Quillin, fighting out of the red corner in black and white trunks, was supposed to be the bigger bomber, but Jacobs fought like a man possessed?
?If you get belted and see three fighters through a haze, go after the one in the middle. That?s what ruined me?going after the other two guys.??Max Baer
Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, WBA middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (31-1, 28 KOs), hailing from Brownsville, Brooklyn, successfully defended his title by stopping Peter Quillin (32-1-1, 23 KOs), from Brooklyn by way of Grand Rapids, Michigan, at 1:25 of round one, handing the former WBO middleweight champion the first loss of his career.
Fighting out of the blue corner in green and camouflage trunks, Jacobs wasted no time in bringing the fight to his challenger.
Quillin, fighting out of the red corner in black and white trunks, was supposed to be the bigger bomber, but Jacobs fought like a man possessed.
After an extremely brief feeling out period, Jacobs threw a jab followed by a big right that buckled Quillin?s knees. It was a helluva shot and both fighters knew it. Jacobs jumped on Quillin, throwing a fusillade of punches with bad intentions at his defenseless head and body. How many were thrown and how many landed was impossible to say. It was beyond even the capable crew at CompuBox?s ability to count. ?Kid Chocolate? retreated to the ropes where another big right, this one on the temple, greeted him like a bolt out of hell. He wiggled and wobbled his way backward, his legs going this way and that, while his eyes rolled ominously inside his skull.
Quillin unsteadily took the fighter?s stance, once a fighter always a fighter, but Queer Street was undulating beneath his feet.
Referee Harvey Dock stepped in and waved it off. It was good stoppage, not a premature stoppage as some allege. Quillin was hurt and hurt bad. He might have wanted to go out on his shield, but had Dock not intervened, he might have gone out on a stretcher.
At the end of the fight, Jacobs was the epitome of grace.
?I want to say thank you to Peter Quillin for giving me this opportunity to bless this ring with him. He?s a fine gentleman. I respect him to the utmost. I hope he?s okay, and all we can do is pray for him for the future. Speed kills. Talent and skill. I was patient. I knew he was going to come in and I was able to slip some of his punches. And when I came with an upper shot?I realized I hurt him and that?s when I went in for the kill.
?I love him,? said Jacobs about Quillin. ?He?s a brother of mine. Peter Quillin is fighting for the same reasons I?m fighting for. Me and Peter Quillin go back since the Golden Gloves days. I have nothing but the utmost respect for him and his family. I love them to death, but I knew this night would be my night.
?In boxing there isn?t anything unexpected. Everything is intentional. There?s no lucky shots. It?s just setting up shots. Obviously I caught him with a shot on the temple, and once I had him hurt I wanted to go out there and corral him and hopefully the referee would stop the fight. I seen his eyes. His equilibrium was like off. Obviously he was hurt. This is one of those sports where anything can happen.?
It was a huge win for Danny Jacobs.
He gave his detractors something to think about.
