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    DANIEL JACOBS IS BROOKLYN'S CHAMPION

    DANIEL JACOBS IS BROOKLYN'S CHAMPION

    From a Brownsville Police Athletic League gym to the bright lights of Barclays Center, Daniel Jacobs has crafted a classic boxing tale and added his name to the long list of Brooklyn boxing legends.

    The world middleweight champion has marked some of his most significant professional milestones right in his home borough, and Brooklyn’s reputation as a cradle of champions is a point of pride. As is his standing as the face of BROOKLYN BOXING, the flourishing boxing platform for Barclays Center. Jacobs will train and compete in branded gear and make public appearances on behalf of BROOKLYN BOXING.

    “When you think of boxing it’s hard not to think of Brooklyn and the history and the culture which produced so many champions,” said Jacobs. “Just to be a part of that legacy, it feels really good to associate my name with BROOKLYN BOXING.”

    To reach these heights, Jacobs has conquered the kind of adversity few have overcome. In his first shot at a world title in July 2010, Jacobs suffered his only professional loss the same week his grandmother died of cancer. Less than a year later, Jacobs was himself diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a life-threatening form of bone cancer.

    Just 17 months later, he was back in the ring. In 2014, he became a world champion at Barclays Center.

    “Daniel is a true inspiration to Brooklyn, the boxing community and beyond,” said Brett Yormark, CEO of Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment. “His story captures what BROOKLYN BOXING is all about — courage, toughness and perseverance. We are proud to have Daniel represent the BROOKLYN BOXING brand globally. Wherever he goes, BROOKLYN BOXING will go.”

    From his first days in that PAL gym, Jacobs fell in love with the sport. He was taken in by the intensity of the Golden Gloves on his first visit to watch the tournament, still too young to enter. Eventually, Jacobs went on to become a four-time New York Golden Gloves champion.

    His fast-rising pro career had Jacobs fighting for a world title at just 23 years old. But just days after his grandmother Cordelia Jacobs died of cancer, Jacobs was stopped in the fifth round.

    “That was a pretty dark time in my life,” said Jacobs. “I suffered my first loss. It was the biggest stage that I was ever on in my life. There was so much pressure.”

    Greater challenges were coming.

    In the spring of 2011, Jacobs began to suffer from weakness in his left leg. A tumor had wrapped itself around his spine.

    “The symptoms were evident,” said Jacobs. “It was me not being able to walk.”

    He underwent surgery and two dozen radiation treatments. Doctors told him he would never box again, maybe not realizing a return to the ring was exactly what was driving Jacobs through his ordeal.

    “As soon as I was able to walk I went to the boxing gym,” said Jacobs. “They told me that I was crazy.

    “They advised me that I would never be able to do this again. That was my motivation to prove everybody wrong.”

    Just 17 months after his diagnosis, Jacobs returned to the ring to defeat Josh Luteran by TKO. It was Oct. 20, 2012, the premiere boxing card at Barclays Center, merging the start of new eras for Jacobs and boxing in Brooklyn.

    With his return from cancer and the opportunity to fight on a major stage in his hometown, Jacobs called it one of the most intense emotional nights of his life.

    “Through that whole ordeal,” said Jacobs, “it’s hard not to be a better person and come 100 percent with everything you do and everything you are.”

    On Aug. 8, 2014, Jacobs knocked out Jarrod Fletcher in the fifth round to claim the WBA world championship title at Barclays Center. He’s made four title defenses, two of them at Barclays Center, including a ferocious first-round TKO of his friend and fellow Brooklynite Peter Quillin back in December.

    That was Jacobs’ fifth fight at Barclays Center, and he’s looking forward to fighting in front of his home fans again.

    THURMAN DEFEATS GARCIA IN FRONT OF RECORD CROWD

    THURMAN DEFEATS GARCIA IN FRONT OF RECORD CROWD

    A record-setting crowd filled Barclays Center on Saturday night for a historic fight as two undefeated welterweight champions met in the ring.

    In just the 10th unification bout in the division’s history, Keith “One Time” Thurman brought his WBA belt and Danny “Swift” Garcia put the WBC title on the line. After pressing the action early and controlling it late, Thurman emerged triumphant by a split decision, winning 116-112 and 115-113 on two cards, while one judge went for Garcia 115-113 in the tightly contested battle.

