Jacklord Jacobs

Career

As an amateur he represented Nigeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Gold Medalist at the 1991 African Championships in Cairo as a Light-heavyweight. Jacobs represented Nigeria as Light heavyweight at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games.

His results were:

1st round bye

Lost to Rostislav Zaulichniy (Unified Team) 8-16

In 1994 he made his debut as a professional.

Achievements

• A year later he won the silver medal at the 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland, where he was beaten in the final of the light heavyweight (– 81 kg) division by Cuba"s Ramón Garbey.