Former boxer from Calais Thierry Jacob died this Friday at the age of 59. It was the mayor of the town of Pas-de-Calais who announced the “sad news” on Facebook. “We unfortunately knew he was suffering for a while,” she wrote on the social network. For his part, The Team specifies that the world super bantamweight champion in 1992 was battling lung cancer.
Thierry Jacob belonged to a family of boxers. His father and three brothers fought or became coaches. His son, Romain, was also French super-featherweight champion from 2011 to 2013.
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The 1.69 man began his career as an amateur before winning professional titles, between 1986 and 1994. In 1987, he became French bantamweight champion by beating Alain Limarola. In addition to his world champion title acquired on points in Calais in March 1992 at the expense of the Mexican Daniel Zaragoza, the boxer was EBU European champion (1990 and 1991).
A highly appreciated personality
Thierry Jacob lost his WBC world belt in his first defense, in June 1992 in New York State, against the American Tracy Harris Patterson, when the referee stopped it in the second round. He finished his career with a record of 39 wins and six losses.
Retired from competition, Thierry Jacob subsequently devoted himself to coaching and organizing boxing events. He was a municipal employee and very popular in his town. A local club, cited by RMC Sports, salutes the memory of “one of the greatest representatives of this sport, at national, European and world level”. The municipality will pay tribute to him in 2025.
