Derevyanchanko has some sweet combination punching and he sometimes does that turning footwork thing that some of the Ukrainian boxers do. On the other hand Sam Soliman (even though he got KO'd) did seem to discomfit him with his mobility. Jacobs is a BIG mw, and a mobile one. At this point I favour Jacobs, but not by much.
Eat it. I'm not digging through 2+yrs of Google links and I'm certainly not linking to my emails. I don't get paid by K2 or Russell Peltz, Hitz, Kathy D, Star, Hyurnov, Mendoza/WBA and I keep to the talking points I'm not asked to keep to myself. But I share what is public record. And yeah, I get figures mixed up, misunderstand financials and occasionally reach/speculate and even lose objectivity..... But I don't spread fake news. It was public record that Sulieman postponed Danny's mandatory clean boxer enrollment until such time as the 2 sides reached a settlement for those TUEs. And NDAs are just that.... We will never know if the exemptions were for Midol(pamabrom, a banned diuretic and ibuprofen) or for Testosterone Replacement Therapy like Peterson was getting..... And YouTube has a legal obligation to obey any gag orders issued to fighters like Pavlik and Taylor or Pascal who for whichever reason decided to out BHOP for the NDAs about PED exemptions. So don't expect to find a video of GGG or Loeffler holding up a contract detailing the TUEs. Go find the financials and look for deductions from Danny's purse and to which parties those payments were made
186. How is that an allegation??? His team leaked he was 176 when Golovkin was making the IBF reweigh and while his mgmt refused to release the dressing room weight the 186 number was from another leak. GGG happily agreed to release his unofficial dressing room weight which was just 2lbs more than his earlier IBF reweight. 169 for IBF reweight and 170.9 for the dressing room scales. There is NO ALLEGATIONS since hydrating and carbo and fat stacking is nothing to allege. OMG....can you believe what kind of cheat needs to rehydrate 16 lbs in 8 hrs and put on another 9 over the course of the day as fluids and proteins find thier way into starving muscle tissue and electrolytes cause the body to retain those fluids. What a cheat. Quit hating on GGG. Danny hates the NOI and would KTFO X AND ***GAKHAN in a Brooklyn second just to prove what a bunch of little females the NOI are
Hurd in 2017: I see myself moving up at some point [sic], but I don't think any time soon. I walk around 175-176, when I'm not trying to maintain a certain weight. When I start 8-10 weeks out, I try to get down to at least 170. Making weight is never a problem with me, even though I'm a tall fighter. I don't have big legs, it's just my shoulders and upper body so it looks like I'm bigger than I actually am. I never feel drained or anything. I'll probably move up not next year bute [sic] maybe 2019. Hurd comes across well, I tend to believe this. While he is one of the very biggest 154s he's not as heavy as he looks.
'Jacobs gave Golovkin perhaps the most difficult fight of his career in March 2017 at Madison Square Garden. Derevyanchenko, who’s trained and managed by the same men as Jacobs, was one of Jacobs’ primary sparring partners for the Golovkin fight. The numerous rounds they’ve sparred against each other have convinced Jacobs that Golovkin-Derevyanchenko would be a fight either unbeaten middleweight could win. “That would be a really good fight for both fighters,” Jacobs said during an open workout Thursday at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn. “I do know that Sergiy has that grit, and he has skill beyond belief. He’s a really talented guy. I don’t know who would win that fight, even though I’ve been in there with both guys. May the best man win if it were to happen.”
Jacobs beats Derevyanchenko. Derevyanchenko is arguably a 154 guy, and Jacobs is close to 175+, Jacobs beats him convincingly.