I don't like using the word robbery but GGG got a gift, I watched on Boxnation so I didn't have to suffer through what I expect was clearly biased one sided commentary by HBO? someone let me know if I guessed right. Jacobs was out landing him in the majority of the round, GGG was so economical, the difference in athleticism really showed in there. Hats off the Jacobs even though his a pos **** for missing weight, he did what many thought he couldn't do by last 12 and imo beating GGG. On my score card even if I gave the swing rounds to GGG it would be a draw. Who did you have winning and why? Thoughts?
P.S For all the fans who thought Kovalev was robbed, I wonder you are not up in arms about this decision? Jacobs should have 2 of those belts today for me, I also think Kovalev should have kept his belts but I didn't understand the outrage in the decision.
Rewatched the fight, GGG won clearly, that wasn't a close fight, end of the story. And there was already a poll in regards to this and the spread was 66% win by GGG and 33% to Jacobs with over 300 votes.
No robbery. Just went over the round-by-round CompuBox data (see my thread) and it's even clearer than I thought when watching it the first time. Jacobs fought a great fight, but it wasn't enough. I saw both the British and the HBO versions, and the Brits seemed more biased than the HBO guys, which is odd. Still, the Brits had Jacobs by one round at the end of the fight and then they added that they might be wrong on the scoring. HBO team had it a toss-up heading into the 12th round. So everyone was mostly on the same page, or pretty close. Except the official judges, who had GGG up a bit more.
I do recommend to watch it again, I guess the illusion of close fight will disappear or at least you won't have doubt about the winner.
I will rewatch it just like I did Ward vs Kovalev. I am however not gunna listen to the HBO commentary or look at their compubox numbers.
I think GGG is flat footed and Jacobs was very much on his toes using all the ring and it made Golovkin look like a plodder. I watched the fight without scoring, just enjoying and it looked and felt like Jacobs was doing the flashier, eye catching work. Some close rounds and i wasnt sure which way it was guna go on the cards. I have rewatched it and Golovkin won that. Jacobs impressed me a hell of alot but Golovkin won.
To be fair, Jacobs did better against Golovkin as Ward did in his bid against Kovalev. There were a lot of very tight rounds, and the kd in the 4th made the difference on my card. Jacobs didn't clinch as much and spoil like Ward, but used boxing and movement to win his rounds. I wouldn't have had any problems if he would have won, this was as close as it could be and I actually expected the nod to go to the home fighter, as usual.