Comments Thread For: Golovkin: I Have To Be Smart To Win, Jacobs Has Great Power

[TheCell8]

I think at this point it's quite obvious that Golovkin is playing 4D chess.

[Nahshon Israel]

he will be like with lemule who hits harder then jacobs

Based on what? How does lemue hit harder? Jacobs is 6'1" while lemue is 5'9". So ggg is not going to be able just to jab his way like he did lemue. We're going to see a different approach from ggg based on Jacobs and lemue fights nothing alike

[AKAcronym]

Based on what? How does lemue hit harder? Jacobs is 6'1" while lemue is 5'9". So ggg is not going to be able just to jab his way like he did lemue. Where going to see a different approach from ggg based on Jacobs and lemue fights nothing alike

I didn't know height was an indicator of how hard someone can hit.

[Nahshon Israel]

I didn't know height was an indicator of how hard someone can hit.

That's not what I was indicating. I asked how does lemue hit harder and based on what? Than I went on to explain how ggg is not going to fight Jacobs the same way, because lemue and Jacobs fight nothing alike. Also being that Jacobs is 6'1" and lemue is 5'9", ggg is not going to be able to just jab his way vs Jacobs. I never said height had anything to do with power🤦*♂️If that was the case Frazier and Tyson would not be known punchers

[AKAcronym]

That's not what I was indicating. I asked how does lemue hit harder and based on what? Than I went on to explain how ggg is not going to fight Jacobs the same way, because lemue and Jacobs fight nothing alike. Also being that Jacobs is 6'1" and lemue is 5'9", ggg is not going to be able to just jab his way vs Jacobs. I never said height had anything to do with power🤦*♂️If that was the case Frazier and Tyson would not be known punchers

I guess it just made it seem that way because of where the statistic on their height was placed; it was right after you said based on what, so logically I thought you were following up that question by putting a fact about their heights. I gotcha now.

[Nahshon Israel]

I guess it just made it seem that way because of where the statistic on their height was placed; it was right after you said based on what, so logically I thought you were following up that question by putting a fact about their heights. I gotcha now.

Yes I figured that, I should explained more, but thanks for the reply it made me go more into detail now other posters can understand what I was saying

[i love boxing]

This is an amazing year of boxing, so many great match up's.

[giacomino]

GGG doing a great job of selling this fight and Jacobs. Would be surprised to see Jacobs last more than six rounds, but you never know and glad he's stepping up to the challenge

[Boxing Logic]

Well played GGG. You know how to hype a C level boxer. you need to take care of PPV numbers as well.

Such a hater lol. I bet you was saying Quillin could beat GGG. Now GGG taking on the guy who KO'd Quillin, just like he signed to fight the guy who KO'd Jacobs (Pirog), but y'all still complain.

Honestly, who would you rather see him fight between 154 and 168 right now? The only tougher matchups than this IMO are Ward who was always a light heavyweight fighting at 168. Seriously if GGG ever fights and beats Ward it will be one of the most amazing wins of all time, because GGG is a 170 pound man fighting at 160, and Ward is a 200 pound man who outgrew 168.

A 170 pound man who relies on punching power beating a 200 pound man who boxes and holds and has a 30 pound cushion to take that power with? That would be just as impressive as Duran beating Leonard because while Leonard was way better than Ward, Duran was a big lightweight and ultimately he wasn't tiny compared to Leonard. GGG is tiny compared to Ward.

The only other guys I can think of? Badou Jack would be a tough fight for GGG, again just because of size and because Jack is a tank with Memo. It's hard to beat people who might be on PEDs who are also 30 pounds bigger than you naturally who also have speed and reach. And Jack likewise was a 175 fighting at 168 who is now fighting at 175. So neither of those guys are eligible for my 154-168 criteria anyway.

Who else? Degale would be a fun fight to watch but Jacobs is a better fighter than him P4P and a bigger threat even at 160, I believe. So not Degale either.

Who then? Canelo has a better chin than Jacobs but Jacobs is bigger, longer, faster, and more powerful than Canelo.

The only guy I can think of between 154 and 168 who would be a bigger threat to GGG is Gilberto Ramirez. But his promoter wasn't ready for him to fight GGG yet. So why you still hating on GGG? They have talked about making that fight happen anyway once Gilberto is ready.

That is the one dangerous fight. Well, that and some of the PBC guys at 154, but why do you think they are at 154? They want to stay away from GGG until he's old. So again blame them, not GGG. Hurd, Lubin, Jermall until recently, etc etc are all middleweights fighting at 154 to avoid GGG.

And Jermall Charlo does not worry GGG. As a middleweight fighting a junior middleweight in JRoc, without VADA testing, Jermall's power looked great but he was getting outboxed. This is a middleweight who struggled to beat a junior middleweight Austin Trout who has no power. You really think Charlo bothers GGG at 160 with VADA? Nah.

Now Hurd and Lubin would be cool fights to see in 2018. I bet Haymon will wait until GGG is old in 2019 to make those fights but if those guys are real champs they will demand the fight by the end of 2018 at the latest. Hurd looked like crap against Williams, but I think Williams is way better the first half of the fight than people think. He literally has Pretty Boy Floyd skills for the first half of the fight, he just doesn't have the chin or the gas tank, and he's a true junior middleweight who was fighting a prime middleweight puncher with speed and a longer reach, something Floyd never ever did.

Hurd has the style to give GGG problems. Of course as long as GGG is prime, he will never lose to anyone his size, but Hurd will be as difficult as anyone. Lubin is less tested so we don't really know how his chin or power compares to Hurd, but that would also be an intriguing matchup at least based on what we know now.

But why do you blame GGG for these fights not happening? Hurd, Jermall, Lubin, etc are all boiling down to 154 to avoid GGG, even though there is more money at 160, so what does that tell you? They don't want GGG. GGG meanwhile signed to fight Pirog over five years ago so he has been willing to fight the elite from day 1. But you still hate on him?

Don't make no damn sense man.

[Gillie]

Good fight. Jacobs will probably be ahead on the scorecards at the halfway point, I think he will the get caught and lights out.