# Nat Jacobs

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**Nathaniel** "**Nat**" **J. S. Jacobs** (1 December 1939 – 19 March 2021)[1] was an English amateur and professional [boxer](/source/Boxing) of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, who won the Central (England) Area middleweight title and challenged for the [British Boxing Board of Control](/source/British_Boxing_Board_of_Control) British middleweight title. His professional fighting weight varied from 145.5 lb (66.0 kg; 10 st 6 lb), i.e. [welterweight](/source/Welterweight), through [light middleweight](/source/Light_middleweight) and [middleweight](/source/Middleweight), to 163.5 lb (74.2 kg; 11 st 9.5 lb), i.e. [light heavyweight](/source/Light_heavyweight). He was managed/trained by former boxer [Stan Skinkiss](/source/Stan_Skinkiss).

## Boxing career

Born in [Manchester](/source/Manchester), Jacobs began his professional career in November 1960 with a [points](/source/Points_decision) victory over [Sunny Osemegie](/source/Sunny_Osemegie),[2] and went on to win his first six pro fights. He suffered his first defeat by [George Palin](/source/George_Palin) in February 1961 after a fourth round [disqualification](/source/Disqualification_(boxing)). After two further victories he faced Palin again in June 1961, the fight this time ending in a draw. After a defeat by [Eddie Phillips](/source/Eddie_Phillips_(boxer)) he faced Palin again in January 1962, winning by a third-round knockout. The six fights that followed in 1962 all ended in defeat, but his fortunes improved in 1963 with three straight wins, starting with a points victory over [Jimmy Gibson](/source/Jimmy_Gibson_(boxer)).[3] He had a mixed record during the remainder of 1963 and 1964, including losing a BBofC Central Area Middleweight Title eliminator to [Jackie Harwood](/source/Jackie_Harwood), and after a defeat by Johnny Angel in May 1964 took a break from competition. He made a comeback in 1965, winning four of his first five fights (including victory over [Jim Swords](/source/Jim_Swords) for the vacant BBBofC Central Area middleweight title), and drawing one (against Harwood).[4]

In September 1965 Jacobs fought British middleweight champion [Wally Swift](/source/Wally_Swift) in London, initially being named the winner by the referee; After complaints by Swift the fighters were brought back into the ring where the referee explained that he had made a mistake and declared Swift the victor.[5]

Jacobs fought for the British middleweight title in [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham) in 1966, losing to [Johnny Pritchett](/source/Johnny_Pritchett) after the referee stopped the fight after the 13th round following consultation with his seconds.[6] This was one of five straight defeats for Jacobs but he returned to winning ways with a narrow points victory over [Terry McTigue](/source/Terry_McTigue) in May 1967, after which followed another break from the sport.

He returned in April 1968 with a points victory over [Clarence Cassius](/source/Clarence_Cassius), which was followed by two defeats. He beat [Larry Brown](/source/Larry_Brown_(boxer)) in November 1968 after four rounds, despite a height and weight disadvantage and afterwards announced that he would be moving down to [welterweight](/source/Welterweight).[7] He faced British and Empire welterweight champion [Ralph Charles](/source/Ralph_Charles) at the [Royal Albert Hall](/source/Royal_Albert_Hall) in 1969 in a fight that was televised by the [BBC](/source/BBC) and also shown in Australia.[8][9] He continued to box until 1970, his final fight a defeat by [Tom Jensen](/source/Tom_Jensen_(boxer)) in [Valby](/source/Valby), Denmark in June that year.

Jacobs died on 19 March 2021, at the age of 81.[10]

