What game plan can Jacobs use to beat GGG?

And Sturm, Pirog and Chavez Jr. It was considered a relatively strong division at the time, specially if you add in guys like Barker and Geale, the upcoming Quillin and maybe Lee, (despite being bullied by the huge JCC Jr).

Thing is Pirog got injured, Maravilla got old, Williams got crippled, Sturm lost to Geale, Jr proved to have little beyond his size and GGG chewed up and spat out most of the rest.

 

Since 2008/9? Why would you think that? It was still considered relatively strong in 2012/3 from my recollection. See above. Thing is a lot of the old names departed within a year or two without there ever being a real passing of the torch.

 

Needs to come out throwing heavy leather and hope to catch a reckless GGG early with the perfect shot.

 

In referring to Jimmy Young/Erislandy Lara, I have to say that just surviving to the end without being decked is a good thing IMO, but sufficient, eye catching, effective offense must be displayed...somewhat like Young's bout with Foreman, and in my opinion, vs Ali and Norton....to actually win. No one, except the purists likes a negative fighter..certainly not the judges...so a guy like Lara could, again, in my opinion...be the guy who goes the distance with GGG because he's dedicated to defense...at the expense of placing himself in harms way for too long, but he neglects offense a bit too much, and certainly would vs a monster like Golovkin. But maybe on an inspired evening, he could be sneaky and effective, like Jimmy Young in San Juan, and spring an upset.

 

No one is going to outpunch GGG. Lemieux probably had more one shot power than Golovkin, but GGG was certainly the more effective, better puncher, ala Joe Louis vs Max Baer, and he took the Canadian apart. Also, GGG has a great chin, so trying to ko him and standing in the way of the shots that he will be shipping in so effectively seems like pure suicidal foolishness. The guy who beats GGG will have to be defensively adept and preferably with a good chin and not get carried away with matching him punch for punch. Self preservation interspersed with effective aggression will be the key for whoever is capable of that, and again, I don't think that Jacobs is that man.

 

That won't happen.

 

Yeah probably not. But that's his only hope, that or GGG suffering some fluke injury.

 

Anyone who knows my history in the Classic forum knows that I love Jimmy Young. Jimmy's style played against him...it was hated by the judges, but it was so effective. Foreman's excuse that it was too hot that night in San Juan was bullspit. Young could quote Joey Maxim,referring to his tko of SRR, saying "what you do think I had an air conditioner in my corner?" (paraphrased loosely)...it wouldn't have mattered if they were in an air conditioned arena, Young would have had Foreman's number....remember, it's all about styles....styles make fights. Foreman, big, in shape and menacing as hell that night, would have decapitated just about any other fighter that night not named Muhammad Ali or Jimmy Young. All he needed was someone to be in the line of fire, whether they were trying to offensively engage him, like Ron Lyle, or quaking with fear and freezing up, like Ken Norton and so many others. Wouldn't have mattered if he was in the same guy who ko'ed Frazier in '73,.....again, it's all about styles.
Relating this to the thread subject, I maintain that if Lara dedicates himself to defense, and fights like he did vs Canelo, he'll go the distance all right, but he wont win. If however, he steps up to the plate and employs some of Young's patented sneakiness, well, lets just say that things could be very interesting, to say the least.
Trying to ko GGG is definitely not the way to go.

 

Put sugar in the gas tanks of any and all possible transportation available to GGG