Saturday night’s HBO Boxing card in New York featured a tripleheader of title fights, and Daniel Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs) captured the vacant IBF middleweight belt with a thrilling split decision (113-114, 115-112, 115-112) win over Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-1, 10 KOs), scoring an early knockdown on his way to a crucial victory that could set up a showdown with Canelo Alvarez next year.
Watch the highlights of the fight at the top of the page.
Other action on the night included WBA super-featherweight champion Alberto Machado (21-0, 17 KOs) crushing Yuandale Evans (20-2, 14 KOs) in a round, scoring three knockdowns along the way before the referee stopped the fight.