### Record

| style="text-align:center" colspan="9"|**28 Wins** (13 knockouts), **26 Losses**, **2 Draws**[11] |- ! Res. ! Record ! Opponent ! Type ! Round ! Time ! Date ! Location ! Notes |- |Loss|||| Tom Jensen||PTS||6||||4 June 1970|| Valby Hallen, [Valby](/source/Valby), Denmark|| |- |Loss||||Ronnie Hough||TKO||10||||4 May 1970||New Century Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom||BBBofC Central Area middleweight title fight |- |Loss||||Ralph Charles||TKO||5 (10)||||15 April 1969||[Royal Albert Hall](/source/Royal_Albert_Hall), Kensington, London, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Fred Powney||PTS||8||||24 March 1969||National Sporting Club, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Don McMillan||PTS||8||||17 March 1969||Anglo American Sporting Club, Hotel Piccadilly, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Larry Brown||RTD||4||||25 November 1968||Broadway Sporting Club, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Mark Rowe||TKO||3||||21 October 1968||Hilton Hotel (Anglo American SC), Mayfair, London, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Len Gibbs||PTS||8||||30 September 1968||Broadway Sporting Club, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Clarence Cassius||PTS||8||||29 April 1968||[Free Trade Hall](/source/Free_Trade_Hall), Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Terry McTigue||PTS||8||||15 May 1967||King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss|||| [Tom Bogs](/source/Tom_Bogs)||PTS||10||||2 March 1967|| K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark|| |- |Loss||||Johnny Pritchett||TKO||13 (15)||||21 March 1966||Ice Rink, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom||Lost BBBofC British middleweight title fight.[6] |- |Loss|||| Fabio Bettini||PTS||10||||6 December 1965||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Peter Sharpe||PTS||10||||2 November 1965||Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Wally Swift||PTS||10||||21 September 1965||King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom||[12] |- |Win||||Jim Swords||KO||2 (10)||||10 May 1965||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom||BBBofC Central Area middleweight title fight |- |Win||||Willie Fisher||TKO||6 (10)||||5 April 1965||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Draw||||Jackie Harwood||PTS||8||||15 March 1965||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Syd Brown||PTS||8||||4 March 1965||The Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Terry Phillips||TKO||8||||15 February 1965||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Johnny Angel||RTD||6 (8)||||11 May 1964||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Peter Sharpe||PTS||8||||13 April 1964||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Ebe Mensah||PTS||8||||25 March 1964||Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Dave George||PTS||8||||9 March 1964||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Jackie Harwood||TKO||6 (10)||||10 February 1964||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom||BBBofC Central Area Middleweight Title eliminator |- |Loss|||| Luciano Piazza||PTS||10||||24 January 1964|| PalaLido, Milan, Lombardia, Italy|| |- |Loss||||Johnny Kramer||PTS||10||||9 December 1963||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Ernest Musso||PTS||8||||27 November 1963||Midlands Sporting Club, Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Peter McLaren||TKO||9 (10)||||11 November 1963||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Bobby Day||KO||1 (10)||||21 October 1963||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Jackie Harwood||PTS||8||||9 September 1963||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Gordon Mullin||TKO||3 (8)||||10 June 1963||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Jack Burley||KO||1 (8)||||18 March 1963||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Jimmy Gibson||PTS||8||||28 February 1963||[Kelvin Hall](/source/Kelvin_Hall), Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Johnny Cooke||PTS||8||||10 December 1962||King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Brian Husband||PTS||6||||10 September 1962||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Maxie Smith||PTS||8||||7 June 1962||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||George Palin||PTS||8||||5 March 1962||Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||[Tommy Molloy](/source/Tommy_Molloy)||DQ||3 (10)||||8 February 1962||Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Jimmy McGrail||TKO||5 (10)||||23 January 1962||Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||George Palin||KO||3 (8)||||15 January 1962||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Cliff Brown||DQ||1 (8)||||8 September 1961||Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom|| |- |Draw||||George Palin||PTS||6||||15 June 1961||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Eddie Phillips||PTS||4||||8 May 1961||Ice Rink, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Peter Sharpe||PTS||8||||24 April 1961||Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||Maurice Lloyd||DQ||2 (6)||||10 April 1961||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Tommy Corrigan||PTS||6||||27 March 1961||Drill Hall, Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Tony Barry||TKO||3 (8)||||13 March 1961||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Eddie Phillips||PTS||8||||27 February 1961||Ice Rink, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom|| |- |Loss||||George Palin||DQ||4 (6)||||13 February 1961||Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Eddie Phillips||PTS||6||||24 January 1961||[Granby Halls](/source/Granby_Halls), Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Freddie Collins||KO||4 (6)||||16 January 1961||Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Sunny Osemegie||PTS||6||||5 December 1960||Drill Hall, Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Billy Goodwin||KO||1 (6)||||28 November 1960||National Sporting Club, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Tommy Donovan||TKO||4||||21 November 1960||Ice Rink, [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham), Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom|| |- |Win||||Sunny Osemegie||PTS||6||||14 November 1960||Drill Hall, Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom||Professional debut.[2]

## Family

Nat Jacobs' marriage to Kathleen ([née](/source/Given_name#Name_at_birth) Sharpe) (birth registered during January→March 1941 (age 85–86) in [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham) district) was registered during April→June 1958 in [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham) district,[13] they had children, including; Nathaniel P. Jacobs (born 18 March 1961 in [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham) district – died 6 March 2002 (aged 40) in [Manchester Royal Infirmary](/source/Manchester_Royal_Infirmary)). Nat Jacobs is the younger brother of the amateur (Great Britain) and professional lightweight boxer Joseph "Joe" W. S. Jacobs (birth registered April→June 1936 in [Manchester](/source/Manchester) South district – died 18 April 1981 (aged 44–45)), and uncle of the amateur and professional boxer (Central (England) Area lightweight champion, British lightweight challenger, British [super featherweight](/source/Super_featherweight) Champion, [WBO](/source/World_Boxing_Organization) super featherweight challenger), [Joey Jacobs](/source/Joey_Jacobs_(boxer,_born_1960)) (born 1 October 1960 (age 65)).

