Against the grain but Im picking Sulecki to beat Jacobs

I wasn't expecting this but if true it should increase Sulecki's chance of pulling it off.

NEW YORK – After Daniel Jacobs’ last two fights, the trainers of Gennady Golovkin and Luis Arias have claimed Jacobs owned a significant weight advantage during those bouts.

Maciej Sulecki isn’t the least bit concerned about Jacobs being bigger than him when the opening bell rings Saturday night at Barclays Center. Poland’s Sulecki, who’s slightly taller than Jacobs, expects to weigh more than Jacobs, at least 180 pounds, once their bout begins in Brooklyn.

“I’ll be bigger,” Sulecki said through a translator before a press conference Thursday in Manhattan. “Everybody that thought I’m small, no, I’m bigger than Jacobs. You’ll see in the ring that I’m bigger.”

Sulecki’s last three fights have been contested at or slightly above the super welterweight limit of 154 pounds. He has mostly fought at or around the middleweight limit of 160 during his seven-year pro career, though, even as high as the super middleweight limit of 168.

“I’m not concerned about [the weight],” Sulecki said. “Again, whatever. I look at me. I’m not looking at my opponent. He can fight at 180, 190 – whatever. I’ll be at a good weight. I’m looking at me, only at me.”

The 28-year-old Sulecki (26-0, 10 KOs) officially weighed in at 159.2 pounds Friday afternoon at Barclays Center. The 31-year-old Jacobs was 159.6 pounds when he stepped on the New York State Athletic Commission’s scale.

They’ll have approximately 33 hours from the time they weighed in until their bout begins to rehydrate and add weight.

 

At the last minute I switched over to Sulecki as well, I've been thinking for the last month what a stylistic nightmare he could be for Danny. I scored it 114-113 for Jacobs with the KD making the difference, that being said, the 4th I could easily flip over, I was considering scoring it for Sulecki, and then it would be a win for him. But he had to KO Danny twice to get a fair decision here. He's in his hometown, has a touching backstory, is an HBO darling, is American, and is promoted by Eddie Hearn, that 5 things Maciej had going against him tonight, he never had a chance.