Why can't Team GGG pay Jacobs the 4-5 mil he asks for? Khan made 13 mil vs Canelo

[PK3434]

It's pretty simple. I gave two options in the OP:

1. If GGG is the star you guys on boxingscene claim he is then pay Jacobs the $$$ he requests.

2. From the looks of the past 8 pages, everyone is in agreeance that GGG is not the star everyone makes him out to be; therefore, making GGG a high risk-low reward fighter that needs to take what he's given and make the proper sacrifices to get the names he wants in the ring until he becomes a high risk-high reward fighter.

Glad we could all agree

It isn't hard to understand. Golovkin is a star in boxing...He is not a crossover star (which is almost impossible for any boxer to achieve, especially one from Kazakhstan)

Jacobs is not a star in anything.

[jqSide]

Yep. That's what the TS was saying.

And who would want to see a fight with a reluctant fighter in it? No thanks, waste of time. Let him fight Mora again.

It's no longer boxing doe. It's about rewarding and enabling ducks. Why would you even want to see a fight where one fighter believes he would lose? Why would you even want to reward such guy? It's sooo stoooopid. Winning is no longer a motivation to fight. As if there's no money in winning.

[Tomjas]

Again, if GGG can't get the proper $$$ for the fight, then he's going to have to make the necessary sacrifices to get these guys in the ring. Point blank period.

You can't be a high risk/low reward fighter and expect the world to be handed to you.

What kind of sacrifices am I talking about? Canelo @155, Lara, DeGale, Kovalev, Ward, etc.

If GGG beats Cruiserweights/Heavyweights and had Kovalev running scared during sparring, then none of the above should be out of the equation. Why is this always out of the equation when brought up around here? Why are the posters that bring it up constantly attacked and called trolls?

Oh that's right. You guys are only "boxing fans" when your argument is convenient.

Again, here's the formula in layman's terms:

GGG + High risk/Low reward = Proper sacrifices to become high risk/high reward.

Canelo doesnt want any part of GGG at any weight

Lara does nothing for him

Ward & Kovalev are at 175

DeGale is the only one from that list who is feasible and would raise his profile

[KillaCamNZ]

Jacobs' isn't a draw.

[brettWall]

It's no longer boxing doe. It's about rewarding and enabling ducks. Why would you even want to see a fight where one fighter believes he would lose? Why would you even want to reward such guy? It's sooo stoooopid. Winning is no longer a motivation to fight. As if there's no money in winning.

I guess what the TS is saying is Jacobs would just be another Wade with a few extras like bigger name and a title. He wants 3G to pay for those bells and whistles. It makes sense if that's the objective, but it does nothing to the fans if that's how it is seen.

I always viewed Jacobs/3G as a competitive fight, and I've given props to Quillin's performance in the Lee fight. I thought it was focused and intense. Then Jacobs beat him despite overwhelming odds.

And we are here in a thread started by a huge Jacob fan basically saying it's a sure loss, therefore he should get paid more than 3G.

[boxinggod101]

Why r u so dumb? Thats the real question. If u cant figure out why he cant pay an unknown guy like Jacobs 4-5mill, than u need to answer that question asap.

PS: I am not a GGG fan...

[QballLobo]

That's GGG problem in a nutshell. He is a high risk low reward fighter.
Any fighter that has options looks at what GGG can offer and it makes no sense business wise.
Why take an L and make the same money as if you fought a lower level fighter?
GGG is going to have to make some concessions to get a big fight. All those belts mean right now is more sanctioning fee's to fight a bunch of nobodies because right now anyone with a pulse is saying no.

[boxinghead530]

If GGG is the star you guys claim he is, then his team needs to stop being cheap and pay Jacobs the $$$ he asks for.

All I hear is GGG sold out this aren in 5 seconds. Or GGG had 20,000 fans at this venue, etc, etc. GGG is a massive star.

If that's the case, then pay Jacobs the $$$ he wants. Once BJS stops ducking Jacobs, Jacobs can KO BJS and will in turn make the GGG-Jacobs fight that much more lucrative.

Canelo, who's a real star I might add, got Khan 13 mil. But GGG who's supposed to be just as big a star if not bigger than Canelo, can't get Jacobs a measly 4-5 mil?

Spare me with the Jacobs vs Quillin numbers. What was Khan vs Alexander numbers? That's right, Khan got 600k against Alexander. But being that he fought a star in Canelo, he got 13 mil.

But the great big star in GGG can't give Jacobs 4-5 mil? Either he isn't the star you guys think he is, thus making him the high risk-low reward we think he is or his team is really really cheap. One or the other.

Has GGG ever made 4-5 million a fight yet? I highly doubt it. But if he fights Jacobs he should pay Jacobs that much?

GGG is one of the bigger stars in boxing but if he isn't making 4-5 million a fight how can he offer another fighter that much, especially someone like Jacobs who is no where near as big as GGG.

IMO Jacobs needs to accept 1.5-2 million and fight GGG. If he truly believes in himself then maybe he can win and make crazy money after.

But if he's just looking to cash out then he might as well forget fighting GGG, because Jacobs IMO will lose sooner rather than later.

[Bullrider]

Boxing is truly phukd. It's not even coming from the fighter. It's coming from fans.

[icha]

correct me if im wrong, but didnt ggg said he will be fighting on mexican independent weekend?? will he be fighting same date as canelo and hbo allows it?? im not really sure if he said that while canelo was on court, but i think he did...