One symptom us boxing hero had before being diagnosed with rare cancer

Daniel Jacobs not only survived a terrifying fight with cancer but went on to reach the pinnacle of his sport after it. The former boxer was 22-1 in his career at the time of his diagnosis

and had won his last two fights after losing by knockout against Dmitry Pirog in his first world championship fight. Only 24 years of age, the American knew his best was yet to come but his

future in boxing was threatened when he began to feel numbness in his legs during a United Service Organisations (USO) tour in Iraq with several other boxers. READ MORE: ICONIC BOXING

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home to New York, his condition became worse as he was left using a cane to walk with doctors initially believing he was suffering from a pinched nerve or sciatica. In just a matter of

weeks, Jacobs became completely paralysed. He was rushed to hospital with an MRI discovering that a large tumour had wrapped around his spine. He was then diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare

form of bone cancer. An arduous surgery awaited Jacobs with Dr Hartl of New York-Presbyterian successfully removing his tumour and fusing his spine back together. Having been told by

doctors that he'll never box again, Jacobs refused to throw the towel in on returning to his dream. Having to learn how to walk again, he also had to endure 25 rounds of radiation

before tackling physical therapy. "I remember being so weak during physical therapy that I couldn’t even lift a dumbbell," Jacobs recalled in a 2017 interview with Coping. "A

five-pound dumbbell! Could you imagine being a world-class athlete, one of the strongest, baddest guys in your sport, and not being able to lift a dumbbell? That was really hard to

swallow." As a boxer, it's in Jacobs' nature to fight and so he did. He learned how to walk again, he returned to his gym and began his return to the squared circle. Paying

tribute to his doctors, the former boxer said: "They resurrected me and gave me a second chance. It was a great moment in my life to be able to get back in the ring." Three years

after his cancer diagnosis, Jacobs shocked the world and knocked out Jarrod Fletcher to become the WBA middleweight champion of the world. His nickname 'Miracle Man' is quite the

perfect fit.