Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs

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Middleweight Madness
GolovkinJacobs.jpeg
DateMarch 18, 2017
Venue Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
Title(s) on the line WBA (Super), WBC, and IBO middleweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Gennady Golovkin Daniel Jacobs
Nickname GGG Miracle Man
Hometown Karagandy, Kazakhstan Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Pre-fight record 36–0 (33 KO) 32–1 (29 KO)
Height5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (179 cm)5 ft 11+1⁄2 in (182 cm)
Weight 159.6 lb (72 kg) 159.8 lb (72 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox [nb 1]
Recognition WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and IBO middleweight champion
The Ring No. 4 ranked pound-for-pound fighter		 WBA (Regular) middleweight champion
Result
Golovkin wins via 12-round unanimous decision (115–112, 115–112, 114–113)

Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs , billed as Middleweight Madness, was a professional boxing fight contested for the unified WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, IBO championship. The bout was on March 18, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was televised on HBO pay-per-view in the United States, and on BoxNation in the United Kingdom. [1] [2]

Contents

Background

Following Gennady Golovkin's win over Kell Brook, there were immediate talks of a WBA unification fight against 'Regular' champion Daniel Jacobs, as part of WBA's plan to reduce the amount of world titles in each division from three to one. Team Golovkin spoke of fighting Billy Joe Saunders after the Jacobs fight which would be a middleweight unification fight for all the belts. [3]

The date discussed initially was 10 December, which Golovkin's team had on hold for Madison Square Garden. The date was originally set by HBO for Álvarez after he defeated Liam Smith, but Canelo confirmed he would not be fighting again until 2017 after fracturing his right thumb. There was ongoing negotiations between Tom Loeffler and Al Haymon about the split in purses, if the fight goes to purse bids, it would be a 75–25 split with Golovkin taking the majority due to him being the 'Super' champion. As the negotiations continued, Jacobs wanted a better split, around 60–40. The WBA granted an extension for the negotiation period on 7 October, as the two sides originally had until October 10 to come to an arrangement or else a purse bid would be due. There was also a request to change the purse bid split to 60–40, which the WBA declined. Golovkin started his training camp for the fight on 17 October. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Loeffler told the LA Times on 18 October that although the negotiations were still active, the fight would not take place on December 10. A new date for early 2017 would need to be set, still looking at Madison Square Garden to host the fight. [8] [9] Golovkin prides himself on being an extremely active fighter, and this is the first year since 2012 that he has been in fewer than three fights. [10] WBA president Gilberto Mendoza confirmed in an email to RingTV that a deal had to be made by 5pm on December 7 or a purse bid would be held on December 19 in Panama. Later that day, the WBA announced a purse bid would be scheduled with a minimum bid of $400,000, with Golovkin receiving 75% and Jacobs 25%. [11] [12] Although purse bids were announced, Loeffler stated he would carry on negotiations, hopeful that a deal would be reached before the purse bid. [13]

On December 17, terms were finally agreed, and it was announced that the fight would take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 18, 2017, broadcast exclusively on HBO PPV. [14] Golovkin tweeted the announcement whilst Jacobs uploaded a short video on social media. At the time of the fight, the fighters had a combined 35 consecutive knockouts. It was reported that Golovkin's IBO world title would not be at stake, but the IBO website later confirmed the belt would be at stake. [15] [16] HBO officially announced the fight on December 22, billed as "Middleweight Madness". [17] Loeffler confirmed there was no rematch clause in place. [18]

Weigh in

At the official weigh-in, a day before the fight, Golovkin tipped the scales at 159.6 lb, while Jacobs weighed 159.8 lb. [19] Jacobs declined to compete for the IBF title by skipping a fight-day weight check. Unlike other major sanctioning bodies, the IBF requires participants in title fights to submit to a weight check on the morning of the fight, as well as the official weigh-in the day before the fight; at the morning weight check, they can weigh no more than 10 pounds (4.5 kg) above the fight's weight limit. [20]

