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Jim Jacobs
Jacobs and Cayton started managing professional boxers in the 1970s. Among the fighters they managed were Cyclone Hart, Wilfred Benitez and Edwin Rosario and Mike Tyson.
On March 23, 1988, Jacobs died from lymphocytic leukemia at age 58. He had suffered from the disease for nine years. He was survived by his wife, Loraine, and a sister, Dorothy.
Jacobs received many tributes after his death that showed how highly regarded he was in the world of boxing.
Muhammad Ali said, “Jimmy Jacobs has always been a good friend of mine. I will truly miss him. I not only respect him, I had admiration, compassion, and love for this man.”
Howard Cosell wrote in the New York Daily News, “In the dirty world of boxing, Jacobs was a clean man. He was proof that boxing and character need not be mutually exclusive. . . . And boxing is that much less a sport without his presence.”
