The fight was close, because Golovkin wanted it close!

[NaijaD]

Lmao this is the type of guy that still thinks wrestling is real

[sputnik1234]

I think Golovkin and Abel did not want to make it so close. They thought the were winning pretty convincingly, but but they decided to win the 12 just in case. I give Golovkin the first 5 rounds + knockdown and so did GGG and Sanchez. Golovkin was the aggresor, the one who wanted to fight. So all close rounds go to him. They thought after the 5th round: ok, lets lure Canelo out. But the judges made it a really risky game.

[sputnik1234]

it is working. Suddenly Saunders wants to fight. Good plan, Gennadiy!

[boxinggod101]

Hoky f#ck lol. Thats ons dumb thread

[BrometheusBob.]

Lol you know your GGG nut-hugging thread is bad when even some of GGG's strongest supporters on this site are making fun of you.

Maybe if you ask the mods nicely they'll delete this thread and you can save yourself from further embarrassment.

[Mr. 29K]

These phuckin' village peasants I tell you. My god.

[casheddie]

GGG never looked "in danger" and tbh Jacobs didn't either after the 4th round. GGG was getting hit but he never even wobbled.

I do believe the reach and height played a large role in GGG not KO'ing Jacobs.

It seems that triple G partly wanted a decision and partly didn't want to get rocked.

[WetPaperBag]

The main reason that GGG didn't walk right through Jacobs and knock him out in round 4 or 6 was obvious and one that I never saw mentioned on any boxing forums or in the media prior to and after their fight.

Look at GGG in interviews in the week before the fight, it was obvious he had a serious herpes simplex ("cold sores") outbreak on his upper and lower lips. If he is like most people, a cold sore is a result of weak immune system and will seriously affect strength, stamina and mood negatively even though this can be subtle in some people. Even if the cold sores had mostly cleared up on fight night, in his last week before the fight GG probably was running a slight fever, had reduced energy and felt like ****, some people get back pain, headaches are common etc. This is most likely why GGG had a "bad" night against Danny Jacobs.

and another point that everyone talks about is GGG's power...most say he was simply born with "heavy hands" or he uses special training techniques (which is partly true). Have a look at GGG's forearms, they look like they belong on a cruiserweight boxer who lays bricks during the day. His forearms are big and heavy and along with focus, timing, solid footwork and body movement etc , this is where the power comes from, that's another point that I haven't read or heard about.

[TonyGe]

To me it looked clear that Golovkin was playing. Like he was sparring. The fight being as close as it was though, was attributable to his inexperience in what it takes to clearly outpoint and win a decision. Not that he doesnt necesseraily know how to win a round but he showed inexperience in giving away as many rds as he did and took the olaying a bit far.

And I dont know why people deny it. How often was Jacobs really hitting Golovkin and lighting him up before thr 10th and 11th? Golovkin pulled his forehead defense in those rds.

His gameplan was to box and he never felt an urgency or need to hurt Jacobs.

Have some respect for Golovkin please. He'd have to be a idiot to do that.

[Kigali]