Comments Thread For: Trainer: Jacobs Fighting on Canelo-Golovkin is 'Strong Possibility'

[jonnyc420]

This is what happens when you beat lil g.....just like when rigo. beat nonito donair.....

See Rigo actually beat Donaire. Just cuz GGG didnt KO Danny dont mean he won the fight. The guy had to go Cruiserweight just to withstand the punches and still got dropped lol.

[yankees7448]

Tureano Johnson makes the most sense.

Not for Tureano. He won't make as much money against that Russian dude but if he wins he's in line for a mandatory shot at whomever holds the belt after the GGG/Canelo fight. Why would he pass that up for a fight with Jacobs?

[yankees7448]

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any talk of putting Jacobs on against Lee or any other non-GBP fighter is ******ed. Why would Golden Boy waste a televised undercard slot on an event like this on a non-GBP fighter who cant draw flies?

Makes no sense, unless they are signing Jacobs.

They have other low-level middleweights who aren't going to amount to anything but would make for a guaranteed exciting KO in the undercard. Patrick Texeria springs to mind. Tureano Johnson has a much less threatening path to a title shot in front of him right now. It would be downright negligent for Golden Boy to feed him to Jacobs.

I see, putting a fight between non-Golden Boy fighters on a Golden Boy PPV is ******ed but feeding a potential Golden Boy opponent for a Canelo (if he wins) to a non-Golden Boy fighter on the PPV undercard be smart. Riiiiiiiiight.

[bigdunny1]

Not for Tureano. He won't make as much money against that Russian dude but if he wins he's in line for a mandatory shot at whomever holds the belt after the GGG/Canelo fight. Why would he pass that up for a fight with Jacobs?

Because Tureano will make more money fighting Jacobs then the pursebid amount for the Eliminator with the russian dude. It's a fight on a bigger stage. And even if he wins and GGG wins there is no chance GGG is fighting him next. That mandatory won't be enforced for a long time GGG will take a Canelo/Rematch, Jacobs Rematch or will fight to unify with the WBO (Saunders). By the time he's done with all that he might even move up to 168. So who knows how long till the winner of Tureano/Russian dude has to wait for a title shot. And if Canelo beats GGG Tureano can always get a title shot because he's also signed with Golden Boy.

Tureano will be an underdog whether he fights Jacobs or the Russian but he get paid more and higher upside if he wins against Jacobs. Getting Knocked out on some random undercard that nobody sees for peanuts or fighting on one of the biggest PPVs of the year and making more money. Easy choice if I'm Tureano.

[icha]

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any talk of putting Jacobs on against Lee or any other non-GBP fighter is ******ed. Why would Golden Boy waste a televised undercard slot on an event like this on a non-GBP fighter who cant draw flies?

Makes no sense, unless they are signing Jacobs.

agree, oscar isnt doing anybody else favors unless he gets something in return...

[OnePunch]

They have other low-level middleweights who aren't going to amount to anything but would make for a guaranteed exciting KO in the undercard. Patrick Texeria springs to mind. Tureano Johnson has a much less threatening path to a title shot in front of him right now. It would be downright negligent for Golden Boy to feed him to Jacobs.

I see, putting a fight between non-Golden Boy fighters on a Golden Boy PPV is ******ed but feeding a potential Golden Boy opponent for a Canelo (if he wins) to a non-Golden Boy fighter on the PPV undercard be smart. Riiiiiiiiight.

If they are not signing Jacobs, then putting him on against ANYONE doesnt make sense. Why waste a spot (and purse money) for a guy who doesnt draw? Whats the reason?

But if they ARE signing Jacobs, then feeding him Tureano is win-win.

[bigdunny1]

If they are not signing Jacobs, then putting him on against ANYONE doesnt make sense. Why waste a spot for a guy who doesnt draw? Whats the reason?

But if they ARE signing Jacobs, then feeding him Tureano is win-win.

exactly unless Jacobs is signing or agreeing to fight options after the PPV there makes no sense to add him to the undercard. Golden Boy would give one of these spots to one of their own fighters who they are high on. You don't just give away a prime PPV undercard spot to a random fighter for free.

[TheCell8]

That'd be nice, but who's available?

I don't see anyway Lemieux fights him. Lemieux is currently ranked no.2 behind Canelo in the WBO rankings so a BJS fight is possible. He's also desperately looking to get a Cotto fight at the end of the year.

[yankees7448]

If they are not signing Jacobs, then putting him on against ANYONE doesnt make sense. Why waste a spot (and purse money) for a guy who doesnt draw? Whats the reason?

But if they ARE signing Jacobs, then feeding him Tureano is win-win.

If they are signing Jacobs then yes. But otherwise they might just be making a hard push for hardcore fans. And maybe they are also cognizant of the fact that sooner or later there will be calls for Canelo to fight Jacobs if he gets past GGG. Hell, that might be the main reason they would sign him in the first place. They want to make sure they dictate when that fight happens.

[yankees7448]

Because Tureano will make more money fighting Jacobs then the pursebid amount for the Eliminator with the russian dude. It's a fight on a bigger stage. And even if he wins and GGG wins there is no chance GGG is fighting him next. That mandatory won't be enforced for a long time GGG will take a Canelo/Rematch, Jacobs Rematch or will fight to unify with the WBO (Saunders). By the time he's done with all that he might even move up to 168. So who knows how long till the winner of Tureano/Russian dude has to wait for a title shot. And if Canelo beats GGG Tureano can always get a title shot because he's also signed with Golden Boy.

Tureano will be an underdog whether he fights Jacobs or the Russian but he get paid more and higher upside if he wins against Jacobs. Getting Knocked out on some random undercard that nobody sees for peanuts or fighting on one of the biggest PPVs of the year and making more money. Easy choice if I'm Tureano.

Its only an easy choice if you think Tureano loses to either guy. Tureano might think more of himself and his chances against that Russian guy and thus choose the short money up front to secure the really big fight down the line. But if he knows he's going to get blown out either way then yes it makes sense to get blown out in the bigger fight.