Comments Thread For: Korobov: Golovkin Will Knock Out Jacobs Inside of Eight Rounds

[Kigali]

Yeah that is true about Brook. But id say even though Brook was a weight or two above his best, i think he was maybe physically stronger than Jacobs. He took some big shots even before he put some punches together on GGG. Shots im not sure Jacobs would have taken

I just watched Jacobs Mora and Mora floored Jacobs with the first punch he put on the chin. Sergio Mora. Jacobs just doesnt have that toughness you need to be an elite fighter imo. And i think most of us would agree you need to be elite to beat GG at 160

You should take that little Gargoyle off you Avi before you say that.

He's been dropped and doesn't seem very tough.

[uppercut510]

You should take that little Gargoyle off you Avi before you say that.

He's been dropped and doesn't seem very tough.

so a boxer getting dropped in a professional bout means hes not tough?????

[New England]

What's the story with Korobov? He hasn't even fought a 12 rounder since Lee stopped him two years ago.

He's #10 with the WBC at 160. And he's #9 with the WBO at 168. You would expect him to be targeting an N'Dam/Stevens/Heiland type opponent right now, but no word of it.

many of these eastern guys get into the pros as grown men. they don't have the hunger that they did when they were kids. most of the elite european / former soviet amateurs also had stipends and sponsorships etc in the amateurs, and don't ened th emoney the way a lot of hte broke kids who come out of US amateur programs do.

[New England]

Yeah that is true about Brook. But id say even though Brook was a weight or two above his best, i think he was maybe physically stronger than Jacobs. He took some big shots even before he put some punches together on GGG. Shots im not sure Jacobs would have taken

I just watched Jacobs Mora and Mora floored Jacobs with the first punch he put on the chin. Sergio Mora. Jacobs just doesnt have that toughness you need to be an elite fighter imo. And i think most of us would agree you need to be elite to beat GG at 160

i don't agree with this at all. you surely can't believe that a welterweight is stronger than a robust, 6'1" middleweight with knockout power at the weight.


also, jacobs not having a chin and not being tough are different things. jacobs got back up and won the fight. he also beat spinal cancer to get back to being a professional athlete. jacobs could not walk before he went for surgery. he had serious, life trheatening cancer that put his career at risk.

also, he took some shots against pirog prior to the knockout that would send a soft fighter home. he's also quite aggressive, which, given his handspeed, is a sign of a fighter that is not complacent with passive boxing. lots of the aggressive guys you see at the top are aggressive because they have to be. short guys, slow guys, guys without boxing skills, etc.

[ruedboy]

Once Pirog exposed Jacobs, Danny regained his confidence against no name fighters. Meanwhile he stayed away from guys who were a threat. The best names on his resume are Mora and Quillen.
You can say Golovkin has a weak resume but guys ilke Rubio, Murray, Monroe and Lemieux, would all give Jacobs as much as he could handle.
Danny's an ok fighter but he's outclassed and out gunned against Golovkin.

[Kigali]

so a boxer getting dropped in a professional bout means hes not tough?????

that's the case around here..for certain fighters.

[yngwie]

i don't agree with this at all. you surely can't believe that a welterweight is stronger than a robust, 6'1" middleweight with knockout power at the weight.


also, jacobs not having a chin and not being tough are different things. jacobs got back up and won the fight. he also beat spinal cancer to get back to being a professional athlete. jacobs could not walk before he went for surgery. he had serious, life trheatening cancer that put his career at risk.

also, he took some shots against pirog prior to the knockout that would send a soft fighter home. he's also quite aggressive, which, given his handspeed, is a sign of a fighter that is not complacent with passive boxing. lots of the aggressive guys you see at the top are aggressive because they have to be. short guys, slow guys, guys without boxing skills, etc.

Power doesn't means strength.
Look at Winky Wright, he wasn't a power puncher, but every fighter he faced called him the strongest boxer they fought.
You have fighters like Matthyse, even when that power, he never imposed his strength over his opponents.

[The Hammer]

What's the story with Korobov? He hasn't even fought a 12 rounder since Lee stopped him two years ago.

He's #10 with the WBC at 160. And he's #9 with the WBO at 168. You would expect him to be targeting an N'Dam/Stevens/Heiland type opponent right now, but no word of it.

Arum is a shit promoter. He keeps a lot of his fighters inactive for long periods of time, ruining them by doing that.

Arum only thinks of one thing: making money for himself.

[New England]

Power doesn't means strength.
Look at Winky Wright, he wasn't a power puncher, but every fighter he faced called him the strongest boxer they fought.
You have fighters like Matthyse, even when that power, he never imposed his strength over his opponents.

would they call him strong at 168, two weight classes above his best weigth of 154 lbs?

[aboutfkntime]

Jacobs has faster hands and longer reach. GGG has better timing, accuracy, jab, power, chin, body punching, set-up, punch selection, stamina (at least in his prime he's 34 how so we'll see), and basically everything else. GGG should win unless he gets old overnight. He should probably win anyway even if he did.

so, those posters yesterday were right..... Jacobs is no better than Murray/Lemieux, and it won't be a very good win?