Former world super bantamweight champion in 1992, Thierry Jacob died at the age of 59.
For lovers of Noble Art, the name of Thierry Jacob is inseparable from the television evenings of the early 1990s, when René Jacquot, Fabrice Bénichou, Christophe then Fabrice Tiozzo were in the heyday of TF1 with a certain Thierry Roland on commentary. Coming from a great boxing family – his father Jacques Jacob trained at the Athletic Boxing Club Calais while his sons Romain and Joffrey were French champions – Thierry Jacob died on Friday at the age of 59 following an illness, announced the mayor of Calais Natacha Bouchart. “We start this day with sad news,” wrote the Calais councilor in a publication on Facebook. “Thierry Jacob died last night, so young… We unfortunately knew he was suffering for a while.”
French and then European bantamweight champion, Thierry Jacob touched the Grail in March 1992 at the expense of the Mexican Daniel Zaragoza, thus becoming world super bantamweight champion in 1992. A real feat against the boxer nicknamed The Mouse (the mouse), who is part of the Boxing Hall of Fame.
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Short-lived world champion
Alas, Thierry Jacob lost his WBC world belt in his first defense, in June 1992 in the State of New York, against the American Tracy Harris Patterson, by stoppage by the referee in the second round. Combative in the ring as in life, he then faced “the pride of Puerto Rico” Wilfredo Vázquez twice with a world title at stake, losing twice in 1992.
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A highly appreciated personality from Calais, Thierry Jacob retired from the rings in 1994, with a record of 39 victories and six defeats.
To find out more, we recommend reading the book “Bienvenue chez les Jacob” by Jean-Philippe Lustyk published by Editions du Moment.
