How would Kovalev vs Daniel Jacobs go?

[icha]

Neither Canelo nor Golovkin came anywhere near stopping Jacobs. The only time Jacobs was ever stopped the referee had to pin him to the canvas to keep him down.

That and Kovalev is not the same Kovalev that used to knock most of his opponents out. This one boxes and controls distance as best he can with a jab.

neither canelo or ggg are light heavyweights , kova is, and he is also heavy handed...

[JakeTheBoxer]

Yep. Ginger`s top wins: old Cotto at 155, old GGG at 160, Jacobs, Fielding the bum at 168.

I don`t see how can Canelo beat Kovalev at 175.

[mick1303]

I honestly think Jacobs can beat Kovalev at this point. Kovalev is done, his last fight was the last hurrah. Also got stopped again by Yarde and it would of been 3 KO losses in his last 4 fights. Kovalev was lucky yarde’s work rate was ass and his got the KO by pure exhaustion.

Kovalev has one punch and that’s a jab but his inside game is probably the worst in any weight classes and if you survive the first half of the fight Kovalev can be stopped. Again just my opinion

Yarde is fairly big and muscular for LHW. His workrate is what it is due to his size. It is always a trade off - higher workrate generally means each individual punch is less dangerous. But fighter with a higher workrate has to expose himself coming in even more to Kova's sharp straight punches. Yarde's "pure exhaustion" had a lot to do with punches taken.

Jacobs himself is more of the long distance fighter - stylistically his strength is the same as Kova's. But I feel that Kova has straighter punches, which means that they would find target more often and with better precision. Not a good match-up for Jacobs.

[LetOutTheCage]

At this stage Jacobs would likely win, people questioning Jacobs chin but Kovalev has been hurt and ko'd more times than Jacobs. Yarde almost took Kovalev out and Kovalev was pretty much winning all the rounds up until that point

[JakeTheBoxer]

At this stage Jacobs would likely win, people questioning Jacobs chin but Kovalev has been hurt and ko'd more times than Jacobs. Yarde almost took Kovalev out and Kovalev was pretty much winning all the rounds up until that point

Yes. But Kovalev fought only 175 guys so far. Ward was a full 175, yarde is young 175 guy, E. Alvarez is 175 guy.

And now you guys say some middleweights can beat Kovalev. Cmon.

[LetOutTheCage]

Yes. But Kovalev fought only 175 guys so far. Ward was a full 175, yarde is young 175 guy, E. Alvarez is 175 guy.

And now you guys say some middleweights can beat Kovalev. Cmon.

Im saying some middleweights (Jacobs, Canelo, GGG) can beat this version of Kovalev yes. This version of Kovalev has clear issues with punch resistance, Jacobs is a good boxer and BIG for 160 (similar height and reach to Kovalev) is far the far more fresh of the 2 and clearly has power.

The biggest factor though why so many people believe Kovalev will lose is because of Kovalev himself, he does not live and athletes lifestyle and hasnt taken care of his body like he should. Everyone knows that he is weak to the body and those 3 I have mentioned are good body punchers.

[Curtis Harper]

Danny's chin is always supposed to fail him
''Pirog nearly killed him !!!''
''Mora collapsed him !!!''

Lo and behold, he fights GGG
''GGG is going to body bag him !!!''

What actually happened
A super quick flash knockdown that GGG didn't dare follow up on

I'm not sure if anyone picked Nelo to end him but no one was hurt.

So
That weak chin of his has held up since the Pirog fight.
Usually, high profile fights go to the scorecards.

I'm guessing Kov would score a knockdown and outwork Danny. UD win.

[QueensburyRules]

I think most people would agree that Kovalev would brutally KO Jacobs at 175 lbs.

Yet people believe that Canelo will stop Kovalev, when Canelo just barely got past Jacobs at 160.

Canelo is a good fighter but the hype is reaching ****** levels.

- -U at the ****** level now?

[QueensburyRules]

At this stage Jacobs would likely win, people questioning Jacobs chin but Kovalev has been hurt and ko'd more times than Jacobs. Yarde almost took Kovalev out and Kovalev was pretty much winning all the rounds up until that point

- -U in Yarde got KTFO cage is it?

Sweet dreams!

[DuckAdonis]

Kovalev by brutal KO