Comments Thread For: Golovkin-Jacobs: Loeffler Tells The WBA a Purse Bid is Needed

[HeroBando]

GGG Jacobs should be a good fight. GGG would destroy Canelo. Canelo's too small and he knows it. Pressuring Canelo to fight GGG is like pressuring GGG to fight Ward or Kovalev, there are weight classes for a reason

Canelo is gonna be campaigning at Mw next, cause blowing up 20lbs+ fight night is punishing on your body. Not to mention he's Mw lineal champ. So no way out

[Boxing lives]

Ok so we got one Ggg ****** hater that was able to process the fact that team Ggg didn't pay Brook, bravo

I can process the fact that Grovelkin is a coward that has to have his team forced into extended negotiations with Jacobs when Loeffler already wants to give up and move on. You and I know Grovelkin doesn't have the balls to jump up 1 division much less 2

[Ake-Dawg]

Why would he view Quillin as a bum? It's his career best win and his best purse by far. He would have said Mora if that's what he meant. You're trying too hard. Read the whole article, there's ducking evidence all over, not just that famous quote

Why do you guys always presume to know what someone is thinking or what they meant by this or that? If you presume everyone is scared of Trip, you're probably gonna read ducking into every quote or statement. It's one thing to form an opinion on what you think someone meant, it's another thing to make two derivations from that opinion and then start stating it as fact.

Several have read the same articles and watched the same videos that you have in their entirety and come to a different conclusion.

[HeroBando]

I can process the fact that Grovelkin is a coward that has to have his team forced into extended negotiations with Jacobs when Loeffler already wants to give up and move on. You and I know Grovelkin doesn't have the balls to jump up 1 division much less 2

2 Quillins, fcukwit. Interim fights, before the super megafight mando

[aboutfkntime]

2 Quillins, fcukwit. Interim fights, before the super megafight mando

i will see your 2 quillins, and raise you 1 hypejob

[Scipio2009]

I'm somewhat confused by your points here. Are you actually suggesting Barclay's Center itself would be willing to knowingly take a loss on a GGG-Jacobs fight for the 'prestige' or whatever future benefits hosting such a fight would provide them?

Yes.

MGM Resorts paid $15m to host Cotto-Alvarez, and literally sold maybe 2000 tickets for the fight (with the remaining 10k-11k seats staying in-house); from the interest in the fight, the gamblers that came into town, and the amount of money that ended up being lost by gamblers (at the sportsnook and on the tables), my guess is that MGM made out okay.

Brooklyn Sports&Entertainment (the entity in charge of Brooklyn Boxing and Barclays Center) has placed a pretty big bet on Daniel Jacobs, as the face of the budding "Brooklyn Boxing" brand.

Not saying that BSE is willing to lose $2m or something on the fight, but the facts seem to be that Golovkin-Jacobs will likely be a sellout at Barclays Center, "Brooklyn Boxing" merch will likely be all over the place (before, during, and after the fight), and the boxing world will likely spend 3-4 weeks focused largely on NYC, the borough of Brooklyn, and the Barclays Center.

You add the possibility that Daniel Jacobs, at his home venue, actually wins the fight, and Barclays Center is going to be willing to put up a nice check to host the event.

Golovkin doesn't have the same luxury with Madison Square Garden

[turnedup]

Maybe this is my bias, but I think that Loeffler is doing exactly what Golovkin wants him to do; Golovkin is a near 35-year old fighter, 10 years into his run as a professional fighter, and he's never even been accidentally put into a tough fight (unless you want to count a shot Kassim Ouma giving him hell).

I have no doubt that Golovkin, no different that Saul Alvarez, could actually get tougher opposition if he actually insisted on getting tougher opposition.

Doubtful, remember the only experience Loeffler has is promoting the two longest reigning champions at heavy weight in recent memory. He didn't have to go seek out opposition because they were knocking his door down to get a fight. Now that he has a fighter in a climate of the Haymon super checks he's completely lost on how to play the game.

[aboutfkntime]

I think that Loeffler is doing exactly what Golovkin wants him to do.....

Doubtful, remember the only experience Loeffler has is promoting the two longest reigning champions at heavy weight in recent memory. He didn't have to go seek out opposition because they were knocking his door down to get a fight. Now that he has a fighter in a climate of the Haymon super checks he's completely lost on how to play the game.

what a weak cop-out !

grow up and hold a grown man accountable for his decisions

if Golovkin did not like it, he would change it

that is a weak cop-out, they tried that one with Pac/Arum

[aboutfkntime]

Loeffler: no Gennady, you cannot have 10mil for fighting Canelo in a super-fight that will turn you into a star..... you will get 3mil for fighting Danny Jacobs, and you will win the WBA title

Golovkin: but Tom, I have already WBA title

Loeffler: well, yes Gennady..... but now you will have 2

Golovkin: ok Tom

[Mammoth]

Goddamn Bumlovkin!