Is Jacobs a step up for Golovkin in competition?

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By Allan Fox: Much has been said about WBA World middleweight champion Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) being a huge step up in competition for the 34-year-old IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) for their fight on March 18, but is he really a step up or perhaps a step down?

Jacobs can definitely punch, and he has a knockout percentage of 88. However, Jacobs has not fought the best of opposition during his career, and you can’t really tell how good he is based on his many knockouts. All you can say is he beat Peter Quillin and lost to Dmitry Pirog.

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Canelo-Chavez Jr. fight hurts potential GGG match

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By Dan Ambrose: It’s generally agreed that the fight the boxing world wants to see is Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in September 2017. That’s the fight that the fans have been talking about for the past year, and it’s the number 1 fight in all of the sport. However, with Canelo and his promoters at Golden Boy looking to take a detour by fighting the still popular Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on May 6, they could be ruining the chances for a much bigger fight between Canelo and GGG next year.

The reason why is simple. Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. is going to make truckloads of money for both fighters with it likely pulling in more than 1 million buys on HBO pay-per-view, and potentially selling out the 80,000 seat AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

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Jacobs won’t last long against Golovkin if he slugs

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By Allan Fox: After six years of facing largely soft opposition, Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) has been ordered by the World Boxing Association to face IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs).

The two fighters’ management has negotiated the fight, and it’s now signed, sealed and delivered for March 18 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Jacobs is going to crumble early in this fight in the first two rounds if he gets hit with anything from Golovkin in my opinion.

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Jacobs a huge underdog against Golovkin

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By Eric Baldwin: Danny Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) is reportedly a HUGE 8-1 underdog in his showdown against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) on March 18 on HBO pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden in New York. Jacobs has a lot of talent as well as punching power going for him in this fight, but he’s facing a guy that is viewed as the best fighter in the 160lb division by many boxing experts.

Indeed, Golovkin may be the best fighter in all of boxing. He’s not just beating his opposition; he’s dominating them and knocking them out, all of them. Golovkin has knocked out 23 consecutive opponents since 2008, and Jacobs would seem to be No.24.

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Golovkin will beat Jacobs easily says Sanchez

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By Eric Baldwin: Gennady Golovkin will have an easy time defeating Daniel Jacobs in their middleweight showdown on March 18, according to Triple G’s trainer Abel Sanchez. He doesn’t think that Jacobs will hold up under the heavy shots from Golovkin once he started touching him to the head and body in their fight on HBO PPV from Madison Square Garden.

Sanchez wants all the doubters and haters that criticized Golovkin all this time for him not having fought anyone good, he wants them to give him credit for the job he’s done against Jacobs.

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GGG-Jacobs: It’s About Time

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By Dan Tria – Finally – Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs are going to fight! March 18 at Madison Square Garden on HBO Pay-Per-View – what isn’t to like!

Well, lots.

GGG and Jacobs knocked out their opponents one day apart and it took until mid-December to make a fight ordered in early September. Par for the course with Al Haymon-advised fighters.

Jacobs held all the leverage because GGG’s goal is all the middleweight belts. Any pulling out or making of different fights means GGG is stripped of the WBA belt and Jacobs wins it without throwing a punch. No way Jacobs makes the fight at that point.

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Golovkin wants Jacobs fight to be “Big drama show”

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) is already letting the fans know that he intends on making his WBA ordered fight against Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) a “Big drama show” on March 18 when the two middleweight champions fight each other on HBO pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden in New York.

This means that Golovkin is going to turn his fight against Jacobs into a war from start to finish like he did against Kell Brook last September. Unfortunately, Brook wasn’t willing to fight a war against GGG, as we saw. Brook was on his bike from the get go and running for the hills.

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Most Anticipated Fights of 2017

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By Adam Hayes: The year is rapidly coming to an end. While that means it is time to start preparing for holiday parties, it also is a great time to look ahead to some exciting sporting events happening next year. Boxing fans were treated to a long list of great matches in 2016, and there are already several fights lined up for next year to get everyone excited. These are the five most anticipated boxing matches of 2017. Boxing schedule:

Gennady Golovkin vs Danny Jacobs

Gennady Golovkin may be the best boxer in the world right now, but he fails to get the attention he deserves from boxing fans. Golovkin will put his perfect 36-0 record and three middleweight titles on the line when he face Daniel Jacobs on March 18. Jacobs is coming off an impressive 7th round TKO of Sergio Mora in his last fight. While he immediately called out Gennady Golovkin after the win against Mora, Danny Jacobs may regret his actions in March.

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Spinks talks Golovkin-Jacobs & Spence-Brook

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By Eric Baldwin: Former two division world champion Cory Spinks says WBA ‘regular’ champion Danny Jacobs has no chance of beating IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin for their fight on March 18 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Spinks thinks Golovkin is just too strong for him right now for him to be able to survive.

Spinks says that for Jacobs to have any chance at all of beating Golovkin, he’ll need to fight the perfect fight, make no mistakes, and he’ll need to be able to take a lot of heavy shots. Spinks says that Jacobs is going to get hit by Golovkin.

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Jacobs plans on exposing GGG’s defensive limitations

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By Dan Ambrose: WBA World middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) has analyzed IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s game and he’s seen some defensive holes that he’s going to expose on March 18 in their battle on HBO PPV at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Jacobs has been studying the 34-year-old Golovkin for some time, and he sees all that he needs to see of the many build in limitations in his game to beat him. Besides the defensive problems in GGG’s game, Jacobs notices that he’s slow of hand. Jacobs sees his own hand speed, power and defensive skills to be ultimately too much for GGG when he gets him inside the ring in this important fight.

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