Daniel Jacobs

Daniel Jacobs earns my deepest respect of anyone in this group. The nickname "Miracle Man" undersells it. In 2011, osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, nearly ended not just his career but his ability to walk, and he came back to win the WBA and IBF middleweight world titles. The 2012 Comeback of the Year award barely captures that journey. Born in Brooklyn and standing 182 cm, he brought a survivor's clarity into every fight. To me, his record matters less than the fact that he stepped back into the ring at all. That is courage few athletes ever have to summon.

Name (English)

Daniel Jacobs

Name (Japanese)

ダニエル・ジェイコブス

Reading

だにえる・じぇいこぶす

Born

February 3, 1987 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Height

182 cm

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

• 2012 The Ring magazine Comeback of the Year
• IBF World Middleweight Champion
• WBA World Middleweight Champion (secondary)

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/danieljacobstko/
• Xhttps://x.com/DanielJacobsTKO
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Jacobs%20(boxer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%96%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q642638

Tags

• New York
• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.