Comments Thread For: Jacobs: IBF 2nd-Day Weigh-In No Problem; GGG Situation Different

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By Keith Idec - NEW YORK The legend of Daniel Jacobs skipping the IBF's second-day weigh-in before his fight against Gennady Golovkin has grown to the degree Jacobs can't help but laugh. It seems as if every time Jacobs hears or reads about that situation, he was heavier the night he walked into the ring and gave Golovkin what to that point was his toughest professional fight 17 months ago at Madison Square Garden...
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[daggum]

so he admits he did it to gain an advantage and put on more size. the actual weight is irrelevant whether its 175 or 180 because the cap was 170! lol what a clown admitting all this like its no big deal. hey no big deal i wanted at least a 5 pound advantage in a boxing match! then he admits its different this time cause he can't do it since its the only belt on the line lmao!

[Jannetty]

I can't believe the IBF put Jacobs as their mandatory when he clearly didnt care for winning their belt against Golovkin.
It's funny how he says GGG whining about the missed 2nd day weigh but I wonder if it was GGG that missed the 2nd day weigh in would Jacobs keep his mouth shut about it, I doubt it

[SkiPete]

This sure is a lot of words to say in that fight I wanted an advantage. It is fine. You lost a close fight. In this fight you want the belt so you follow the rules. Ok. Seems very defensive about it.

[daggum]

I can't believe the IBF put Jacobs as their mandatory when he clearly didnt care for winning their belt against Golovkin.
It's funny how he says GGG whining about the missed 2nd day weigh but I wonder if it was GGG that missed the 2nd day weigh in would Jacobs keep his mouth shut about it, I doubt it

i dont see how people can say it wasn't a big deal. It was a big enough deal to team jacobs that they planned the whole time not to do it as part of their strategy. be bigger and stronger while golovkin was smaller and weaker. it was a smart strategy actually but they still lost. its something that either shouldn't exist or should be so important that it has to be done. It shouldn't be something one guy does and the other skips so he gets an advantage.

[techdude69]

Jacobs trying to make it sound like its no big deal skipping a weigh to get an advantage. I think any boxer would of had a problem with it. Jacobs is a big middleweight anyway so by cheating the system he created an unfair playing field. Still wasn’t enough because he lost.

[Whangz35]

Why is the IBF letting Jacobs fight for their belt when he refused to adhere to their regulation and fight for this very belt about 17 months ago? And why did they still kept him in their ranking after he refused to abide by their rules and regulations? Hope he gets KOed in this fight.

[S7V7N]

Since Jacobs himself admits he was 175lbs we can probably all assume he was even more. He didn't get on the scale for the IBF or HBO that day, think he bothered to get on one for himself? I'm doubting it. How does he even know then? That's why he said "probably" since he'd have to guess just like all of us. His team was emphasizing using all the advantages it could & did a good job at that in fact. Boxing is supposed to be about a level playing field though, this is why there are even weight classes!

This brings up another point. Anyone read the Steve Kim piece "The Tipping Point" on the ABC (the Association of Boxing Commissions) voting 42-to-1 & passing the 2nd day weigh-in, 10% weight restriction starting next year on all title bouts? It's a good start but still not enough. 10% still allows most fighters to be 2 weight classes above the one they're actually fighting in. Jacobs can still be a LHW. I still like the IBF 10lb rule, but it should be a percentage so it's evenly scaled across divisions. Something more like 5% would keep the fighters in a more appropriate division to their size.

[5000boxing]

This is the sole reason I gave jacobs the L.. by skipping the weigh in against ggg he was able to fully hydrate.. given him a slight advantage.. which is why he lost imho.

[DuckAdonis]

Every organisation should have this rule...it would keep the guys blowing up in weight in check