Joey Jacobs Sr.
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 December 1937 Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Light-welterweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Victoria Avenue, Manchester | ||||||||||||||
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Joseph Jacobs Sr. (born 5 December 1937) is a male former boxer who competed for England.
Biography
Jacobs represented the England team during the boxing tournament at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games[1] and won a bronze medal in the -63.5 Kg division.[2][3] He made his professional debut on 12 December 1960[4] and fought in five fights until 1961.[5]
His son Joey Jacobs repeated his Commonwealth Games achievement in 1986.
References
- ^ "Joe Jacobs Boxes For England". Manchester Evening News. 12 May 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 28 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Profile". BoxRec.
- ^ "Profile". Boxing History.