Whether you believe the reports saying that Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs failed to crack 150,000 buys or you believe Golovkin’s people saying that it did 170,000 buys, the truth is that neither number could be considered a success without making a huge reach or claiming ignorance. Golovkin’s second pay-per-view not only failed to prop him up to superstar status (much … [Read more...]
Gennady Golovkin’s Next Opponent Is…
by Daniel Tria For once in his career, Gennady Golovkin seems to have a lot of options available. Targeting a June 10 date in his native Kazakhstan, unified Middleweight champion seemingly has his pick of the litter. Thanks to the opening of Expo 2017 in Astana, the Golovkin camp may be able to finally entice a big name into the ring with the hometown hero. Here’s a list … [Read more...]
For Golovkin-Jacobs, absurd is the word
The HBO hype machine did to Daniel Jacobs on Saturday night what cancer couldn’t do. Okay, that may be going too far…However, Jacobs did fight the fight of his life, won that fight, but left Madison Square Garden with a loss—losing eight of twelve rounds on two judges’ scorecards! How absurd is it to realize that we’re finally learning how the consensus middleweight … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune – At The Fights! Golovkin vs Jacobs
March 18th, 2017 - Madison Square Garden The Boxing Tribune was at Madison Square Garden to watch unified Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin take on his biggest challenge in Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs. But the sold out crowd had more than one fight to sink their teeth into. Here is a recap of Saturday’s fistic fireworks. Serhii Bohachuk (2-0, 2 KOs) vs Yasmani … [Read more...]
Gennady Golovkin Gets Dusty Win Over Daniel Jacobs, Roman Gonzalez Falls in New York.
Gennady Golovkin came into the Barclays Center the Middleweight champion, but there was plenty of doubt as if he should have left the ring after narrowly outpointing Daniel Jacobs. Over the course of their 12 round clash, Jacobs fought a disciplined fight and kept Golovkin off of his rhythm while dictating the pace of their content though falling short in the end. Jacobs … [Read more...]