    “I thought it was a clear victory, but Danny came to fight,” said Thurman, who improved to 28-0. “I knew when it was split and I had that wide spread, I knew it had to go to me.”

    “I came up short tonight,” said Garcia, who was making his sixth appearance in the Barclays Center ring. “I thought I was the aggressor. I thought I pushed the pace. But it didn’t go my way.”

     Decisive wins by rising contenders Erickson Lubin and Sergey Lipinets warmed up the crowd for the featured bout. From the start, Thurman and Garcia didn’t disappoint.

     The first few rounds were filled with powerful exchanges. Over the course of the fight, Thurman threw 136 more punches than Garcia – 570 to 434 – and that aggressiveness was evident early on.

     Confident in his advantage, Thurman turned tactical, opting for defense and jabs to keep Garcia at bay. Pushing to close the gap, Garcia attacked but couldn’t make enough of an impact.

     “I was not giving the fight away,” said Thurman. “I felt like we had a nice lead, we could cool down. I felt like we were controlling the three-minute intervals every round. My defense was effective – he wasn’t landing.”

     The 21st boxing event hosted by Barclays Center was the arena’s biggest, but it’s also just part of huge 2017 planned by BROOKLYN BOXING. It began with another unification bout in January as super middleweights Badou Jack and James DeGale battled to a draw. A multi-fight schedule with Premier Boxing Champions at both Barclays Center and Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Presented By New York Community Bank is slated for the coming months.

     “We will be host to multiple championship events between both venues this year,” said Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment CEO Brett Yormark, “and are also looking forward to creating more exposure for our BrooklynBoxingShop.com  business through the nation’s best boxing series.”

    Before boxing returns to Barclays Center, the face of BROOKLYN BOXING, Daniel Jacobs, will take on undefeated Gennady Golovkin, holder of four title belts, on March 18.

    The WBA world middleweight title-holder, Jacobs will bring a 32-1 record with 29 knockouts into the ring against 36-0 Golovkin.

     

    DANIEL JACOBS HAS NETS IN HIS CORNER

     “If you believe in yourself, no matter how you feel about the situation, no matter how anybody else feels about the situation, you’ve got to take that leap of faith in yourself, and then you’ll see what you’re made of,” said Jacobs. “It’s about rising to the occasion. And all the greats always rise to the occasion. Even under that pressure. Even with feeling nervous. In so many different circumstances, you have to rise to the occasion. And, for me, I think that’s what I’ve been able to do very well.”

    Next up at Barclays Center will be another welterweight battle between Shawn Porter and Andre Berto on April 22. Both fighters are former champions, with Porter having held the IBF belt and Berto the WBC title. 

    “They don’t have belts,” said PBC’s Lou DiBella, “but they’re champions.”

    This will be Porter’s return to the ring after last year’s narrow unanimous decision loss to Thurman at Barclays Center. The 29-year-old has a 26-2-1 record, with the other loss to IBF welterweight champ Kell Brook.

    “He’s got great speed, great counterpunching ability,” said Thurman of Berto. “I think that was something else that kind of got me in the fight with Keith Thurman. Good offense, but I left my head there a few times, a few times more than I needed to, which gave him a few rounds throughout the fight that ended up getting me the loss in the fight.”

    Since undergoing shoulder surgery in 2013, Berto has won two of his last three fights, the only loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. The 33-year-old with the 31-4 career record responded to the Mayweather loss with a vicious seventh-round knockout of Victor Ortiz last April. Ortiz had handed Berto his first career loss in taking the WBC belt from him in 2011.

     A different fighter than he was in 2011, Berto is looking forward to continuing his resurgence and reclaiming the title he once held.

     “Make sure every move and every punch and every ounce of energy I generate is for a purpose,” said Berto. “I just had ridiculous athletic ability. I was strong, fast, didn’t know what I was doing with it though. They just let me out the cage and I would just go. Now it’s a lot more structure to what we’re doing. It’s making it a lot more effective.”

     The Berto-Porter winner will get a mandatory shot at the WBC title, now held by Thurman after his victory over Garcia. Should Porter emerge victorious, it would set up a rematch with Thurman. Back in June 2016, the two waged one of the top fights of the year in a narrow decision that went to Thurman at Barclays Center.

