Comments Thread For: Golovkin-Jacobs: WBA Denies Request To Modify Purse Bid Split

[LaidOut]

Damn, Team Jacobs. Say you won't fight because of money, but don't say you don't have time to prepare for the fight. Looks like a duck now.

[Humean]

Danny Jacobs is yet another in a long line, mostly of Haymon fighters, who think they should be stars and earning massive money without actually fighting quality opponents. This is all really very pathetic from Jacobs and his team. The WBA gifted him a living with the regular title nonsense and now he is put out that he'd only get 25% (but earn somewhere between $1-2mil) and has his trainer making lame excuses about not being ready for December when he was in an easy fight 5 weeks ago. Whats he been doing since the Mora fight, quivering in the basement waiting for uncle Al to call to tell him everything will be ok and that he doesn't have to fight Golovkin?

[BlakBread904]

Yeah. Man, I come up with some wild theories sometime and I'm well aware this one will be considered out there but 2 possibilities wriggled into my head. Danny and Rozier seemed all keen and the fight was just about to be signed, and then it's delays, stalling, the excitable Sherdog 'source' suddenly shuts the **** up..

1) Haymon may have more funds available at the start of FY 2017, why not stall til then when, maybe, the funds would be available to win a purse bid?

1) Haymon has every reason to prefer Golovkin to continue fighting sub-par opposition and every reason to waste another Golovkin date. Why not stall until it's too late to get a decent Dec 10th replacement. Just smart business from Haymon.

Or maybe Danny just forgot he had a fight coming up?

fiscal year 2017 started this month. the fiscal year runs from oct to oct...

[Citizen Koba]

fiscal year 2017 started this month. the fiscal year runs from oct to oct...

Ah, good man. Guess I'm showing my provincial origins. The Fiscal Year runs 1st April to end March in the UK. Guess that's option 1 out the window then. Though I suppose there is still the possibility that Haymon is expecting an influx of capital in the not too distant future.

[Eastcoast]

Yeah. Man, I come up with some wild theories sometime and I'm well aware this one will be considered out there but 2 possibilities wriggled into my head. Danny and Rozier seemed all keen and the fight was just about to be signed, and then it's delays, stalling, the excitable Sherdog 'source' suddenly shuts the **** up..

1) Haymon may have more funds available at the start of FY 2017, why not stall til then when, maybe, the funds would be available to win a purse bid?

1) Haymon has every reason to prefer Golovkin to continue fighting sub-par opposition and every reason to waste another Golovkin date. Why not stall until it's too late to get a decent Dec 10th replacement. Just smart business from Haymon.

Or maybe Danny just forgot he had a fight coming up?

It's not over yet, Loeffler's planning on a January Golovkin/Jacobs fight. More feasible ppv than in December.

[Humean]

It's not over yet, Loeffler's planning on a January Golovkin/Jacobs fight. More feasible ppv than in December.

Hopefully that is likely otherwise it is embarrassing stuff from Jacobs.

[Eastcoast]

Hopefully that is likely otherwise it is embarrassing stuff from Jacobs.

It's already embarrassing. His trainer says he needs more time to train, but they've been training since Oct. 4th.

. back in the gym ready for whoever is next 👊

— Brooklyn Boxing (@Brooklyn_Boxing)

[Citizen Koba]

It's not over yet, Loeffler's planning on a January Golovkin/Jacobs fight. More feasible ppv than in December.

Well, here's hoping. The last tweet I saw suggested perhaps later than January though. Also looks like GGG may not fight til then,. Shame if he doesn't, woulda been good to at least try to get a mando out of the way.

[Triple Genius]

" would be enforced " ?

genius, Jacobs expected a negotiation in good faith

I think you missed the point

look..... you're right, Team "we-really-do-want-to-fight, honest" can "enforce" whatever they like..... and then, Jacobs will obviously walk

congratulations, you just ate what Golovkin has been feeding you for years

you clowns don't want that fight, you want a legitimate excuse for when the fight falls over

you just want to run around spouting that "dey duckin doe" bull****

The only thing we know for sure is that Jacobs wanted 60/40. And the other thing we just found out is that Jacobs wasn't ready for December so how the hell is this K2's fault? Come on, man. You blame them for everything

[Eastcoast]

Well, here's hoping. The last tweet I saw suggested perhaps later than January though. Also looks like GGG may not fight til then,. Shame if he doesn't, woulda been good to at least try to get a mando out of the way.

Yep. Should've agreed to the interim fight. WBC saying Heiland is due, IBF is saying Johnson is due, WBA will still be pushing Blanco. Too many meaningless fighters just waiting around inactive.

Could've done a double header with Jacobs/Blanco and Golovkin/Heiland to promote a ppv fight between them.