Rating Jacobs as a fighter

[BillyBoxing]

I think Jacobs has been overlooked, underrated by the fact that he was stopped by Pirog as a young prospect.

But Danny was leading the fight on the cards 39-37 when Pirog stopped him in the 5th round.

Danny has a bad habit of not being responsible defensively for the full fight, so he paid his bills vs Pirog.

Jacobs has great boxing abilities and has never been CLEARLY outboxed in a ring as a pro.

GGG barely outboxed him, with a KD point as an help to get the decision.

Jacobs best performances as a MW:

- He stopped Quillin (MW world champ) in one round, pretty much impressive.
- He stopped twice Mora (SWW world champ), underrated perfomances.
Tricky Mora never had been stopped, was a very good SWW who actually managed to get a draw with Mosley and beat Forrest for the WBC belt.
-He fought a "could have gone either" with GGG world champion as an amateur and unified MW champion as a pro.

I think the Golden child reached his prime and I rate DJ as a A- middleweight.

I favor him over any 160 pounders in the world.
I would also favor him over De Gale if he avoids the english mate bigger shots.

How do you guys rate DJ?

[Thraxox]

I favor DJ against any MW not named GGG. He is an A- level fighter inside his division. His learning curve has been astounding since his losee to Pirog. He was B-level against Pirog, because of all the signs, Green, Young,Dead Grandmother right before the fight.

[Mike D]

Dude is a legit A level guy. I thought he proved his A level worthiness when he steamrolled Peter Quillin out of there in 1 round. He got caught with a big shot against Pirog...could happen to anybody in this sport. But like you said, he was up on the cards. Just got caught.

I know we can play what ifs with anything in life, but think about it: Danny Jacobs is a single got caught slipping shot and a very debatable decision away from being 34-0 with an 85% KO percentage.

The guy is f**king good.

[Bjl12]

B or B+

I have Gennady B+

[MDPopescu]

... I don't know what to say...
... What if GGG's best years are behind him by now?...

Anyway, Jacobs seems to look like a top dog at 160, 168...
And I even dare say that Jacobs would be a good match up to Ward at 175...

[Tomjas]

DeGale is not a great boxer

I admire his courage but he is like Khan in that they fight the same fight over and over again without ever appearing to learn anything from their mistakes

Plus he has a lot of mileage on the clock after the Jack fight

IMO, he'd look good for a few rounds against GGG due to his speed before being ground down and stopped

Jacobs would flatten him

Not sure how much either fight would prove tbh

[daggum]

Dude is a legit A level guy. I thought he proved his A level worthiness when he steamrolled Peter Quillin out of there in 1 round. He got caught with a big shot against Pirog...could happen to anybody in this sport. But like you said, he was up on the cards. Just got caught.

I know we can play what ifs with anything in life, but think about it: Danny Jacobs is a single got caught slipping shot and a very debatable decision away from being 34-0 with an 85% KO percentage.

The guy is f**king good.

those cards were terrible though.

[fvanesbeck]

I think Jacobs has been overlooked, underrated by the fact that he was stopped by Pirog as a young prospect.

But Danny was leading the fight on the cards 39-37 when Pirog stopped him in the 5th round.

Danny has a bad habit of not being responsible defensively for the full fight, so he paid his bills vs Pirog.

Jacobs has great boxing abilities and has never been CLEARLY outboxed in a ring as a pro.

GGG barely outboxed him, with a KD point as an help to get the decision.

Jacobs best performances as a MW:

- He stopped Quillin (MW world champ) in one round, pretty much impressive.
- He stopped twice Mora (SWW world champ), underrated perfomances.
Tricky Mora never had been stopped, was a very good SWW who actually managed to get a draw with Mosley and beat Forrest for the WBC belt.
-He fought a "could have gone either" with GGG world champion as an amateur and unified MW champion as a pro.

I think the Golden child reached his prime and I rate DJ as a A- middleweight.

I favor him over any 160 pounders in the world.
I would also favor him over De Gale if he avoids the english mate bigger shots.

How do you guys rate DJ?

Did he fight GGG as an amateur as well?

[Outwest Exp 355]

I'd fancy his chances against any MW in the world, including a GGG rematch. I think his size and length is a problem for anyone in the division.

[BillyBoxing]

I'd fancy his chances against any MW in the world, including a GGG rematch. I think his size and length is a problem for anyone in the division.

And the speed, dude is really fast for a guy of this size.