     “Only thing on my mind right now is the WBC title,” said Porter. “That is the only thing on my mind. Turned pro a long time ago and not long after I made it a goal of mine before I retired to win that WBC title. I feel like that’s about to happen. Obviously I got something to work on April 22nd, not looking past through you at all Andre Berto. Respect you as a man, respect you as a fighter, you know that. We are friends. But like you all saw me and Keith Thurman, good friends too, night of the fight it’s all about the business. Now it’s all about getting that WBC title.”

     After Thurman-Porter and Thurman-Garcia, it’s the latest powerhouse welterweight matchup to come to Barclays Center. Until Thurman’s win over Garcia, the division’s four belts belonged to four different men. And there’s a wealth of contenders in the loaded division, such as rising star Errol Spence Jr.

     “Let’s map something out so maybe at the end of ‘17 or early ‘18 we could be talking about something pretty close to an undisputed champion,” said Stephen Espinoza, executive vice president at SHOWTIME. “It’s guys like this who are cooperating, and Kell Brook and Danny and Keith. It takes them cooperating, because there’s certainly no contract in place. Let’s clarify things. We have one of the deepest divisions in the sport. Let’s get to work here and find out who’s the best.”

     “This thing’s been building for about four and a half years,” said Yormark. “We made a major commitment to boxing. Fortunate enough to work with Stephen and Lou and tonight I think is indicative of what this thing can become on a regular basis. April 22nd should be another special night, and there’s more to come.”

     

     

     

    GLEASON’S GYM

    GLEASON’S GYM

    The oldest gym of its kind in New York City is all new, and more popular than ever.

    Eighty years after it was founded in the heart of the Bronx, The Hub at 149th St. and Third Ave., and three decades after arriving in Brooklyn, Gleason’s Gym is thriving in new quarters in the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge.

    “It’s busier now than it’s ever been,” said owner Bruce Silverglade. “It’s a good thing.”

    The December move covered just a few blocks. The space is a little smaller, but Silverglad kept the workout area roughly the same size by devoting less space to offices. He traded a second-floor location for the first and moved over about half the equipment.

    Most notably, he had to leave his boxing rings behind. They couldn’t get the 20x20, one-piece monsters out of the old place, so they bought new ones that piece together. Some new workout machines, bright red paint, familiar pictures and posters on the wall and Gleason’s is Gleason’s.

    It’s the latest incarnation for a survivor of a gritty past that fits in fine in one of the city’s hottest neighborhoods.

    Three owners, four locations, 134 world champions, 26 movies filmed there — four that took home Academy Awards — and forget about trying to count up all the television shows that have set up their trailers on DUMBO’s cobblestone streets for a scene set among Gleason’s heavy bags.

    “There’s not a magazine nationally or internationally you could name that hasn’t shot here,” said Silverglade. “Fashion shoots, they love to bring over good-looking guys and girls and throw them next to some of my guys.”

    It’s really the entire history of boxing that has passed through Gleason’s, in one incarnation or another. Jake LaMotta. Muhammad Ali, back before he changed his name from Cassius Clay. Roberto Duran. Gerry Cooney. Riddick Bowe. Mike Tyson. Brooklyn’s own Mark Breland, five-time Golden Gloves champ, Olympic gold medalist and WBA welterweight champion.

    But back in the 80s, Silverglade was scrambling a bit. Founder Bobby Gleason — he’d changed his name from Peter Gagliardi to reflect the ethnicity of the gym’s original neighborhood in the Bronx — had passed away in the mid-70s. Silverglade bought in as a partner after Gleason’s had moved to midtown Manhattan. But then they lost their lease.

    At the same time, developer David Walentas was moving forward with plans to rehabilitate the warehouses in the waterfront strip between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. He’d bought up nearly the entire neighborhood five years earlier.

    “This place was the pits,” said Silverglade. “There were no streets. No sidewalks. All these buildings were non-existent. The newer ones were non-existent. But the older ones were rundown, vacant. There were a lot of squatters living around here.”

    The deal had one thing going for it.

    “The rent was peanuts,” said Silverglade. “Yeah, we’re coming!”

    Thirty years later, it’s a different world. DUMBO is now one of New York’s wealthiest, most-expensive neighborhoods. Upon its arrival in Brooklyn, Gleason’s was populated almost entirely by dedicated boxers. Now the gym has 1,200 members, including kids and 400 women.

