Danny Jacobs: I Would Love To Fight Gennady Golovkin

By Ryan Burton

WBA/IBO/WBC interim-middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin has had difficulty getting the top names in the middleweight division in the ring with him.

Many fans and insiders alike have called Golovkin the most feared man in boxing. There isn't exactly a long list of fighters who have expressed a desire to face him. WBA "regular" champion Danny Jacobs (29-1, 26KOs) is one of the few who have said that they would love to face the division's boogeyman. 

"I don't think that it is no one wants to fight him," Jacobs told BoxingScene.com. "I never said I would wouldn't fight him.  I would love to fight Triple G.  It's about timing.  It is about doing things the right way.  We're not going to be forced to fight somebody because the fans may want it right then and there or because he may want the fight right then and there."

The Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao mega-fight was a rare joint venture between Al Haymon and Top Rank, and HBO and Showtime. The fact that they were able to come to an agreement gives Jacobs even more hope that a Golovkin fight or other big fights may be possible down the road.

"Absolutely. Everyone is saying that people aren't working together because of promotional teams and network ties but people are putting their differences aside and making the best possible matchups.  I think it's a perfect example with Mayweather-Pacquiao. That is probably the hardest possible fight to make so I think that in the near future or in the future it will be that much easier to make fights with myself and Triple G or any other fighter from a different promotion," said Jacobs.

The New Yorker just fought on April 24th when he stopped Caleb Truax in the 12th round in a fight aired on SpikeTV as part of Haymon's PBC series. Jacobs said that he plans on having a busy 2015 and likes the position that he is in. 

"We are right where we want to be.  This PBC thing is great.  I am in a great position and am looking forward to bigger and better fights gradually," Jacobs stated.

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