Daniel Jacobs vs. Sergio Mora 2: Winner, Scorecard and Reaction

In a rematch of their WBA middleweight title matchup from 2015, Daniel Jacobs definitively proved he is the better boxer by defeating Sergio Mora via seventh-round knockout to retain his championship. 

Premiere Boxing Champions tweeted out the highlight of Jacobs' dominant and decisive finish in which he scored two quick knockdowns:

In total, Jacobs dropped Mora five times in the seven rounds before the fight was ultimately stopped. This was easily a lopsided destruction, though, hardly a surprise given the current trajectory for the champion. 

Since suffering the first—and to date, only—loss of his career against Dmitry Pirog in 2010, Jacobs has been a shining star in the middleweight division. He has won each of his last 12 fights, including Friday's win over Mora, and all of them have come via stoppage. 

It also didn't help that Mora was an uninspiring opponent for Jacobs. He has a solid career record of 28-5-2 after Friday's loss, but his resume lacks any kind of signature win, and his style is not very interesting due to his lack of power. 

After the match was over, Jacobs said in the ring that he was aiming high for his next opponent (via Steve Kim):

Gennady Golovkin is going to challenge Kell Brook on Saturday in England with his WBC, IBF and IBO middleweight titles on the line. 

The first fight between Jacobs and Mora did not have an appropriate ending when Mora suffered a broken ankle in the second round after he took a right hand to the top of his head and the ankle got caught underneath him on the way down to the canvas.   

Mora had been set on getting another shot at Jacobs as a result of how that previous match ended, eventually getting Jacobs to agree after some resistance. 

Per ESPN's Dan Rafael, Jacobs explained after the rematch was announced in August why he decided to fight Mora for a second time:

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This is business for me, but it is also more personal than any fight I have ever had. Sergio has been using these antics online to get this rematch and he has gotten under my skin. There has been a lot of back-and-forth as far as people's opinions as to who would have won the fight had he not gotten hurt. I am looking at this as an opportunity to clarify that I am the real champion. I want to shut his trap in prime time.

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Jacobs left no doubt about the outcome this time around. Their original battle last year was a close contest before Mora got hurt, including a tremendous opening round that saw both warriors trade numerous heavy blows for three minutes before the bell sounded. 

It was one of the few times during this six-year winning streak in which Jacobs appeared to be vulnerable. He responded in the second round by continuing the onslaught before eventually scoring the win, albeit under unusual circumstances. 

In order for Jacobs to move forward as one of the premier fighters in the middleweight division, getting a clear and definitive win over Mora was an essential step.

He earned it tonight.