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Golovkin vs. Jacobs: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Gennadiy Golovkin (GGG) defends his WBA (Super), WBC, and IBF middleweight titles against Daniel Jacobs (The Golden Child). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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34
May 6, 2006
36-0
17
33 (91.7%)
179 cm
178 cm
-1 cm
Orthodox
Sep 10, 2016
6m, 8d
36
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
30
Dec 8, 2007
32-1
6
29 (87.9%)
180 cm
185 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Sep 9, 2016
6m, 9d
12
WBAWBCIBF
MD
e1
d16
MD
e1
d1
MD
w1
d2
WBA
MD
w1
d4
middleweight
Saturday, 18 Mar 2017
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
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Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs

Date

This fight between Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs took place on at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 180 cm, Daniel Jacobs is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Gennady Golovkin is 179 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 185 cm, Jacobs also has a good reach advantage of 7 cms over Golovkin's 178 cm. On top of that, Jacobs also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Golovkin.

Golovkin is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 36-0 (33 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 8 days ago against Kell Brook, which he won via 5th round TKO.

Kell Brook's boxing career

Jacobs comes in with a record of 32-1 (29 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 9 days ago against Sergio Mora, which he won via 7th round TKO.

Sergio Mora's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Golovkin will be 34 years and 11 months old. Jacobs will be 30 years and 1 month old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of Gennady Golovkin. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Golovkin vs Jacobs.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Gennady Golovkin may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Jacobs stops Golovkin early.

Result

Gennady Golovkin defeated Daniel Jacobs via 12 round UD. Jacobs' 12 fight win streak comes to an end, and Golovkin advances his win streak to 37. Golovkin is now 37-0, and Jacobs 32-2.

Fight Recommendations

  1. Gennady Golovkin knocks out Kell Brook in the 5th round
  2. Daniel Jacobs knocks out Peter Quillin in the 1st round
  3. Daniel Jacobs knocks out Sergio Mora in the 2nd round
  4. Gennadiy Golovkin knocks out Daniel Geale in the 3rd round
  5. Gennady Golovkin knocks out Gabriel Rosado in the 7th round
  6. Gennady Golovkin knocks out Makoto Fuchigami in the 3rd round
  7. Gennady Golovkin knocks out Nilson Julio Tapia in the 3rd round