Jim Jacobs, Co-Manager of Boxer Tyson, Dies
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NEW YORK — Jim Jacobs, the co-manager of heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, died today of pneumonia at Mt. Sinai Hospital after suffering from chronic lymphocytic leukemia for nine years, said Bill Cayton, Tyson’s other manager and Jacobs’ partner in Big Fights since 1960. Jacobs was 58.
He was considered one of the greatest handball players in history. Tyson’s Round 2 knockout of Tony Tubbs on Monday in Tokyo was the first of his fights Jacobs had missed.
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