Oddly enough I think Korobov is further along the learning curve than Jacobs. Walker lost to David Lopez, and barely squeaked past a shot to **** Echols, but Jacobs had to work his ass off to beat Walker. Also, I was not particulary impressed by the way Jacobs responded to walker's tenacity. He looked tired and frustrated.
Because Walker kept coming forward and never took a backwards step. With all that said, He still cleaned the cards in my eyes. Jacobs will be a champion at 160 and 168. As will Korobov. As per Garcia, I REALLY need to see more of him before I make a judgment on him.
Walker/Jacobs was the best fight on the Pac/hatton card! Walker was one tenacious sumbitch! I'm not saying Jacobs won't do anything. I do think that fight showed he isn't ready for the big leagues.
I disagree. He cleaned the cards and most importantly, adapted to the style of his opponent. Instead of trying to bomb out Walker who obviously wasn't going to go anywhere, he settled down and boxed a decision. That's more important than anything else IMO. The ability to adapt to the opponent, specifically one trying to elbow, butt and throw him around.
I wasn't in the least bit impressed with Danny Jacobs. He started off very promising showing a lot of variation and physical prowess, but it seemed when he got a little tired he couldn't continue that. He looked like a candidate to falter under pressure, as soon as he realised he couldn't deter this guy like the rest of his opponents he started doing an awful Calzaghe impression, only he did it on the backfoot. He did adapt and get out of there with a comfortable win, but there was something about his performance in the latter stages that didn't look like a top level talent.
Jacobs blows Korobov out of the water, unless Korobov knocks him out. Jacobs was KOed by Shawn Porter in the amateurs, so I guess it's possible, but I see a HUGE talent gap between the two of them. Korobov's good, possibly a future beltholder, and probably is more polished right this minute, but Jacobs has P4P potential. I wouldn't overthink the Walker fight. He dominated the fight, and he handled the pressure much better than, say, James Kirkland did against Ossie Duran in his similar type of step up fight (or Andre Dirrell against Curtis Stevens for that matter). If Jacobs lost focus and started showboating and whatnot, I might have gotten worried, but all he did was take his foot off the gas pedal when he was safely in the lead. Garcia seems to be a big step back from either of those two, but I would need to see more of him to make a really good judgment.
Ya - - I think we're on the same page. I did not like the way Jacobs responded to the constant pressure.
Thank you. I thought I was alone on this one. Also the fact that Jacobs had a fight a week before facing Walker seems to be getting lost in the analysis as well.
Nope, I thought about that. I also considered the fact that Jacobs is very young, so there is no need to rush him. However, Jacobs will end up at 168. That division is deep and will get even deeper in the near future. The thread topic is about Jacobs winning a title. Anytime in the near future Andrade or Bika would stand him on his head quick. I don't even want to think about what Kessler or Bute would do to him. But like I said, he's young. There's no need to rush him.
I'm sorry but your a dumbass. Korobov score's a knockout so he was impressive but since Danny Jacobs didn't he wasn't impressive? The guy who Korobov fought knocked out was a complete bum who had been KO'ed before. Jacobs knocked out a guy in Varela who was better and more durable than the guy Korobov fought. Walker is not a good fighter but he is not a bum and he is durable. Just because Korobov knocked out a bum and Jacobs didn't look great against a guy on a week's notice doesn't make Korobov better.
