Daniel Jacobs

Jacobs will be Golovkin’s toughest test says Sanchez

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By Jeff Aranow: Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) could prove to be the toughest test of IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s career, according to his trainer Abel Sanchez. Golovkin will be facing Jacobs on March 18 on HBO pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden in New York. Sanchez thinks that Jacobs will a difficult opponent because of his punching power, speed and athleticism, and he’s looking forward to the fight.

Sanchez is happy that Golovkin is finally facing someone with punching power for a change. However, Jacobs is far from the first big puncher Golovkin has faced in his 12-year pro career. He’s been in with David Lemieux and Curtis Stevens.

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Brook: I can see Jacobs beating Golovkin

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K” Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) says he created the blueprint in how to beat undefeated IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) in their fight last September, which Brook lost by a 5th round TKO at the O2 Arena in London, England.

Brook thinks that if not for him suffering a broken right eye socket, he might have won the fight. Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn says that Brook told him that he would have beaten Golovkin if not for the eye injury.

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Golovkin vs. Jacobs: Can a Lion Beat a Big Bear?

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By J Caldwell: On March 18, Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, (a self-profess big bear of the middleweight division) will be defending his titles (WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO) o HBO pay-per-view at the Madison Square Garden against what appears to be his toughest opponent yet: Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs, (32-1, 29 KO’s) current WBA Middleweight Champion, (a native New Yorker who has the heart of a lion) is set to do battle in his own backyard.

GGG, (36-0, 33 KO’s) who trains out of Big Bear, California, seems up for the challenge. “I love fighting at Madison Square Garden, it feels like my second home”, said Golovkin. “Danny is a great fighter, one of the best middleweights and a big test for me. I look forward to another ‘Big Drama Show’ in New York City.”

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Jacobs: I’m not afraid of Golovkin

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By Jeff Aranow: According to Daniel Jacobs, the opposition that Gennady “GGG” Golovkin faces is afraid of him before they enter the ring. They then fail to fight at the utmost of their ability due to their fear of the Kazakhstan fighter. Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) says he’s not afraid of him.

Jacobs saw flaws that were exposed by Kell Brook in Golovkin’s last fight on September 10. He says he’s going to face the bully and take advantage of those flaws in their fight on March 18 on HBO PPV at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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Golovkin: I can beat Canelo, he’s nothing

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By Dan Ambrose: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) says he’ll beat Saul “Canelo” Alvarez if that fight happens in the future. Right now, Triple G says he sees Canelo as “Nothing,” because all does is talk and talk without putting a signed contract in front of him. Golovkin, 34, says he feels like he’s only 25, so if the idea for Canelo and Golden Boy to wait out until he gets old, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen.

Golovkin points out that he’s sparred with Canelo in the past, and the Mexican knows who he is from those sparring sessions.

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Golovkin vs. Jacobs: No rematch clause for the fight says Loeffler

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By Dan Ambrose: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler announced on Tuesday that there is no rematch clause for his fight against WBA ‘regular’ champion Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) on March 18 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight will be televised on HBO PPV.

A lot of boxing fans are really up for the Golovkin-Jacobs fight, as it’s the best match-up at 160 in quite some time. Saul Canelo Alvarez fought Miguel Cotto at middleweight in 2015, but that was a catchweight fight held at 155lbs.

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Golovkin vs. Jacobs quotes from MSG press conference

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By Jim Dower: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) and Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) spoke to the boxing media on Tuesday to discuss their March 18 fight on HBO PPV at Madison Square Garden in New York. Jacobs says he wants to “shock the world” and “I’m pretty sure I’ll be victorious” against Golovkin.

Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler revealed at the press conference that unbeaten WBC super-flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez will be facing #2 WBC challenger Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in the co-feature bout on the card.

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Lara should target Golovkin after Foreman fight

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By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (23-2-2, 13 KOs) has a match scheduled this Friday against a name from the past in Yuri Foreman (34-2, 10 KOs) at Hialeah Park in Hialeah, Florida on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike. Lara has talked a lot in the past about wanting to fight IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin.

With Lara being the WBA champion, he can easily make a request to the WBA to have him positioned at No.1 in the WBA’s 160lb rankings. The WBA would likely do this just as the World Boxing Organization recently elevated WBO 154lb champion Saul Canelo Alvarez to the No.1 contender for WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders.

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Jacobs was inspired by Ward’s performance against Kovalev

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By Allan Fox: In what has to be seen as a bad sign for the March 18 fight between IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) and Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) if you were hoping for an exciting crowd-pleasing fight, Jacobs has added trainer Virgil Hunter to his training team, and he’s saying that his fighter Andre Ward’s performance against Sergey Kovalev has “inspired” him.

The reason why it’s not good news for boxing fans is the fact that Ward smothered Kovalev’s offense all night long by wrestling with him to keep him from getting his shots off. Ward briefly tried to fight Kovalev like he’d done with his three previous opponents, but after getting dropped in the 2nd round, Ward went into the wrestling mode and stayed there for the remainder of the night.

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Golovkin will school Canelo says Kenny Porter

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By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Kenny Porter sees IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) badly beating Golden Boy Promotion’s money fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) when that fight eventually happens one of these days. Porter thinks that Golovkin will totally school the 26-year-old Canelo, and he compares the mismatch in the same way he does with the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo fight from 2013.

Mayweather had a ridiculously easy 12 round decision win over Canelo, who could do little more than throw left hooks that missed by a mile all night long. Canelo looked amateurish in the fight, and he got red in the face and tired very quickly.

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