BROOKLYN -- They said he might not ever be able to walk again. They told him boxing is over. A five-inch scar runs down Danny Jacobs’ back from the six-hour surgery on May 18, 2011, to remove a cancerous tumor. He’s able to turn around and touch it. He played with the idea of getting a tattoo placed over it, but thought otherwise. It’s his battle scar. His badge for the world to see he never quit.
There were a few lonely nights when Jacobs laid in a hospital bed scared about his future, wondering if this cancer inside would break him.