Golovkin-Jacobs: The Forgotten Factor

Brook, Jacobs, and Canelo. Those are the best guys that GGG has faced, the competition just got better which is why he doesn't look invincible anymore. https://image.ibb.co/n12han/tenor.gif

Brook, Jacobs, and Canelo. Those are the best guys that GGG has faced, the competition just got better which is why he doesn't look invincible anymore.

jacos fought ggg completely different than the way he fought pirog.he was far more careful and wasnt winging big shots in a kill or be killed type of fight. obv this is a smarter way to go if you are outgunned. he was willing to get hit with the jab cause he was watching for the power shots. same with canelo. it was smart survival tactics but he didnt have a realistic shot at winning that way. canelo does and will cause hes the a-side and thats just how boxing works but jacobs being the b-side needed domination just like ggg needs domination against canelo.

So you people don't think that the damage Brook did has affected him at all? So why end with GGG/Brook? How about Spence/Brook? You don't think the damage Brook got from the GGG beating didn't affect him at all in the Spence fight? Don't really get the point of these GGG detractors. On one hand they say he's overrated, fought nothing but bums. Yet they always expect him to win by a landslide. Kills me with these idiots.

Super faggoty thread. Kell Brook ruins careers.

Guys, you all need to stop this nonsense. The guy has never lost professionally and that is it. No matter how you guys twist things , he hasn’t lost. Get a bigger screen TV so when he does you can all jerk off while looking at the tv.

That had nothing to do with a simple uppercut from Brook. GGG has been hit harder and looked shakier in the Adama fight. He couldn't let his hands go against Jacobs because he had to respect Jacobs power and skill. He couldn't let his hands go against Canelo because of Canelo's defense and counter punching. How can you watch this sport every weekend and not see the difference? You people are incredible! Golovkin got uppercutted brutally into the air, his legs turned to jelly and he looked as if he was about to collapse for a second! He is not superhuman, that punch would have hurt any man. To me, it was obvious that Golovkin felt a degree of fear when fighting Jacobs and Canelo. He wasn't punching, even when he had obvious possibilities to do so.

GGG ate everything Brook landed and didn't take a step back. GGG fought reckless in that fight because he knew Brook couldn't hurt him. People say it was one of GGG's worse performances but I see it as GGG not giving a f*ck and knew he'd beat Brook thru attrition. Dude, it's not so long ago that we forgot what happened. Golovkin got seriously hurt in this fight, you literally saw his legs turn to jelly when Brook uppercutted him into the air. Such a perfect punch may affect the rest of a man's career and it did in this case. Brook took Golovkin's aggresiveness away. Golovkin simply couldn't let his hands go against Jacobs and Canelo, as if he was expecting that uppercut to strike him again.

This theory was now further proven by the Golovkin-Canelo fight.

Lol at the people who claims that Brook's punches had no effect on Golovkin....

First of all Brook had absolutely no effect on Golovkin except for getting a few shots in. It's boxing after all isn't it? Bottom line is that Golovkin pounded Brook into submission. Nothing more to say about that fight. As far as Jacobs goes, Golovkin has a lot of respect for him and they both put on a good show for the fans. Golovkin is not the second coming of Christ. He's hittable and sometimes he gets hit. It doesn't detract from the fact that he convincingly beat Jacobs that night. Like it or not it is what it is and was what it was.

GG was never a great boxer, but he knew how to trap opponents and set up shots. Recently he seems to have fallen in love with his power and favours winging in big head punches. Presumably assuming that over 12 rounds he will eventually catch the other guy. Hopefully this fight was a wake up call and he will realise that he needs to apply some science to his style once again. It didnt hurt as well that Jacobs was so tall, and hit hard enough to gain GGG's respect, that Golovkin found it difficult to get close enough to land frequently. Jacobs would make a point to exchange with GG rather than shell up which didnt allow Golovkin to settle into the patterns he normally uses to unlock opponents I actually agree with you. Jacobs hurt himself when he shelled up at times and allowed Golovkin to mount an offense. I still give Jacobs the nod because he did a lot of other good things but he needed to be more convincing.

No one is talking about Jacobs, declining, the last weight check in, so he could fight with a 15-20lb weight advantage! I think some would call that cheating!

Me personally - No I don't. Part of the whole reason for GGG getting hit so much vs Brook was that he was sure Brook couldn't hurt him enough to cause him serious trouble, so he just walked through him and walked him down with very little regard for defence. Not saying Brook isn't a very good fighter as he is, just a division or two south of MW. If GGG has lost a step it's because he's now into his mid-thirties and not because brook landed a few shots on him. If anyone will suffer from that fight it's Brook, having a broken orbital bone & steel plate in your face is no joke, I hope he is the same as before for the Spence fight otherwise it could be a long night :boxing:

So you people don't think that the damage Brook did has affected him at all? Nah. Brook landed some decent punches. But they were not affecting GG at all. He looked embarrassed to be in the ring with a WW imo.

So you people don't think that the damage Brook did has affected him at all?

GG was never a great boxer, but he knew how to trap opponents and set up shots. Recently he seems to have fallen in love with his power and favours winging in big head punches. Presumably assuming that over 12 rounds he will eventually catch the other guy. Hopefully this fight was a wake up call and he will realise that he needs to apply some science to his style once again. It didnt hurt as well that Jacobs was so tall, and hit hard enough to gain GGG's respect, that Golovkin found it difficult to get close enough to land frequently. Jacobs would make a point to exchange with GG rather than shell up which didnt allow Golovkin to settle into the patterns he normally uses to unlock opponents

Honestly, Jacob's relative success has nothing to do with Brook. I think Abel didn't have very good gameplan coming into the fight. Gennady still found the way to win by outboxing Jacobs.