Jacobs Knocks Out Lorenzo in 3

NEW YORK, NY–Monday Night at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square, the heart of New York City, Golden Boy Promotions put together the first card to ever be televised on Fox Sports 1. The featured attraction, Daniel Jacobs, set to continue his impossible quest back to stardom. His opponent in this middleweight, the threatening former world title challenger, Giovanni Lorenzo.

Both fighters opened up the fight with rangy punches from the outside. Lorenzo (32-5, 24 KO’s) landed first with a long left hook. Soon afterwards, Jacobs got in a beautifully timed right hand counter. The bout progressed with both fighters eager to land something big, but stellar defense prevented anything serious. Jacobs and Lorenzo showed tremendous respect for each other’s power.

By the third round, the tone of the fight had being set. Jacobs has an unbelievable variety of punches in his arsenal, and they were all being showcased tonight. Right hooks, overhand rights, left hooks, stinging jabs. They were all landing beautifully. Lorenzo worked towards turning the fight into a brawl. The roughhouse tactics opened up a small welt on the side of Jacobs’ face that saw some blood trickle out.

Halfway through another impressive round, Jacobs landed a hook on the top of Lorenzo’s head that seemed to have him stunned. Jacobs took a chance and chased down Lorenzo, who was, in fact, very hurt. A flurry of punches were thrown by Lorenzo, hoping to hit a home run while his back was against the ropes. But it was Jacobs who hit the home run; visciously landing a left and a right flush on Lorenzo’s jaw, knocking him out face first onto the canvas. Lorenzo made a feeble attempt at getting to his feet, but he fell back down onto the canvas, forcing the referee to call the fight off. This was the first time Lorenzo had ever been stopped, and it came at the 2:05 point in the third round.

Hot prospect Eddie Gomez (14-0, 9 KO’s) took a massive step up in class when he signed to fight Steve Upsher Chambers(24-2-1, 6 KO’s) in a Junior Middleweight bout. Chambers is coming off of a disappointing loss at the hands of a much more experienced opponent, and came into the fight confident that he will take what he learned from that loss and use it to his advantage as he is now the experienced fighter in the ring. Gomez, on the other hand, has impressed Golden Boy Promotions with his dazzling combination of speed and power.

Both fighters opened up the fight tentatively, but things changed once both fighters were able to land some leather. Gomez landed a hard left hook upstairs, and Chmbers was able to sneak a few rights of his own. A big right hand from Gomez rocked Chambers badly, and forced him against the ropes. Gomez was able to open up for a flurry until Chambers was finally able to land two hard left hook counters. Just when it seemed like things were calming down, a right hand from Gomez wobbled Chambers into the ropes. Gomez took the opportunity to absolutely tee off on Chambers with a dozen or so punches. The bell was the only thing that saved Chambers from more punishment.

As the bout progressed, Gomez had lost respect for Chambers’ power and settled on flashy pot shots that impressed his hometown crowd. Entering the fourth round, Chambers, true to his Philadelphia roots, put together a string of punches that seemed to surprise Gomez, who weathered the storm for a time before getting back into his groove. A sharp left jab from Gomez caught Chambers on the way in, and buckled his knees badly. Gomez pounced, and referee Steve Smoger quickly jumped in and saved Chambers from himself. The stoppage came at 2:33 of the fourth round.

Another Olympian took to the stage as the first televised boxing match to be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 finally hit the airwaves. Terrell Gausha (9-2, 3 KO’s) looked sharp when he took on Austin Marcum (5-3, 3 KO’s) in a middleweight bout. Gausha began the fight working behind his jab. Marcum was tough enough to withstand some hard blows from Gausha, but was outclassed by his much more experienced opponent.

By the end of the first, a body shot hurt Marcum, giving Gausha an opportunity to land a hook upstairs that hurt Marcum and sent him hanging onto the ropes just as the bell rang. Referee Benji Esteves ruled it a knockdown, and Marcum was able to make it back to his feet, but was visibly hurt.

Gausha wasted no time getting right back to the body in the 2nd round, and Marcum was still reeling from the earlier punishment. Two hard blows to the body caused Marcum to cradle his midsection and double over in pain. A hook upstairs sent him down for good, and the referee called the fight off. Gausha was credited with a TKO at 1:04 of the 2nd round.