    In addition to all the film, television and magazine shoots, Silverglade will host art shows, book readings, corporate events, weddings and bar mitzvahs.

    “I try to draw people into the gym that wouldn’t normally come into a boxing gym,” said Silverglade. “Boxing still has that tough reputation. Once a person comes in and sees really it’s not tough, I don’t have hoodlums up here, I’ve got athletes that are in good condition. They’re polite, they’re nice. So I try to get as many people in here as possible. Once in a while you get a member from it, not too much, but you get a lot of goodwill.”

    With the opening of Barclays Center and its BROOKLYN BOXING platform in 2012, Gleason’s found a natural partner in continuing to promote and grow the sport in Brooklyn.

    “Boxing is now centered basically out of the Barclays Center in New York City and it’s been great,” said Silverglade. “Because it gives the young athletes an opportunity to aspire to something and get some training in and some competition in. It’s great that it’s in Brooklyn and it’s great that it’s a mile and a half from Gleason’s Gym because I can have that relationship with the Barclays Center.”

     

     

     

    BARCLAYS CENTER TO CONTINUE TO HOST  PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS EVENTS IN 2017

    BARCLAYS CENTER TO CONTINUE TO HOST PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS EVENTS IN 2017

    Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Presented By

    New York Community Bank Will Welcome its First PBC Card This Spring

    BROOKLYNBOXINGSHOP.COM BECOMES SPONSOR OF PBC SERIES

     

    BROOKLYN/LONG ISLAND (March 2, 2017) – Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment venues, Barclays Center and Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Presented By New York Community Bank (NYCB), will be the sites for select Premier Boxing Champions Series (PBC ) events in 2017.

     

           This Saturday’s PBC welterweight showdown between Danny “Swift” Garcia and Keith “One-Time” Thurman in Brooklyn will be the first of a multi-fight schedule at Barclays Center and The New Coliseum Presented By NYCB in 2017. The event is live on CBS Primetime starting at 9PM ET (6PM PT).  The inaugural PBC event at The New Coliseum Presented By NYCB, as well as the series’ next fight at Barclays Center, will be announced soon.

     

    Also announced today, BrooklynBoxingShop.com, the ecommerce home for BROOKLYN BOXING merchandise, will activate at PBC events nationwide through retail, advertising and in-ring signage.  Launched in 2016, BROOKLYN BOXING features a unique brand of active wear, lifestyle apparel, and accessories for men and women, fighters and fans alike.

     

    Barclays Center has hosted six PBC events, including Thurman’s victory over Shawn Porter, named PBC’s 2016 Fight of the Year, on June 25, 2016, and Carl Frampton’s win against Leo Santa Cruz on July 30, 2016 for the world featherweight title.

     

    “Barclays Center and The New Coliseum Presented By NYCB are proud to host PBC events on the East Coast,” said Brett Yormark, CEO of Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment. “We will be host to multiple championship events between both venues this year, and are also looking forward to creating more exposure for our BrooklynBoxingShop.com business through the nation’s best boxing series.”

     

    Barclays Center brought professional championship boxing back to Brooklyn for the first time since 1931. Under its BROOKLYN BOXING™ programming franchise, the venue has hosted 20 professional boxing events with more than 150 bouts and 35 Title fights.

     

    Long Island has a rich boxing history, with the Coliseum having hosted fights with the likes of Mike Tyson and Gerry Cooney. In 1976, George Foreman famously scored a fifth round knockout of Joe Frazier in a fight that was billed as the “Battle of the Gladiators.”

     

    ABOUT BROOKLYN SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT:

    Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment (BSE) develops and operates state-of-the-art venues and manages premier sports franchises, delivering dynamic content and experiences for audiences. BSE oversees programming, marketing, sales, and operations for Barclays Center and Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Presented By New York Community Bank, and manages and controls the NBA's Brooklyn Nets and its Development League team, the Long Island Nets, as well as the business operations of the NHL's New York Islanders.

     

    Barclays Center, which opened on September 28, 2012, offers 17,732 seats for basketball, 15,795 for hockey, and up to 19,000 seats for concerts, and has 101 luxury suites, four bars/lounges, four clubs, and 40/40 CLUB & Restaurant by American Express.

