Comments Thread For: Golovkin's Promoter To Begin Immediate Negotiations For Jacobs

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Neither one is dropping the belt. Neither one has the fanbase of Canelo. Neither one can afford to drop the belt. If Jacobs drops the belt his career is over. He doesn't have the media support nor fanbase of Canelo or GGG. If GGG drops the belt his credibility takes a huge hit and the "all the belts" marketing will be revealed as a lie. Neither fighter is dropping the belt. I don't even know why people keep mentioning this. Canelo dropped the belt is about to fight in front of 30,000 people and on PPV. Neither one of these two can do that.

I don't think canelo was going to drop his belt.but hey he did. I doubt ggg would but if Jacobs doesn't like his purse he might dropped it. He doesn't have a fan base to begin with so I think it probably hurt him less than getting koed. I doubt it happens but again anything can happen.

[Motorcity Cobra]

I don't think canelo was going to drop his belt.but hey he did. I doubt ggg would but if Jacobs doesn't like his purse he might dropped it. He doesn't have a fan base to begin with so I think it probably hurt him less than getting koed. I doubt it happens but again anything can happen.

If he drops the belt who is he gonna fight? The reason it took him almost a year to fight again is because he has on one to fight. That's why he had to fight Mora again. He's not dropping the belt.

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If he drops the belt who is he gonna fight? The reason it took him almost a year to fight again is because he has on one to fight. That's why he had to fight Mora again. He's not dropping the belt.

Again I'm saying I doubt he does but it can happen. If he does drop it Andy Lee is looking to get back into the ring. That be a nice win for him.

[hitking]

I don't see him going to 168 now, I hope I'm wrong. He'll never go to 175 - its just too big of an ask for someone who still makes 160 comfortably at 34.5 years old.
He can unify MW, make some defenses and hope for a Canelo fight. Sure his legacy won't be what it could have been but if he holds record MW defenses and is unbeaten he will be 1st ballot HOF-er.
AND fairly rich - especially if he does a rematch with Canelo.

I don't think 75 is too big an ask for a guy that's being talked about as a potential ATG. Hopkins made the jump at 40, while he was making 160 easily. Roy Jones started at 60, and jumped to heavyweight in his 40s. James Toney started at 60, and made ans fought at a high level at cruiserweight and heavywieght in his 30s. And many more. It can be done.

Belts and title defenses aren't what cement a legacy. Its WHO you fought. If Hopkins hasn't fought guys like DLH and Tito. And then moved up and fought guys like Tarver and Calzage. He could have had 100 title defenses and nobody would have cared. He would mostly be a guy remebered as a food fight that feasted on a bad division as a true ATG (RJ) had left it. GGG doesn't have anyone of any historical, significant relevance on his resume.

As for staying at 60 hoping to unify beltsand land a Canelo fight. How many more years do you want him to wait? Personally, I haven't seen any significant slippage in him. But honestly, it would be hard for me to tell because I've never been overly impreased by him. Either way, he's not a young guy. And age is gonna catch him eventually. So personally, I think that its time for him to start chasing some big fights. And he's gotten big enough where he doesn't necessarily need a great danxe partner to sell. All he needs are intriguing fights that may make people think he has a chance to lose. We know he's a huge favorite over anybody 160band down. He's a favorite against everyone at 68. But trying to see him conquer another division would generate a lotta interest.

[World Champion?]

This is the best fight for Golovkin at the moment, although it'd be great if he could prove himself more by moving up, the reality is that when a fighter has as many belts as he does he doesn't have the freedom to fight whoever he wants because of the number of mandatory title defenses he is required to have. I think we will see Golovkin move up eventually but not until he has fought Jacobs, Saunders and then Canelo.

[Motorcity Cobra]

Again I'm saying I doubt he does but it can happen. If he does drop it Andy Lee is looking to get back into the ring. That be a nice win for him.

His career is over if he drops the belt. Nobody wants to see him fight Andy Lee. Andy Lee is insignificant at this point.

[Boxing Logic]

Why do people act like Jacobs is asking for the moon? He said in an interview posted on this site that he wouldn't ask for anything absurd like 10 million or anything but he feels since it is a bigger fight he should make more than the 1.5M he made vs Quillin. That's not unreasonable at all. Maybe 2 or 2.5

Wrong. He said even if he got offered 3 mil, why would he fight GGG for three mil when he could just fight "two Quillins" instead because GGG is so good, he's more of a risk than fighting Quillin twice lol.

[boxcityusa805]

"I'm going to reach out to them" .... Who is "them"?

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His career is over if he drops the belt. Nobody wants to see him fight Andy Lee. Andy Lee is insignificant at this point.

Probably but nobody wanted a Mora fight and it happens. Random **** happens all the time in boxing. Honestly if I was managing Jacobs career I would tell him step up to 168. It be a lot easier winning a legit title there then beating ggg.

And please don't lump me in with those ggg groupies, I've been arguing for ggg to move up to 168 cause those guys look like trash. After he gets his last belt he should really consider it instead of waiting around for canelo. It leave a great legacy to unify two divisions.

[World Champion?]

Wrong. He said even if he got offered 3 mil, why would he fight GGG for three mil when he could just fight "two Quillins" instead because GGG is so good, he's more of a risk than fighting Quillin twice lol.

Exactly right, I think he is hoping for close to 5 mil but I don't think he will be likely to get that. I still think the fight will happen because I imagine that he the number of million dollar fights left outside of this are basically 0 since none of the other names are willing to fight Jacobs either.