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Gerald McClellan was 6 ft with a 77 inch reach - 85% KO percentage
Julian Jackson was 5"11 with a 73 inch reach - 80% KO percentage
Daniel Jacobs is 6 ft with a 73 inch reach - 90% KO percentage
But it's not the mere fact that these guys have similar builds and enormous amounts of punching power. It's how these guys placed their shots and the leverage they got because of their builds when they landed. Jacobs is more comparable to McClellan than he is Jackson in the way Jacobs moves his feet, boxes and the speed and velocity he lands is punches; and how he goes for the kill when he smells blood. In fact, Jacobs is even faster with his combos when he has a wounded victim in front of him; much more lethal
Some people say Julian Jackson was chinny, but it is what it is.
People keep talking about Pirog, but you have to look at the context in those knockdowns. Jacobs was beating Pirog before that KO whether you agree or not. It's a fact.
GGG does not move like Pirog. He doesn't have the upper body movement. Golovkin is very robotic with his movement. Very rarely does he duck out of the way of a punch. However, he has shown great agility against Lemiuex. Problem is, that's really not telling me much since Lemieux's feet are an F550 and Jacobs feet are a Corvette.
Lemieux is also the same height as GGG with short T-rex arms. Jacobs is tall and lengthy and is therefore able to generate much more power and get more leverage than Lemeiux. Jacobs is also much faster than DL and much better in his delivery.
Who has GGG fought with the power, speed and boxing ability of Daniel Jacobs? Jacobs is like Willie Monroe but with mutant-esque power compared to Monroe.
If Golovkin drops his hands and lets Jacobs hit him like he let Monroe and Wade hit him, it's over. You know this. In the same breath, he can't afford to try and outbox Jacobs like he did DL. Yes, that statement is subjective, but I'm going purely off the eye test here.
Another thing to think about is although Lemieux was KO'd by Rubio, GGG never hurt DL to the head. All the times DL was hurt was to the body. Does this mean that Rubio hits harder than GGG because he was able to hurt DL to the head? Of course not which is why I don't like using analogies like that when talking about fights.
GGG has never faced someone of Jacobs caliber that has all the tools, power and threats of Jacobs. I'm salivating thinking about it.
Tom Loeffler has said that Jacobs is more of a threat than Canelo for a reason.
Julian Jackson was 5"11 with a 73 inch reach - 80% KO percentage
Daniel Jacobs is 6 ft with a 73 inch reach - 90% KO percentage
But it's not the mere fact that these guys have similar builds and enormous amounts of punching power. It's how these guys placed their shots and the leverage they got because of their builds when they landed. Jacobs is more comparable to McClellan than he is Jackson in the way Jacobs moves his feet, boxes and the speed and velocity he lands is punches; and how he goes for the kill when he smells blood. In fact, Jacobs is even faster with his combos when he has a wounded victim in front of him; much more lethal
Some people say Julian Jackson was chinny, but it is what it is.
People keep talking about Pirog, but you have to look at the context in those knockdowns. Jacobs was beating Pirog before that KO whether you agree or not. It's a fact.
GGG does not move like Pirog. He doesn't have the upper body movement. Golovkin is very robotic with his movement. Very rarely does he duck out of the way of a punch. However, he has shown great agility against Lemiuex. Problem is, that's really not telling me much since Lemieux's feet are an F550 and Jacobs feet are a Corvette.
Lemieux is also the same height as GGG with short T-rex arms. Jacobs is tall and lengthy and is therefore able to generate much more power and get more leverage than Lemeiux. Jacobs is also much faster than DL and much better in his delivery.
Who has GGG fought with the power, speed and boxing ability of Daniel Jacobs? Jacobs is like Willie Monroe but with mutant-esque power compared to Monroe.
If Golovkin drops his hands and lets Jacobs hit him like he let Monroe and Wade hit him, it's over. You know this. In the same breath, he can't afford to try and outbox Jacobs like he did DL. Yes, that statement is subjective, but I'm going purely off the eye test here.
Another thing to think about is although Lemieux was KO'd by Rubio, GGG never hurt DL to the head. All the times DL was hurt was to the body. Does this mean that Rubio hits harder than GGG because he was able to hurt DL to the head? Of course not which is why I don't like using analogies like that when talking about fights.
GGG has never faced someone of Jacobs caliber that has all the tools, power and threats of Jacobs. I'm salivating thinking about it.
Tom Loeffler has said that Jacobs is more of a threat than Canelo for a reason.
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