If Pirog hadn't broken his back, NOBODY would be talking about GGG

[kafkod]

A young hungry GGG would have broken him down and stopped him.

Bullying a young, green Jacob's does not prepare u for GGG.

People love mock GGG these days but he gave Canelo all he could handle and more and arguably shouldn't have a loss in his resume.

I agree with this, but only because I know how good GGG was when he signed to fight Pirog, and sadly, no-one will ever know how good Pirog was.

I say that because I also agree with the posters saying that the Danny Jacobs who fought GGG and Canelo was a different animal than the one who got KO'd by Pirog.

[Lance98]

Pirog is far more skilled than ggg. More sleek, has good defence, lateral movement and could **** as well. GGG should thank his lucky stars that pirog got injured preparing for him, or his career may have been ended right there. GGG at that time was a lot more reckless than he is now, and pirog would expose him hard if they had fought.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Yeah, maybe. That Jacobs ko looks bad ass since Danny was never seriously hurt against Canelo or Golovkin but Pirog ran hot and cold from what I remember.

I feel like Danny had become a much better fighter when he fought Golovkin and Canelo. He was pretty much untested when he fought Pirog.

That win has aged like a fine wine though.

[Derranged]

****** thread.

Jacobs was not in his prime. Also when he got knocked down, Jacobs for whatever reason played dead when it was clear he could still continue. When a fighter lies flat on his back with his eyes closed and doesn't move, referees are likely to stop the fight. This isn't the 1940's. Not sure what he was thinking.

[TonyGe]

The Danny Jacobs who fought Pirog improved enomously by the time he fought Golovkin and Canelo. I don't think Pirog could beat him in a rematch.