Comments Thread For: Jacobs Explains Missing IBF's Second-Day Weigh-In for GGG Fight

[MantisToboggan]

Victor Conte, the sports nutritionist working with Jacobs, tweeted that Danny weighed 176 at 8AM the day of the fight, "all by design".

who the f is victor conte ???

[kafkod]

You weirdo GGG fans are hilarious. Only the IBF has this stipulation. He made weight (at an early weigh-in btw). It doesn't matter that he missed a second weigh-in on the day of the fight.

Until boxing goes back to same day weigh-ins there's nothing to see here. Just another reason to try and justify why GGG looked ordinary against Danny.

And all this he weighed 185 stuff is nonsense. He looked 175 - 180 at the most. They're aren't many guys who can rehydrate 25 lbs in a day.(Brook comes to mind. Not aware of any others).

He had 38 hours to rehydrate, after making 160 at 9am the morning of the day before the fight.

[ruedboy]

whi the f is victor conte ???

You don't remember Conte? Steroid guy turned snitch now a sports doc? lol

[MantisToboggan]

You don't remember Conte? Steroid guy turned snitch now a sports doc? lol

Ohhh snap, shenanigans !!!!! lol

[Ce1ska]

Title has to be on the line for every MW fight or he gets stripped.

Wrong.

[SteveM]

This is a complete non-issue. Golovkin's fought bigger guys before, and he will again. Jacobs's size is not why he did well.

It was probably a contributing factor. If you have a shaky chin then coming in a few lbs heavier might make your chin 5-10% more resistant. Every little bit counts.

Plus strength/weight in the clinch increases meaning its a bit more tiring for the other fighter.

[Deletrious]

Definitely not on the level as a tactic, but Loeffler needs a penalty in the contract for failing second day weigh in to protect fighter.

[mapleleaf27]

What's the big deal everyone arguing? It's so funny before the fight most said if GGG won this would legitimize his resume. Now people are dumping on DJ. It was a good fight. People on here acting like they never saw a 2-1 baseball game or a 17-14 nfl game. It was a close contest, happens in all sports. DJ was not interested in winning the IBF m.w. title, he figured size advantage would help him. He was wrong. Nothing else to see here.

[Sgtairborne24]

They went from hyping him as an ATG to complaining he struggled because of 6lbs weight disadvantage. These are the same people that **** on Mayweather, that guy fought people with a 15+ lb disadvantage.

Once again the mysterious "They" enter the mix. Who the hell is they? I happen to enjoy watching Golovkin fight because I'm a boxing fan. I watch all the fights big and small. Yep, I'm a fan of his and never once have I ever said he was a ATG where the hell did that come from. "They" gets blamed for alot of sh#t that was never said. Damn just chill, if you don't like the dude and think he's a bum then cool go with that. Obviously there are people out there that think otherwise. This site would be alot better if terms like "*******s", "Gayweather", "Triple Bum" and the dumbest one of all "nuthuggers" were banned. Sh#t sounds so damn ******.

[kafkod]

Title has to be on the line for every MW fight or he gets stripped.

Now that's interesting. I thought the IBF had a rule saying they had to be notified in advance and asked permission for an unsanctioned fight, but it seems I was wrong about that. The rule is stricter than I believed.

So GGG would have to make 170 on fight day, even if Jacobs had told everybody before hand that he didn't want to challenge for the IBF belt.

I'm pretty sure now that GGG and his team knew all along that Danny had no intention of showing up for the fight day weigh in. They were very laid back about the whole thing .. no complaints from Loeffler and Golovkin or even from Abel, who I expected to have a lot to say about it!

So why did nobody from Danny's camp say anything about it while the fight was being made?

Because title belts matter, and the more belts people believed were going to be on the line, the more they would want to tune in and watch it.