FEATURE VIDEO: DANNY JACOBS IN THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE

Few expected Brooklyn native Danny Jacobs to return to boxing after being diagnosed with a debilitating tumor in 2011. In an interview with SHOWTIME Sports, Jacobs looks back on the dark days of his medical diagnosis and treatment.  The Brownsville, Brooklyn native will climb through the ropes this Saturday night for the first time since overcoming the fight of his life, live on SHOWTIME EXTREME (7p ET/PT).  

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Jacobs (22-1, 19 KO’s) returns to the ring for the first time in more than a year to face Josh Luteran (13-1, 9 KO’s) in an eight-round middleweight bout on the preliminary fight telecast on SHOWTIME EXTREME (7 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast), followed by four world championship fights live on SHOWTIME (8 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast). 

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World championship boxing returns to Brooklyn with an inaugural night of fights at the new Barclays Center on October 20 headlined by Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Danny “Swift” Garcia against future Hall of Famer Erik “El Terrible” Morales presented by Golden Boy Promotions and supported by Golden Boy Promotions sponsors Corona, DeWalt Tools and AT&T.  In the co-featured attractions, Brooklyn’s own Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi puts his WBA Welterweight World Championship on the line against hard-hitting Pablo Cesar “El Demoledor” Cano, undefeated number one rated WBO middleweight contender Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin of Manhattan takes on unbeaten Hassan N’Dam for N’Dam’s WBO Middleweight World Championship and Devon Alexander “The Great” faces Randall Bailey for Bailey’s IBF Welterweight World Championship in a bout presented in association with DiBella Entertainment.  The SHOWTIME® CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins live at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).  Preliminary fights will air live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

The undercard is loaded with many of New York’s top fighters, including Brooklyn’s hot middleweight prospect Daniel “The Golden Child” Jacobs, former World Champion Luis Collazo, the Bronx’s rising star Eddie Gomez, former world title contender Dmitriy Salitaand Brooklyn prospect Boyd Melson.

Tickets priced at $300, $200, $100 and $50 are available for purchase at www.barclayscenter.com,  www.ticketmaster.com, the American Express Box Office at Barclays Center, all Ticketmaster locations or by calling 800-745-3000.