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Jacobs opponents haven't been any better, but I like this build up. Both sides should talk crap.Comment
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I picked post-Pirog to be fair to Jacobs, and didn't try playing with the 'if you exclude this fighter or that fighter'. Just so happens there have been 12 fighters since Pirog, hence the choice in number.
You go on to play down Golovkin's opposition whiel playing up Jacob's. Once again - facts - since the 2012 Ring rankings, Jacobs will be Golovkin's 8th top-10 fighter. Meantime Golovkin will be Jacobs' 3rd (one of those 3 being Pirog).
I'm not understanding why this is a laughable attempt to save face for Golovkin when just looking at the stats behind Jacob's statement about Golovkin's opposition. The stats could have proved him right - just so happens they didn't. That's not my fault.
ps. if you DO want to only pick the last 10 fighters of each, then win ratio of Jacobs' opposition goes to 84% (not 88%), and Golovkin's goes to 93%. Same conclusion, if Golovkin's is B, Jacobs' is.....Last edited by angkag; 12-24-2016, 02:59 PM.Comment
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Cracks me up the way people call pretty much everyone a 'B' class fighter.
BTW when it comes to 'elite' fighters, there are very very few of them and that has been true through boxing's history. Each era has a handful, that's it. It's just that these elite fighters loom so large in our memories it's like we think the era was stuffed full of fighters like that. It's wasn't.Comment
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Floyd Mayweather Jr left the fight game as the #1 fighter on the planet, and arguably the best fighter to ever put on gloves; 15 months after finally hanging the gloves up for good, Floyd stepped on a scale at his gym, fully dressed, and weighed just under 161lbs.
Floyd's ability is what it is, but stepping into the ring with a guy walking in at 180lbs (when Floyd, fighting fit, will likely weigh all of 149/150) puts forward a whole different kind of risk.
Kell Brook is a massive welterweight, but the man is still a welterweight; put him in their with Jermell Charlo and the size difference between the two men would be clear. To then talk of going up another weight class (cutting all the bull****, Golovkin fought at 165lbs as an amateur, and has basically been making middleweight for the last nearly 15 years)Comment
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Jacobs a few days ago:
GL: Do you think Golovkin is worthy of all the credit he deserves even though he's yet to beat a marquee name?
DJ: "He's promoted the right way and he's done everything he needed to do and he looked great doing it. You may be able to criticize his level of opposition, but you could do that for me as well. We've both been moved the right way, and most guys have to have it the hard way we're they're fighting they're toughest fights at 15-0, 16-0, but we've been promoted the right. I understand how some people can say he hasn't really faced anybody, but he's definitely facing the toughest fight of his career on March 18 at the Garden."Comment
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kinda true, but golovkins resume is still better than jacobs.Last edited by ceylon mooney; 12-24-2016, 02:51 PM.Comment
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Sad thing is, this is only money grab for Daniel. He knows he has no business sharing the ring with GGG. He will take the same path Monroe did. Make a couple of rounds, starts kneeling around and than 'no mas' around 5th round.
Pathetic.
But I guess this is all he can do. His days are numbered.Comment
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