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The MiddleWeight Division is heating up and you could argue that this is one of, if not, the best division in all of boxing. In no order, we have GGG, Canelo, Billy Joe, Jacobs, Charlo, Derevyanchenko, Murata, and Andrae. Outside of GGG vs Canelo, another super-Middleweight fight is heating up: Danny Jacobs vs Jermall Charlo.
Both are highly skilled, athletic, devastating punchers, and appear to possess a killer instinct like only the top guys have. Both have pretty solid resumes and appear to want to be the top of the division. Charlo is seen to be the favorite but after watching numerous fights from both, I do see a pretty decent disparity in skill. Jacobs is the more well-rounded fighter, uses the jab more consistently, has the better defense, hand speed, footwork, counterpunching, and movement. Charlo is the stronger fighter out of the two and seems to throw with more of a purpose(that does not mean that he hits harder than Jacobs) Charlo's chin has yet to be tested while Jacobs has been knocked out and has lost twice( one coming at the hands of GGG) But, I don't think those defeats should give Jermall the benefit of the doubt, since we have yet to see Jermall in there with a top Middleweight. We have seen Jacobs in the with the likes of Prior and GGG(who is arguably a top 10 MW of all time) And in the fight against GGG Jacobs showed us that he can make adjustment and box really well. Yes, he was knocked down but that was due to being more off-balanced than anything. He took some pretty big shots from GGG and kept coming. If anything, that proves that he has a pretty solid chin.
Charlo is a hungry fighter who shows promise but I do not think that Charlo has enough experience with dealing with top Middleweights of the caliber of Jacobs. Charlo has beaten every fighter that has been put in front of him and that is what we should expect. But based off a resume, eye test, and actual skill I do not think Charlo should be the favorite against Jacobs. I just got done watching Jacobs vs Sulecki and Jacobs showed elite boxing ability, defense, ability to switch stances, solid chin, and a very consistent jab. I see Jacobs outboxing Charlo for twelve rounds. Charlo will let his hands go but Jacobs ability to counterpunch and turn defense into offense will be the difference maker.
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Both are highly skilled, athletic, devastating punchers, and appear to possess a killer instinct like only the top guys have. Both have pretty solid resumes and appear to want to be the top of the division. Charlo is seen to be the favorite but after watching numerous fights from both, I do see a pretty decent disparity in skill. Jacobs is the more well-rounded fighter, uses the jab more consistently, has the better defense, hand speed, footwork, counterpunching, and movement. Charlo is the stronger fighter out of the two and seems to throw with more of a purpose(that does not mean that he hits harder than Jacobs) Charlo's chin has yet to be tested while Jacobs has been knocked out and has lost twice( one coming at the hands of GGG) But, I don't think those defeats should give Jermall the benefit of the doubt, since we have yet to see Jermall in there with a top Middleweight. We have seen Jacobs in the with the likes of Prior and GGG(who is arguably a top 10 MW of all time) And in the fight against GGG Jacobs showed us that he can make adjustment and box really well. Yes, he was knocked down but that was due to being more off-balanced than anything. He took some pretty big shots from GGG and kept coming. If anything, that proves that he has a pretty solid chin.
Charlo is a hungry fighter who shows promise but I do not think that Charlo has enough experience with dealing with top Middleweights of the caliber of Jacobs. Charlo has beaten every fighter that has been put in front of him and that is what we should expect. But based off a resume, eye test, and actual skill I do not think Charlo should be the favorite against Jacobs. I just got done watching Jacobs vs Sulecki and Jacobs showed elite boxing ability, defense, ability to switch stances, solid chin, and a very consistent jab. I see Jacobs outboxing Charlo for twelve rounds. Charlo will let his hands go but Jacobs ability to counterpunch and turn defense into offense will be the difference maker.
Thoughts???
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