Danny Jacobs defines old school. In an era when the elite fighters often have six-to-nine months between each fight, Jacobs, possibly the top middleweight prospect in boxing, took a fight against Mike Walker after having fought last week on ESPN's Friday Night Fights. It was a pretty risky move just 17 months and 15 fights into his career. Walker, coming off a win over former middleweight champ Antwun Echols, was supposed to fight junior middleweight top 10 fighter James Kirkland.

Jacobs (16-0, 14 KOs) was impressive as he boxed his way to a unanimous decision (80-72 on two cards and 79-73) victory. He threw with thunder in the first two rounds. Then realizing Walker wasn't one of the D-level fighters that he faced in racing out to a 15-0 start to his career, Jacobs decided to outbox the veteran. He outpunched Walker (19-2-2) 225 to 82, landing 29-percent of his punches. HBO's new punch stat system "Punchzone" also showed Jacobs landed 49 lefts and 39 rights to the head and another 85 to his face. The 22-year-old from Brooklyn showed versatility and a helluva gas tank, fighting twice in eight days.

Kirkland was scratched from the card after he was arrested two weeks ago on a gun possession charge.

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