Comments Thread For: Daniel Jacobs: People Saying I'm Scared of Golovkin Ticked Me Off

[Kigali]

What is even more laughable is that people were saying Triple G was the one stalling the negotiations and that he did not want to fight. Point is, is that Jacobs knows the chances of his career getting destroyed it's very high so he wants to get as much money as he can like he's cashing out

..because he was.

Why is it so hard to believe that a guy that just fought a WW.....and stayed in the amateurs until he was dragged-away kicking and scream...would delay a fight?


This is GGG's Waterloo.

[nacho daddy]

what is even more laughable is that people were saying triple g was the one stalling the negotiations and that he did not want to fight. Point is, is that jacobs knows the chances of his career getting destroyed it's very high so he wants to get as much money as he can like he's cashing out

yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[brettWall]

Yeah, you drag negotiations down, then complain about why people think you're scared. That's normally the perception regardless of which fighter is in question.

[Kigali]

He's definitely not scared to get knocked out only if the price is right

You're vato Canelo didn't want any.

He scurried back down to 154.

[HeroBando]

EVERY. SINGLE. TIME!!!! Tyson was the most feared fighter in the sport but he was able to get fights. Joshua has a 100% KO rate. But he's able to get fights. The issue has always been money. Some of us have always said, people aren't afraid of GGG, they just want a fair payday. As soon as they put up real money the fight got signed. Tom Loeffler will list off GGG's accomplishments "Gennady has sold out MSG and the Forum." "Gennady vs. Brook sold out in 11 minutes." "Gennady has the highest ratings on HBO." He makes GGG out to be this big superstar so people are going to ask for money that reflects fighting a superstar. It's not hard to understand.

Lol at fair payday. Lol at you backing up that sorry loser.

[Motorcity Cobra]

Lol at fair payday. Lol at you backing up that sorry loser.

Yes, a fair payday. Before the fight was mandated Loeffler said he thinks the fight will be bigger than Lemieux-GGG. After the fight was made they released the tickets and they're double the price o GGG's most expensive tickets (Lemieux-GGG). So K2 was going to double their profits but pay Jacobs only 200k more than Lemieux? Besides Canelo, who else is GGG selling $1000 tickets against? Jacobs is a strong B-side and the ticket prices prove it.

[Diegosome1]

..because he was.

Why is it so hard to believe that a guy that just fought a WW.....and stayed in the amateurs until he was dragged-away kicking and scream...would delay a fight?


This is GGG's Waterloo.

If they went to purse Jacobs would've vacated.

[MisanthropicNY]

A lot posters on here are closet-****sexuals who have a thing for "brown" and/or other fighters of color...

I'd probably vomit just at the idea of the their ****Hub accounts...

[Bronx2245]

Mayweather didn't fight Pacquiao until he was old, so all the doubters were right about Mayweather. They said he would either duck Pacquiao completely, or wait until he got old to fight him. They were absolutely right about Floyd. Like Floyd even admitted later on, he fights for business, "not legacy," and that's why he ducked Pacquiao until Pacman got old.

As for Ward, he only just came back after the long layoff with the promotional issues, and already he's talking about retiring after facing the first and only A-level opponent of his entire career. So yeah some people doubted he would face Kovalev at all, and he proved them wrong about that, but otherwise the doubters seem to have basically been correct about Ward, too. Retirement? You jab and grab your way to a hometown decision, basically steal a man's belts, then talk retirement? Really?

As for Jacobs, Jacobs himself said in an interview two years ago he wasn't ready for GGG yet. It's good he was honest but when he then even came out this year with an interview about waiting to fight GGG until 2017, and wanting to "build his brand" first, the writing was on the wall. It's wack for Jacobs to wonder why people thought he was scared of GGG when so many fighters have ducked GGG and his interviews sounded the same as theirs did before they all ducked him. Were we wrong for assuming the worst again?