Thus far, the IBF title was not on the line for Jacobs, as he skipped the procedure. HBO's Max Kellerman assumed that this was a part of the Team Jacobs' strategic plan, "because no one, in the end, is gonna remember who won the belt, they're gonna remember who won the fight." Kellerman, Jim Lampley and Roy Jones Jr. estimated that Jacobs came to fight Golovkin weighing around 180 pounds, therefore being a legitimate light heavyweight that night with a considerably increased punching power. [21]

Fight details

In front of a sell out crowd of 19,939, the fight went the full 12 rounds. This was the first time that Golovkin fought 12 rounds in his professional career. Golovkin's ring control, constant forward pressure and effective jab lead to a 115-112, 115-112, 114-113 unanimous decision victory, ending his 23 fight knockout streak which dated back to November 2008. [22] ESPN had Golovkin winning 115-112. The opening three rounds were quiet with very little action. In the fourth round, Golovkin dropped Jacobs with a short right hand along the ropes for a flash knockdown. Jacobs recovered, but Golovkin controlled most of the middle rounds. Jacobs was effective in switching between orthodox and southpaw stance, but remained on the back foot. Both boxers were warned once in the fight by referee Charlie Fitch for rabbit punching.

Following the fight, some doubted Golovkin did enough to win. Jacobs thought he had won the fight by two rounds and attributed the loss to the potential big money fight that is Golovkin vs. Canelo. Jacobs also stated after being knocked down, he told Golovkin, "he'd have to kill me." In the post-fight interview, Golovkin said, “I’m a boxer, not a killer. I respect the game.” Before revenue shares, it was reported that Golovkin would earn at least $2.5 million compared to Jacobs' $1.75 million. [23] [24] [25]

CompuBox stats

According to CompuBox punch stats, Golovkin landed 231 of 615 punches (38%) which was more than Jacobs who landed 175 of 541 (32%). [26]

FighterTotal punchesTotal JabsPower punches
Golovkin231/615105/356126/259
37.6%29.5%48.6%
Jacobs175/54131/170144/371
32.3%18.2%38.8%

Reception

On March 24, Tom Loeffler revealed the fight generated 170,000 pay-per-view buys. [27] A replay was shown on HBO later in the week and averaged 709,000 viewers. [28] Lance Pugmire from LA Times reported the live gate was $3.7 million, a big increase from the Golovkin vs. Lemieux PPV which achieved $2 million. He also said that merchandise and sponsors were higher. [29]

Official scorecards

JudgeFighter123456789101112Total [22]
Max DeLucaGolovkin109101010991010999114
Jacobs910989101099101010113
Don TrellaGolovkin1091010109910109910115
Jacobs91098910109910109112
Steve WeisfeldGolovkin1010910109101010999115
Jacobs99108910999101010112

Fight card

Weight classvs.TypeRoundTimeNotes
Middleweight Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Gennady Golovkin (c)def. Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Jacobs UD12/12
Super flyweight Flag of Thailand.svg Srisaket Sor Rungvisai def. Flag of Nicaragua.svg Román González (c)MD12/12
Super flyweight Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Cuadras def. Flag of Mexico.svg David CarmonaUD10/10
Lightweight Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Martin (c)def. Flag of the United States.svg Bryant CruzTKO8/100:45
Middleweight Flag of Ireland.svg Andy Lee def. Flag of the United States.svg KeAndrae LeatherwoodUD8/8
Heavyweight Flag of the United States.svg Matt McKinneydef. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jay McFarlaneUD4/4
Super welterweight Flag of Ukraine.svg Serhii Bohachuk def. Flag of Cuba.svg Yasmani PedrosoTKO3/42:28

Fight purses

Guaranteed base purses [30]

Notes

  1. ↑ Listed by BoxRec as orthodox, but regularly switch hits as a southpaw.

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