Why doesn't Jacobs press for his mandatory?

Generally mandatories for the WBA Super belt aren't called, as it's supposed to allow their champions to go and unify. The WBA regular has mandatories, but it's rare that a Super champ is forced to face the Regular champ. I.E Rigo was never mandated to fight Quigg. Kovalev hasn't been mandated to fight Braehmer. Golovkin hasn't been mandated to fight Jacobs. Sturm wasn't mandated to fight GGG (although Daniel Geale was after he beat Sturm, he refused and fought Mundine instead and the WBA stripped him. Until Rigo recently he was the last Super Champto be stripped as far as I can recall). Wlad was mandated to fight Povetkin I think. And of course Ward was not mandated to fight Froch, it appears Froch was mandated to fight Ward, which is why he got stripped and not Ward too. Basically, it's a clusterfūck, there's no consistent precedent set on when a Super champ has to fight the regular champ. There's no precedent set either on when a fighter should become a Super Champ, sometimes it's when they've unified, or when they've defended the belt several times, or in Adrien Broner's case after winning the vacant regular belt a month ago and not having a single defence. Sturm was mandated to fight Golovkin, but got an extension via unification fight with Geale then lost. Golovkin was waiting on the Sturm fight which cost him some other fights on HBO. Golovkin, a 2004 Olympic silver medalist, knows Sturm from their days together when both were promoted by Germany's Universum. He has a theory on why Sturm hasn't shown any interest in facing him and has tried to avoid the mandatory for as long as possible. "Sturm and I were both with Universum Box-Promotion. We knew each other pretty well," Golovkin said. "We used to see each other in the gym all the time. We trained together, but we never sparred together. I believe that the reason why Sturm does not want to fight me is because he knows me well and knows that he can't beat me. He knows me and I know him, and I want the fight." On Saturday in Ukraine, Golovkin (23-0, 20 KOs) retained his belt with a violent third-round destruction of Japan's overmatched Makoto Fuchigami (19-7, 10 KOs). With Fuchigami dismissed in bloody fashion, Golovkin now wants the fight with Sturm (37-2-2, 16 KOs), which is due by Sept. 30. It remains to be seen whether Sturm will fight him, but Golovkin's camp plans to press for the bout as hard as it can. "The deal we made with the WBA is that Sturm was allowed a voluntary defense, and if he wins, his next fight will be a mandatory defense," said K2 promoter Tom Loeffler, who promotes Golovkin as part of the Klitschko brothers' stable of fighters. "They have been ordered to make that fight by Sept. 30. At this point, Sturm is running out of options. Sturm, at this time, holds the record for being a champion the longest without having a mandatory defense. Two years ago, Gennady was the interim champion and Sturm was the WBA champion. Sturm then got elevated to super champion. For the last two years, Gennady has been trying to fight him." Golovkin, who has traveled to New York to meet with American television network executives, hopes to fight in the United States -- but only after the fight with Sturm, if it happens. "I want the fight with Felix Sturm," Golovkin said. "That is the only fight I really want at this time. I do think he will get in the ring with me by Sept. 30. If that doesn't work out, I can move to either 154 or 168 if I need to find another opponent. Whatever it is, I want the best fights against the best opponents. I will fight Pirog or any of the other champions. Right now, it doesn't matter who my opponent is or what weight I fight at." http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/1153/golovkin-still-chasing-sturm

OK now I remember that's why Koki Kameda dropped his belt at bantum they didn't want to fight Moreno. If Jacobs does happen to fight the winner of Lee/Saunders presuming it's Lee then he'd dump his regular belt the WBO doesn't allow unis w/2ndary wba champs,,, so there's that

Do super wba champs have mandatories? I think that's one of the perks of being a super champ it's why Sturm became one and didn't have to fight Golovkin Generally mandatories for the WBA Super belt aren't called, as it's supposed to allow their champions to go and unify. The WBA regular has mandatories, but it's rare that a Super champ is forced to face the Regular champ. I.E Rigo was never mandated to fight Quigg. Kovalev hasn't been mandated to fight Braehmer. Golovkin hasn't been mandated to fight Jacobs. Sturm wasn't mandated to fight GGG (although Daniel Geale was after he beat Sturm, he refused and fought Mundine instead and the WBA stripped him. Until Rigo recently he was the last Super Champto be stripped as far as I can recall). Wlad was mandated to fight Povetkin I think. And of course Ward was not mandated to fight Froch, it appears Froch was mandated to fight Ward, which is why he got stripped and not Ward too. Basically, it's a clusterfūck, there's no consistent precedent set on when a Super champ has to fight the regular champ. There's no precedent set either on when a fighter should become a Super Champ, sometimes it's when they've unified, or when they've defended the belt several times, or in Adrien Broner's case after winning the vacant regular belt a month ago and not having a single defence.

ggg is super champ jacobs is regular champ alfonso blanco is interim champ and eubank jr vs sullivan will be mandatory to jacobs or in other words derp!

Do super wba champs have mandatories? I think that's one of the perks of being a super champ it's why Sturm became one and didn't have to fight Golovkin The SUPER CHAMPIONS will be obliged to make the mandatory defense of their titles in a period no longer than 18 months against the boxer recognized as the World Boxing Association Champion of the corresponding division. http://www.wbanews.com/wba-super-champions/wba-super-championships The WBA tried to make Golovkin defend against Fletcher last year, but K2 asked to be allowed to face Geale instead. That's when Jacobs' got to fight for the WBA regular title. So in theory, sometime around the middle of next year Golovkin will have to defend against the WBA regular champion. Jacobs is supposed to face the winner of next weeks Eubank/O'Sullivan, then onto Gennady? Wishful thinking.

