer said he hopes he can still convince Showtime's Ken Hershman to show their bouts.

"I need to talk to Ken again and see about maybe showcasing those fights in some way," Schaefer said. "If you have Paulie's comeback and Danny's comeback it would be interesting for fans to see them coming back."

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2012 title shot???? Damn, they have no faith in this kid after getting smoked

Sink or swim IMO at this point

And no Schaefer, I'm not interested in watching Paulie or Jacobs against over matched opponents

you know this, how Paulie got a deal with golden boy i dont know. he must swallow

dbudge87 wrote:

you know this, how Paulie got a deal with golden boy i dont know. he must swallow

Paulie will be fodder for all of GBP's fighters that will be moving up to 147.

They signed Paulie because he's a New Yorker. Golden Boy recently made a deal with a new arena opening in New York.

yeh but Paulie is always going to get his a.ss beat and is a waste of an investment. this is the problem with Golden Boy and HBO, they don't invest in real talent they just sell big name mismatches. it's not good

dbudge87 wrote:

yeh but Paulie is always going to get his a.ss beat and is a waste of an investment. this is the problem with Golden Boy and HBO, they don't invest in real talent they just sell big name mismatches. it's not good

+1

And I get the signing for NY, but he fought Pirog, did well before getting KTFO, give me at least a middle of the road journeyman or contender

He's probably going to fight Yory Boy Campas or some shit

Turn Schaefer DOWN

gomez1012 wrote:

2012 title shot???? Damn, they have no faith in this kid after getting smoked

Sink or swim IMO at this point

And no Schaefer, I'm not interested in watching Paulie or Jacobs against over matched opponents

lol, I cant believe that loss made everyone around him doubt his talent to hang with the top guys. Jacobs was actually doing pretty good against Pirog and pirog is a beast himself. I had it even before the stoppage, he just got caught. I still think Jacobs is a top 5 Middleweight. He shouldnt step down in competition, he should continue fighting title elimenators and after all theres only like 4 other guy that are any good in the division, the rest are a bunch of bums.

Yea, dumb to go back to fighting cans to pad his record/rebuild his confidence

Go beat up on John Duddy or Giovanni Lorenzo