What is the difference between JACOBS and GGG WBA title?

Gennady Golovkin is the real middleweight champion. Daniel Jacobs is a paper champion who was KOed by Dmitry Pirog. So ggg's paper defenses dont count then right?

Golovkin's is more respected, but people still count his defenses as WBA Regular champ so Jacobs should be no different Exactly....the media and GGG'S fans made the regular belt matter

It's hard to keep up these days. As far as i know, a fighter becomes a super champion if he has defended his WBA title 5 times, or if he holds 2 or more of the available titles: WBO,WBA,WBC,IBF. When a fighter becomes a super champion, the title he originally held becomes a 'regular' title..which is then made vacant for two other available/highest ranked guys to fight over. So you have a super champion, and a regular champion. The super champ is seen as the 'real' champ. Some ranking systems like Ring don't recognize the regular champion as a champion. I think the idea was supposed to be that the burden of mandatories became lighter on the super champ, who held titles from different governing bodies. But really, it was probably just so the WBA can charge sanctioning fees to both the super and regular champ. I think it's something close to those lines. There is that many titles these days that they tend to become somewhat confusing after time.

He's fought better opponents for his paper belt than a lot of people with allegdely more legit ones.

The difference is that Jacobs belt is made out of paper

Golovkin's is more respected, but people still count his defenses as WBA Regular champ so Jacobs should be no different

the explanation is quite simple: Jacob's belt means nothing, it's a paper belt Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android you should explain that to the people who say GG is about to break soem record since he defended that belt like 10 times

the explanation is quite simple: Jacob's belt means nothing, it's a paper belt Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

nothing at all...hell GGG gets credit for defending his regular title..why not Jacobs

It's like the difference between a gold medal and a silver medal. Both are still medals, but one is recognized as being higher than the other. The WBA has said that they are in the process of eliminating the 'regular' championships throughout the weight classes, and I fully expect this fight to be mandated next week, assuming both guys win this weekend

Yeah, they both wear them but one has a vagina and high heels on when he does...He's fighting tonight, the other guy tomorrow....