Hunter dares Golovkin to give Jacobs a free shot

01/08/2017 by Boxing News

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By Jeff Aranow: Trainer Virgil Hunter says he wants to see IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) get bored in the ring against Danny Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) and give him a free shot in their fight on March 18. Hunter is daring Golovkin to let Jacobs hit him like he’s done in the past fights against different opponents when he gets bored or when he doesn’t respect his opponent’s punching power.

That was the case in Golovkin’s last fight against Kell Brook last September. Golovkin was facing a pumped up welterweight in Brook, and he didn’t care if he was hit by him in the fight.

Kirkland prefers to see Canelo-Golovkin rather than Canelo-Chavez Jr.

01/06/2017 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Like a lot of boxing fans, James Kirkland says he prefers to see Saul “Canelo” Alvarez face middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in 2017 rather than seeing Canelo fight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Canelo’s promoters at Golden Boy are currently in negotiations with Chavez Jr’s manager Al Haymon for a fight on Cinco de Mayo on May 6. Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. is pretty much a mismatch. Chavez Jr. has looked poor in most of his fights since 2012, and he’s not been fighting on a frequent basis in the last five years of his career. Why Golden Boy wants to match Canelo against a non-relevant fighter like Chavez Jr. rather than someone that is active and fighting at a high level is what many boxing fans want to know.

The negotiations don’t seem to be going swimmingly right now, as Chavez Jr. said on Thursday that Canelo is asking for 5 times the purse that he’s been offered. Chavez Jr. has been offered $5 million. We may not see Canelo fight Chavez Jr. OR Golovkin if Golden Boy chooses to lowball both fighters, which appears to be happening. The offer for Golovkin is $15 million. which you can argue is chicken feed for a fight that could bring in over $100 million. If Canelo is getting $75 million and Golovkin just $15 million, you can understand why the fight might not happen.

Danny Jacobs to be helped by Virgil Hunter for Golovkin fight

01/06/2017 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Virgil Hunter, the trainer for IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Andre Ward, is going to be helping out with the training for WBA World middleweight champion Danny Jacobs get ready for his fight against Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) on March 18 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Jacob (32-1, 29 KOs) will be training at Hunter’s King Boxing gym in Oakland, California. Jacobs’ normal trainer Andre Rozier will be the lead trainer, and Hunter will be there for advice, according to RingTV.com.

Jacobs tells Golovkin: It’s time to put up or shut up

01/06/2017 by Boxing News

By Chris Williams: Middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin finally will be facing someone dangerous with the talent level to beat him in Daniel Jacobs when these two guys fight each other in two months from now on March 18. In the minds of boxing fans, it’ll be the #1 160lb fighter Golovkin facing the #2 fighter in Daniel Jacobs.

Some would disagree with those two being the top, but it’s hard to make a case for Saul Canelo Alvarez or Billy Joe Saunders as being among the two top guys in the weight class for various reasons.

Golovkin still interested in Eubank Jr. fight

01/06/2017 by Boxing News

By Jeff Aranow: Addressing the rumors circulating around that IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) is in negotiations for a fight against Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KOs), Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler says they’re not true, but they are still interested in fighting the 27-year-old fighter.

Golovkin, 34, has a tough fight on his hands against WBA World middleweight champion Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) on March 18 on HBO pay-per-view from Madison Square Garden in New York.

My 2017 Wish List

01/05/2017 by Gavin Duthie

By Gav Duthie: There is an air of expectation for an exciting 2017 as some big fights have already been announced. Two unification bouts have been organised by Eddie Hearn with Anthony Joshua taking on Wladimir Klitschko (WBA, IBF heavyweight) and James DeGale faces Badou Jack (WBC, IBF super middleweight).

A third unification bout will also take place between Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman to be shown on Al Haymon’s PBC. Add this to likely rematches between Carl Frampton v Leo Santa Cruz and Andre Ward v Sergey Kovalev we are off to a great start. To attempt to make 2017 a perfect year here is my boxing wish list for the next 12 months.

Jacobs has good shot of beating GGG says Rosado

01/04/2017 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Former world title challenger Gabriel Rosado is giving Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) a really good shot of beating IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) in their fight on HBO PPV on March 18 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Rosado (23-10, 13 KOs) has shared the ring with Triple G before four years ago in 2013, and he has firsthand knowledge of how good he is. Golovkin knocked Rosado out in seven rounds. Rosado had a good 5th round. Golovkin hurt Rosado in the 6th with a tremendous uppercut. The fight was halted in the 7th.

Rosado rates Jacobs’ punching power, talent and athleticism highly, and that’s why he feels he’s got a good chance of handing GGG his first loss of his career.

Rios: Pacquiao should fight Golovkin or Canelo

01/04/2017 by Boxing News

By Chris Williams: Brandon Rios says that Manny Pacquiao needs to either retire from boxing or move up in weight to fight middleweights Gennady “GGG” Golovkin or Saul Canelo Alvarez. Rios thinks that Pacquiao has been fighting for too long of a time, and he’s already fought everyone there is to fight. Rios doubts that the boxing fans want to see Pacquiao fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. again, because they already saw it and won’t pay for it a second time.

There’s not much chance of Mayweather Jr. fighting Pacquiao again. That’s not going to happen. Mayweather seems to be enjoying his retirement from boxing. He’s not going to come back and deal with another training camp, even though he could probably still make a lot of money in that fight.

Saunders’ promoter wants Canelo next, then Golovkin

01/03/2017 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Frank Warren, the promoter for WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs), wants him to defend his title against #1 WBO Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) in his first fight in 2017. Warren figures that the 27-year-old Saunders has got the goods to keep the Canelo vs. Gennady “GGG” Golovkin fight from taking place in 2017.

Warren wants Saunders to face Golovkin after he beats Canelo. That would be a very big year for Saunders if he can beat Canelo and then take on Golovkin. Even if Saunders loses to Golovkin, he would get two very nice paydays against those two fighters.

Golovkin vs. Jacobs: Can Daniel win?

01/04/201701/03/2017 by Boxing News

By Jeff Aranow: Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) seems like a good fighter when matched correctly against beatable opposition, but he’s stepping up to the big time against Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) on March 18, and it’s going to be a difficult task for the New Yorker to get through this fight without suffering his second career defeat.

Many boxing fans have suddenly jumped ship from the Golovkin bandwagon after the way he was hit a lot in the first three rounds in his last fight against Kell Brook. The fans feel that if Jacobs was able to land the same kinds of shots that Brook landed, it would be all over for Golovkin.