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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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Mayweather: Canelo isn’t ducking GGG; He’ll beat him

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By Allan Fox: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is still insisting that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will beat IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin when he finally decides it’s time to face him. Mayweather says that Canelo isn’t ducking the 34-year-old Golovkin despite the evidence appearing to prove that.

Canelo has already vacated his WBC middleweight title to avoid fighting Golovkin in the past. There’s no way you can spin a move like that, because it’s pretty much academic that Canelo ducked Golovkin.

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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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Golovkin-Jacobs meet up at MSG for Knicks game

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By Eric Baldwin: Earlier tonight, middleweight champions Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs met up at the New York Knicks vs. New Orleans Pelicans basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York. This is the same venue that the unbeaten Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) and Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) will be fighting at on March 18 on HBO pay-per-view.

They’re meeting tonight was to help drum up interest in their fight on HBO in two months from now.

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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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Canelo shouldn’t fight Golovkin now says Jeff Mayweather

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By Eric Baldwin: Gennady “GGG” Golovkin is not in a good position to get a fight against Saul Canelo Alvarez right now, according to Jeff Mayweather. He sees Golovkin as an aging fighter that has less going for him than the younger, more popular Canelo Alvarez. Jeff says that Golovkin can scream and yell all he wants to try and get the fight against Canelo, but it’s not going to help him.

Canelo can decide when, where and why the fight with Triple G will take place, and there’s nothing he can do about it. Jeff says that the age clock is ticking with the soon to be 35-year-old Golovkin, and he’s got to be in a real hurry to try and fight the 26-year-old Canelo. He doesn’t have the luxury of waiting on the fight due to his advancing age.

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Roman Gonzalez vs. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on Golovkin-Jacobs card

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By Dan Ambrose: WBC super flyweight champion Roman Gonzalez (46-0, 38 KOs) will be making his first defense of his title against #2 WBC Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (41-4-1, 38 KOs) on March 18 on the undercard of the middleweight title fight between Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs on HBO pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Gonzalez vs. Rungvisai will be the co-feature bout on the Golovkin-Jacobs card. This is not nearly as interesting a fight than a rematch between Gonzalez and Carlos Cuadras. I think more boxing fans want to see a second fight between those two guys than seeing Gonzalez fight the 30-year-old Rungvisai, who has an inflated resume of mostly weak opposition.

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