Jacobs even talked about how getting a 3 mil check to fight GGG still might not be enough, because he could just fight "two Quillins" and make that much instead, so why fight GGG, who he called the greatest of his generation I believe, once, when you can fight Quillin twice for the same money?

I mean hell, when the biggest accomplishment of your career is beating Quillin, because Quillin is supposed to be really dangerous, but then you suggest in an interview that fighting Quillin TWICE would be less risky than fighting GGG just ONCE, that is another red flag that makes it seem to fans like you might be ducking. That's all. How is that an unreasonable conclusion? I mean Jacobs got 1.5 mil to fight Quillin, couldn't even sell out their hometown venue, but then 3 mil wouldn't be enough to fight GGG? When he hinted at that in that interview he did, of COURSE it seemed like he was trying to duck.

And when they called out the December date because Jacobs said he needed an extra special long camp to fight GGG, while GGG was fine to fight Jacobs on a normal camp, that was yet another sign that Jacobs was delaying or looking to avoid the fight. So really how can Jacobs blame us for noticing those worrisome trends at the time?

And how can you blame people for doubting Floyd about Pacquiao, or doubting Ward, or any of these guys, like Gary Russell Jr. and Deontay Wilder when they were fighting TBDs, or doubting Al Haymon himself, when those doubters have basically been proven right about every single one of these guys they doubted on about 90% of the issues they doubted them about?

WOW! That was lengthy! When it comes to Floyd/Pacquiao (FLOYD BEING THE OLDER FIGHTER), it was Pacquiao who wouldn't take the test. It was Arum who said Manny was afraid of needles, we need an outdoor stadium, etc. I guess that's all irrelevant? However, here's what i'm talking about:

April 29, 2015:

LAS VEGAS – Freddie Roach made the extraordinary claim on Wednesday morning that he believes Floyd Mayweather could pull out of his Saturday showdown with Manny Pacquiao at the last moment and leave the “Fight of the Century” in tatters.

Over breakfast at his Las Vegas hotel, Pacquiao’s trainer Roach repeatedly told USA TODAY Sports that he fears Mayweather will find an excuse to withdraw from the contest, despite the huge amounts of money spent on tickets, pay per views and the overall production.

When asked for his thoughts on the matchup, Roach interjected swiftly. “If (Mayweather) shows up,” he said. “I am still worried about that. I won’t believe it until I see him in front of us in the ring.”

USA TODAY Sports repeatedly quizzed Roach as to whether he was joking, or merely trying to fan the flames of controversy in the build-up to the clash. Each time he was adamant that he held genuine concerns that Mayweather could cook up an excuse to miss the fight, such as a training injury or an illness.

But why would the man known as “Money” skip out on the chance to make more than $150 million for a night of work?

“I just think he was forced into this fight,” Roach said. “He didn’t want this fight. Every fight he has had in his lifetime was one that he picked. This is the first one he was forced into and I feel he was uncomfortable. They made him take it, Showtime.”

This will be the fifth fight of Mayweather’s six-fight Showtime deal, that was guaranteed to net him more than $200 million.

Roach also claimed to have “spies” in the Mayweather camp that had told him the 38-year-old had missed three days of training last week. No such news has filtered out of the Mayweather inner circle, where information about their fighter’s training regimen and movements are closely guarded.

“I am not (making this up),” Roach added. “I know from people who were there. Word gets out and Vegas is a small place.”

http://boxingjunkie.usatoday.com/2015/04/29/freddie-roach-floyd-mayweather-pull-out-fight/

That's the bull**** i'm talking about! Trainers and promoters talk a lot **** to create the image that their fighter is the most dangerous (avoided) man on the planet, and fans eat it up! I'm so glad Floyd went to Manny's room in Miami and had Koncz apologizing for all the bull**** he and Arum put out! Floyd showed up and won! Ward showed up and won! Now let's see what happens when Jacobs shows up! BROWNSVILLE! NEVER RUN, NEVER WILL!

[Kigali]

If they went to purse Jacobs would've vacated.

...but the fight is happening.

Canelo wanted none.