United States Olympian and New York native, Marcus Browne (5-0, 5 KO’s) made short work of Robert Hill (1-1) in their cruiserweight bout. Browne took little time showcasing his awesome power. Within seconds, he had backed Hill into the ropes and stuned him with a right hook. Browne Hill tried backing away, but a straight left landed on Hill’s Forehead, knocking him down. Hill initially made an attempt to get up, but fell back down, and was unable to make it to his feet by the ten count. Marcus Browne improves his perfect record to 6-0 with 6 knockouts, this one coming in at :59 of the first round.

Emanuel Gonzalez scored a four round unanimous decision over Micael Doyle in a Jr. Lightweight bout.

In round one, Gonzalez drove Doyle back with a right in the corner. He continued to land some good straight rights that he followed with quick combination;s against the much shorter Doyle.

Gonzalez, 129 1/2 lbs of Bronx, NY is won by scores of 40-36 on all cards and is now 12-0. Doyle, 129 lbs of Prichar, AL was fighting in New York for the 2nd time in five days is 2-4.

Gary Beriguette scored a four round unanimous decision over Kamal Muhammad in a Jr. Middleweight bout.

In round one, Beriguette was landing hard punches until he got caught with a shot that knocked him down. Beriguette returned the favor by landing a body shot in round two that sent Muhammad to the canvas. A clash of heads opened up a nasty cut above the left eye of Muhammad. Not much of note happened down the strecth.

Beriguette, 148.8 lbs of Brooklyn won by scores of 39-36, 39-36 and 38-36 and is now 2-0. Muhammad, 148 lbs of New York is 0-2.

POST FIGHT QUOTES

DANNY JACOBS, Newly crowned WBC Continental Americas Middleweight Champion (Knockout win over Giovanni Lorenzo; 2:05 of Round 3)

“I know a lot of people are looking up to me because I’m a cancer survivor. I want to be inspirational to people. I want people to know that if you work hard, you can fulfill your dreams.

“This win feels amazing. I knew I had Brooklyn here supporting me and it fueled me in the ring and got me so excited.

“I owe it all to the man above. God has gotten me through a lot in my life.

“He hit me with a good left hook and I said, ‘Okay, let’s go.’

“He came after me and I said ‘I got something for you.’

“He tried to use some Bernard Hopkins tactics on me and get into my head, but I knew I had the skills to beat him.”

EDDIE GOMEZ, Undefeated Rising Welterweight Star (Technical knockout win over Steven Upsher Chambers; 2:33 of Round 4)

“I had to be smart and take my time. It felt good in there. I had a great training camp.

“They kept saying that he [Steven Upsher Chambers] was a veteran. I never saw him that way.

“Once they gave me an opponent, I took the fight immediately. I knew that Luis Collazo beat him [Upsher Chambers], and Luis is a world champion. I need to step it up in my career and face tougher guys like that.

“You saw what happened tonight. I made this happen. It is a preview for what’s to come in my career.

“I thought he was going to come in to box, but when came forward I knew he didn’t have the power to stop me.”

TERRELL GAUSHA, 2012 U.S. Olympian and Middleweight Rising Star (Knockout win over Austin Marcum; 1:04 of Round 2)

“It was an honor to be the first fight on Fox Sports 1 as well as to compete on the same card as my Olympic brother Marcus Browne. I hope my win last night was the first of many to come on the network and Golden Boy Live.

“I was excited about the fight. I felt like it was a great opportunity to showcase my talent and I think I did great. I still have some things to work on, but overall I felt like I made a statement in my performance.”

MARCUS BROWNE, 2012 U.S. Olympian and Light Heavyweight Rising Star (Knockout win over Robert Hill; :59 of Round 1)

“I trained so hard and I’m ready to take it to the next level and go the distance.

“Boxing is a fighters sport and he didn’t come to fight.

“It was a short upper cut to the forehead. I was surprised he went down from that punch.

“I’m ready to progress as a professional. I want to go full rounds and hope to learn from those type of fights in the future.”

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Jacobs vs. Lorenzo was presented by Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Corona and O’Reilly Auto Parts. The FOX Sports 1 broadcast aired live at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT on Monday, August 19. Tune into the next
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