## References

1. ["Birth details at freebmd.org.uk"](http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=U%2BG7vNKuSzAVULe6RPiqug&scan=1). freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

1. Boxing News (18 November 1960). *Boxing News – Nat Jacobs beats Sunny Osemegie on points*. [Boxing News](/source/Boxing_News). ISBN n/a

1. Davidson, Mike (1963) "[O'Brien Tops](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KuNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7KYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2655,175369&dq=nat-jacobs+boxing&hl=en)", *[Evening Times](/source/Evening_Times)*, 1 March 1963, p. 30. Retrieved 22 August 2013

1. "[Fisher Stopped in Sixth Round](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19650406&id=ymJAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2920,896280)", *[Glasgow Herald](/source/Glasgow_Herald)*, 6 April 1965, p. 6. Retrieved 22 August 2013

1. Stewart, Ollie (1965) "[Report From Europe: Bookmakers Hate Nat Jacobs](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cuMlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=__QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2827,5427544&dq=nat-jacobs+boxing&hl=en)", *[Baltimore Afro-American](/source/Baltimore_Afro-American)*, 5 October 1965, p. 4. Retrieved 22 August 2013

1. "[Lonsdale Belt For Johnny Pritchett 1966](http://www.britishpathe.com/video/lonsdale-belt-for-johnny-pritchett)", [Pathé News](/source/Path%C3%A9_News), 1966. Retrieved 22 August 2013

1. "[Jacobs Zooms Back to Bomb Brown](http://manchesterexboxers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Nat-Jacobs-Nov-1968.jpg)", *[Boxing News](/source/Boxing_News)*, 29 November 1968, p. 4. Retrieved 22 August 2013

1. "[O Comes Out Fighting](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vxZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bpMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1322,3004276&dq=nat-jacobs+boxing&hl=en)", *[The Age](/source/The_Age)*, 17 April 1969. Retrieved 22 August 2013

1. "[Charles Should Win Again](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g5xAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4480,2523425&dq=nat-jacobs+boxing&hl=en)", *[Glasgow Herald](/source/Glasgow_Herald)*, 15 April 1969, p. 6. Retrieved 22 August 2013

1. [GRO Death Index 2021](https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results)

1. "[Nat Jacobs](http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=30808&cat=boxer)", boxrec.com. Retrieved 24 August 2013

1. Boxing News (24 September 1965). *Boxing News – Wally Swift beats Nat Jacobs on points*. [Boxing News](/source/Boxing_News). ISBN n/a

1. ["Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk"](http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=owcvlM1IEO7bVbnNgJXbZg&scan=1). freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

## External links

- [Photograph 'Nat Jacobs' at boxrec.com](http://static.boxrec.com/wiki/a/ad/Nat_Jacobs.jpg)
- [People And Friends That I Knew Or Know, And Places That I Worked At – Alan Briggs](http://www.francisfrith.com/collyhurst/memories/people-and-freinds-that-I-knew-or-know-and-places-that-I-worked-at_303391/#utmcsr=google.co.uk&utmcmd=referral&utmccn=google.co.uk)
- [Sad loss for family and boxing (Nat Jacobs, Jnr)](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/sad-loss-for-family-and-boxing-1183958)

- [Nat Jacobs v Larry Brown November 1968](http://manchesterexboxers.co.uk/charlie-grice/)
- [Ex Boxer Stan Skinkiss – Biography](http://manchesterexboxers.co.uk/ex-boxer-stan-skinkiss/ex-boxer-stan-skinkiss-biography/)
- [Jack Birmingham, Nat & Joey Jacobs](http://manchesterexboxers.co.uk/jack-birmingham-nat-joey-jacobs/)
- [Nat Jacobs, Frank Nightingale, Jimmy Swords and Charlie Grice](http://manchesterexboxers.co.uk/nat-jacobs-frank-nightingale-jimmy-swords-and-charlie-grice/)
- [Nat Jacobs, Jim swords, Charlie Grice, Freddie dobson, frank nightingale, Gerry McBride, Stan Skinkiss at Manchester Ex-Boxers Association](http://manchesterexboxers.co.uk/nat-jacobs-jim-swords-charlie-grice-freddie-dobson-frank-nightingale-gerry-mcbride-stan-skinkiss/)
- [Nat Jacobs, Jim Swords, Freddy Dobson, Paul Dunne, Jack Edwards at Manchester Ex-Boxers Association](http://manchesterexboxers.co.uk/nat-jacobs-jim-swords-freddy-dobson-paul-dunne-jack-edwards/)
- [Manchester's Champs Camp boxing guru Phil Martin and Joey Jacobs (Junior) former British super featherweight champion](http://www.champsuk.com/i-2004/manchesters-champs-camp-boxing-guru-phil-martin-and-joey-jacobs-former-british-super-featherweight-champion-dual-signed-original-photo--.html)[\[1\]](http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=24300&cat=boxer)

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