Since losing to Pirog..Jacobs is 11-0 with 11ko's with 4 1st round ko's

[Eastcoast]

come on man they praise GGG's ko streak and he had ko'd guys with records of

9-4-2
13-9-1
13-2-1
10-0
14-2-1
19-6


so whats the difference?

You're comparing guys Golovkin fought in the first two years of his career to the back half of Jacobs' entire resume. Before Pirog, Danny had nice wins over Ishe Smith and Michael Walker (guys he didn't stop). If Golovkin hadn't gone on to stop 7 top 10 MW's those early KO's wouldn't get much credit, and nobody would be talking about his current KO streak.

You can count on one hand the number of top 20 MW's Danny has wins over: Quillin, Mora, Traux, Fletcher.

[Porter's Dad]

Jacobs is a good fighter. People forget he was very, very highly touted coming up, though he could never quite put it together and look really great - and then the Pirog KO derailed him.

He's come back very well from that (and cancer) and looks to be fulfilling his potential. I don't think his chin could withstand Golovkin but he can definitely crack and he's got good speed and reflexes. It'd be a good fight.

[_Maxi]

Regardless of what some guy name Maxi or Pechorin says, it's a FACT that Jacobs was wining that fight 39-37 at the time of the stoppage.

Was that official? all three judges had him winning 39-37?

[pacmanis1]

I don't get it. According to haters GGG is a fraud and hypejob. But meanwhile Jacobs, who's top 3 wins are Quillin, Mora and Traux is the man to be him?

[kafkod]

Never said Jacobs took a knee.

I said how do you know he wasn't taking advantage of the 8 count instead of being out of it?

You don't. No one does. What we do know is as soon as Byrd stopped the fight at the count of 4 or 5, Jacobs shot up and Byrd had to physically restrain him.

Taking advantage of the 8 count? Alright mate, whatever you say ...

[Flash13]

Never said Jacobs took a knee.

I said how do you know he wasn't taking advantage of the 8 count instead of being out of it?

You don't. No one does. What we do know is as soon as Byrd stopped the fight at the count of 4 or 5, Jacobs shot up and Byrd had to physically restrain him.

I don't read or post on this board much but this made me actually laugh out loud.

[Eastcoast]

Taking advantage of the 8 count? Alright mate, whatever you say ...

He'll be taking advantage of the 10 count if he fights Golovkin.

[kafkod]

You can get caught off balance or worse, walk into a shot. See wilder vs szpilka.

If Szpilka was trying to shift when he was ko'd by Wilder, then he got it completely wrong. What he did was step forward with his left foot, moving from southpaw to orthodox, while pulling back his left hand to throw a hook, leaving himself wide open to Deontay's right. If he'd been shifting, and doing it properly, he would have kept his left hand up as a guard and thrown the right after stepping in.

[sweetpea87]

I've always been a fan of Jacobs. Hopefully the Golovkin fight will happen next year. I think Golovkin wins though.

[Real King Kong]

If Szpilka was trying to shift when he was ko'd by Wilder, then he got it completely wrong. What he did was step forward with his left foot, moving from southpaw to orthodox, while pulling back his left hand to throw a hook, leaving himself wide open to Deontay's right. If he'd been shifting, and doing it properly, he would have kept his left hand up as a guard and thrown the right after stepping in.

Being that he didn't shift while throwing the straight left, he shoulda probably skipped the left hook there and thrown a right...but the shift is generally just stepping through with the foot the same side as you're punching. Sometimes it's done inadvertently by over committing or just having sloppy footwork. There are some fighters that use it well to close distance and create angles for follow up shots, but generally it's not a good practice imo. You can get caught square and it brings your head forward with it...there's a danger of walking into a shot and making it much harder cuz of the forward momentum of the head. Definitely something for guys who are experienced and comfortable with it.