     

    The New Coliseum Presented By NYCB, scheduled to reopen April 5, 2017 after extensive renovation, will offer 13,000 seats for hockey, 13,500 for basketball, and 14,500 for concerts, with the ability to flex up. The bowl will have a theater seating option for 4,000 guests.

     

    With a focus on emerging businesses, BSE identifies and creates alliances, strategic partners and other business opportunities to ensure the success of its assets. For additional information, please visit Brooklynse.com.

     

    ABOUT PBC:

    The Premier Boxing Champions is a live boxing television series created for television by Haymon Sports, LLC.   The PBC series broadcasts the greatest array of boxing talent in all weight divisions, showcasing fighters from many different countries including the United States and Mexico.  The PBC series can be seen on various networks in the U.S. and around the world. 

     

    DANIEL JACOBS TO WEAR BROOKLYN BOXING™ BRANDED MERCHANDISE IN SHOWDOWN AGAINST GENNADY GOLOVKIN ON MARCH 18

    DANIEL JACOBS TO WEAR BROOKLYN BOXING™ BRANDED MERCHANDISE IN SHOWDOWN AGAINST GENNADY GOLOVKIN ON MARCH 18

    DANIEL JACOBS TO WEAR BROOKLYN BOXING™ BRANDED MERCHANDISE IN SHOWDOWN AGAINST GENNADY GOLOVKIN ON MARCH 18

    Jacobs to Represent his Home Borough of Brooklyn  in Middleweight Title Bout

     

    BROOKLYN (Dec. 19, 2016) – Middleweight champion and Brooklyn native Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs will wear BROOKLYN BOXING branded merchandise in the ring when he fights against unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin on March 18.

     

    Jacobs, who in June was named the face of BROOKLYN BOXING, the flourishing boxing platform for Barclays Center, will train and compete in branded gloves, trunks, shoes and robes and will wear other apparel during fight week events and in the post-fight press conference.

     

    “I’m excited to represent BROOKLYN BOXING and the 2.6 million people in my home borough,” said Jacobs, who grew up in Brownsville. “My story is about never giving up and that’s the spirit and perseverance I’ll be bringing into the ring against Golovkin on March 18. I will make Brooklyn proud.”

     

    In 2011, Jacobs was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a life-threatening form of bone cancer. After an arduous battle, radiation treatments and surgery, Jacobs returned to the ring at Barclays Center where he went on to win his WBA world middleweight title in August 2014, a belt he still holds.

     

    “We couldn’t be more proud to have Daniel representing BROOKLYN BOXING,” said Brett Yormark, CEO of Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment. “Daniel’s determination and courage capture the spirit of the borough and we are confident that he will return to Barclays Center for his next fight with all of Golovkin’s world middleweight championship belts.”

     

    Launched earlier this year, the BROOKLYN BOXING merchandise line features a unique brand of active wear, lifestyle apparel, accessories for men and women, fighters and fans alike.

     

    The assortment includes in-ring essentials like BROOKLYN BOXING training gear, gloves and corner buckets, as well as street wear such as hats, hoodies, shirts, and socks. Fans can purchase their own apparel at BrooklynBoxingShop.com.

     

    BROOKLYN BOXING is making an annual donation to Jacobs’ Get In The Ring Foundation, through which he advocates for children struggling with cancer, childhood obesity, and bullying. 

     

    BROOKLYN SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

    Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment (BSE) develops and operates state-of-the-art venues and manages premier sports franchises, delivering dynamic content and experiences for audiences. BSE oversees programming, marketing, sales, and operations for Barclays Center and Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Presented by New York Community Bank, and manages and controls the NBA's Brooklyn Nets and its Development League team, the Long Island Nets, as well as the business operations of the NHL's New York Islanders.

     

    Barclays Center, which opened on September 28, 2012, offers 17,732 seats for basketball, 15,795 for hockey, and up to 19,000 seats for concerts, and has 101 luxury suites, four bars/lounges, four clubs, and 40/40 CLUB & Restaurant by American Express.

     

    The New Coliseum Presented by NYCB, scheduled to reopen April 5, 2017 after extensive renovation, will offer 13,000 seats for hockey, 13,500 for basketball, and 14,500 for concert configurations, with the ability to flex up. The bowl will have a theater seating option for 4,000 guests.

     

    With a focus on emerging businesses, BSE identifies and creates alliances, strategic partners and other business opportunities to ensure the success of its assets. For additional information, please visit Brooklynse.com.