Talk:Nat Jacobs
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Detail needs to go into a table
editThe detail of his pro fights needs to be presented in a table for readability per most boxer articles. I'll attempt this later if nobody beats me to it. --Michig (talk) 08:30, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
I've put the record in a table. Some of the previous content doesn't appear to match, so putting here for reference:
Nat Jacobs's first professional boxing bout was a points victory over Sunny Osemegie on Monday 14 November 1960,[1] this was followed by fights including; two points victories over, and a points defeat to Peter Sharpe (Northern Ireland Area lightweight champion, Northern Ireland Area welterweight champion, Irish welterweight challenger, Northern Ireland Area middleweight champion, Irish middleweight champion), a 5th-round TKO defeat to Jimmy McGrail (Central (England) Area welterweight challenger), a DQ defeat to Tommy Molloy (British welterweight champion), a points defeat to Maxie Smith (Midlands (England) Area middleweight champion), a points defeat to Johnny Cooke (Central (England) Area lightweight champion, Commonwealth (British Empire) welterweight champion, British welterweight champion, EBU (European) welterweight challenger), a points victory over Jimmy Gibson (Scottish Area lightweight champion), two points defeats, and a draw with Jackie Harwood (Central (England) Area middleweight challenger), a 9th-round TKO victory over Peter McLaren (Southern (England) Area welterweight champion), a points defeat to Luciano Piazza (Italy welterweight challenger, Italy light middleweight champion) at Palalido, Milan, Lombardy, Italy on Friday 24 January 1964, a points victory over Dave George (Southern (England) Area middleweight challenger), an 8th-round TKO victory over Terry Phillips (Welsh Area welterweight champion), a 2nd-round KO victory for the Central (England) Area middleweight title over Jim Swords (Central (England) Area middleweight challenger), a points defeat to Wally Swift (Midlands (England) Area welterweight champion, British welterweight champion, Commonwealth (British Empire) welterweight challenger, Midlands (England) Area middleweight champion, British middleweight champion, EBU (European) light middleweight challenger, Commonwealth (British Empire) middleweight challenger), a points defeat to Fabio Bettini (Italy light middleweight challenger, Italy middleweight challenger, France light middleweight champion, France middleweight champion, EBU (European) middleweight challenger), a 13th-round TKO defeat for the British middleweight title to Johnny Pritchett (British middleweight champion, Commonwealth (British Empire) middleweight champion, EBU (European) middleweight challenger), a points defeat to Tom Bogs (EBU (European) light heavyweight champion, EBU (European) middleweight champion, WBC middleweight challenger, WBA World middleweight challenger) at K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark on Thursday 2 March 1967, a points victory over Terry McTigue (Irish middleweight challenger, Northern Ireland Area middleweight challenger, Northern Ireland Area light heavyweight champion), a points defeat to Len Gibbs (Southern (England) Area middleweight challenger), a 3rd-round TKO defeat to Mark Rowe (British middleweight champion, Commonwealth (British Empire) middleweight champion), a points victory over Don McMillan (Scottish Area welterweight challenger, Scottish Area middleweight champion, British middleweight challenger), a points victory over Fred Powney (Central (England) Area Welterweight champion), a 5th-round TKO defeat to Ralph Charles (Southern (England) Area welterweight champion, British welterweight champion, Commonwealth (British Empire) welterweight champion, EBU (European) welterweight champion, WBC welterweight challenger, WBA World welterweight challenger), a 10th-round TKO defeat for the Central (England) Area middleweight title to Ronnie Hough (Central (England) Area middleweight champion), Nat Jacobs's final professional bout was a points defeat to Tom Jensen (Scandinavian light heavyweight challenger) at Valby-Hallen, Valby (Copenhagen), Denmark on Thursday 4 June 1970.
References
- ^ Boxing News (18 November 1960). Boxing News - Nat Jacobs beats Sunny Osemegie on points. Boxing News. ISBN n/a