Do super wba champs have mandatories? I think that's one of the perks of being a super champ it's why Sturm became one and didn't have to fight Golovkin I may be wrong, but I believe that the super's mandatory is the regular world champion and it is due once every 18 months. Yeah I found it http://www.wbanews.com/wba-super-champions/wba-super-championships

I think this is the biggest of all of their ridiculous creations. They have a 'super' champion in Golovkin, I don't know if he's ever fought a mandatory as super champion. Then there's Jacobs, I don't know if he's ever fought an interim champion, he's had two of them now and then they had Eubank, who they stripped and then decided to give a 'final eliminator' to fight the regular champion, but he was already in that position, presumably, before they stripped him. Then they gave his belt to Blanco after his fight to become the new interim champion, but you would think that would make HIM Jacobs' mandatory! So they have 3.5 Middleweight champions. And the last time I checked, they had 3 champions in at least 9 different divisions. The WBA is hell. It's where bad people go when they die. Do super wba champs have mandatories? I think that's one of the perks of being a super champ it's why Sturm became one and didn't have to fight Golovkin

Look at this simple b@stard. Point at him and laugh lol You are too emotionally invested in this. Seriously, calm the feck down man.

Yea the WBA has created a mess here at 160 I think this is the biggest of all of their ridiculous creations. They have a 'super' champion in Golovkin, I don't know if he's ever fought a mandatory as super champion. Then there's Jacobs, I don't know if he's ever fought an interim champion, he's had two of them now and then they had Eubank, who they stripped and then decided to give a 'final eliminator' to fight the regular champion, but he was already in that position, presumably, before they stripped him. Then they gave his belt to Blanco after his fight to become the new interim champion, but you would think that would make HIM Jacobs' mandatory! So they have 3.5 Middleweight champions. And the last time I checked, they had 3 champions in at least 9 different divisions. The WBA is hell. It's where bad people go when they die.

Jacobs is about to have a mandatory of his own, when Chris Eubank Jr. wins the final eliminator against O'Sullivan. And of course there's Alfonso Blanco. There're 3 and a half WBA champions - pressing a mandatory might take 5 years. Yea the WBA has created a mess here at 160

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Well, if Alvarez says no, and the winner of Lee/Saunders says no, Loeffler said he'll be making Jacobs an offer to fight Golovkin. We still don't know if Haymon will allow his fighters to compete on HBO, I doubt he will.

FFS, the guy won this fight 10 hours ago. Calm the f*ck down. He's had the WBA belt since August 2014. This was his 3rd fight since he won the belt. Truax, Mora and Kid Gumdrop Jaw

All this Canelo catchweight talk is a joke. GGG against Jacobs is the fight that all the fans want to see, a true middle weight title fight.

Lara's only been asking for 3 years... But I get it, why not protect GGG as much as possible and kill two birds with one stone while making Lara-Jacobs How is Lara going to fight on HBO, jamon?

I don't want to hear that sorry excuse anymore and neither should you. If May-Pac can be made so can GGG-Jacobs. End of story Look at this simple b@stard. Point at him and laugh lol

His team and his fans refuse to push him towards a descent scrap. Jacobs has to fight Lara, rematch Mr. Broke Ankle, and then fight the winner of Eubanks-Sullivan before he could even remotely "THINK" about GGG. Remember, the GGG-Jacobs fight shouldn't be made in their eyes because GG beats him in 30 seconds They're a bunch of straight clowns. I'll be glad when they get sent to MMA Jacobs had that WBA belt since Aug 2014, dipsh*t. That's plenty of time for Jacobs people to make it happen with the WBA. Plenty of time for Lara to move up and get that belt off Jacobs too. Those guys don't want the fight. Maybe you should try following boxing before you run your stupid c0cksucker.

I don't want to hear that sorry excuse anymore and neither should you. If May-Pac can be made so can GGG-Jacobs. End of story GGG/Jacobs and May/Pac are not in the same stratosphere. We all want to see MW get cleaned up, but I'm not holding my breath on GGG vs. any Haymon fighter. Maybe with the recent change in HBO administration, things will start to change. I think GGG/Jacobs in NY would do well. However, perhaps Jacobs should make an easier title defense against Eubank first, while GGG gets Johnson out of the way. Let Canelo fight the winner of Lee/Saunders, and then the three left standing find some way of fighting each other.

FFS, the guy won this fight 10 hours ago. Calm the f*ck down.

His team and his fans refuse to push him towards a descent scrap. Jacobs has to fight Lara, rematch Mr. Broke Ankle, and then fight the winner of Eubanks-Sullivan before he could even remotely "THINK" about GGG. Remember, the GGG-Jacobs fight shouldn't be made in their eyes because GG beats him in 30 seconds They're a bunch of straight clowns. I'll be glad when they get sent to MMA that's bull****. i'd love to see golovkin in with every single middleweight but some of them are simply not possible due to the HBO-PBC impasse. is jacobs (or lara) going to fight on HBO any time soon? no. is golovkin going to fight on PBC? no. that's that then