Jacobs signs for Matchroom. Jacobs-Arias/Miller-Wach/Benn-MexRS (SKY/HBO)

Interesting news this. I believe this is a big statement of intent from Jacobs. He wants the GGG rematch or Canelo or anyone else. (Although very little chance of BJS growing a pair, seeing as they're on different networks.)
The point is , for all those people who say "Jacobs isn't a big enough name or high profile " , this changes everything.
I think that highlights what a load of bollocks that all is.

So what does this mean for Jacobs? What matchroom fighters can be made for him?

Jacobs signs for Matchroom?

It'll be funny when he gets beat by Linares.

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So what does this mean for Jacobs? What matchroom fighters can be made for him?

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It's not about Matchroom fighters, it's about having the clout behind you to get the big fights with nobody avoiding him. Like your mate in a rematch for example.

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So what does this mean for Jacobs? What matchroom fighters can be made for him?

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It's not about Matchroom fighters, it's about having the clout behind you to get the big fights with nobody avoiding him. Like your mate in a rematch for example.

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We would have made sense to sign for K2 for GGG rematch and Oscar for Canelo.

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So what does this mean for Jacobs? What matchroom fighters can be made for him?

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It's not about Matchroom fighters, it's about having the clout behind you to get the big fights with nobody avoiding him. Like your mate in a rematch for example.

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We would have made sense to sign for K2 for GGG rematch and Oscar for Canelo.

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Yeah, in your World.
1. K2 may not want to sign him if they don't want the rematch.
2. Why sign a rival to your top man? Lose, lose.
If GGG wins, you've signed someone with less future earning potential and if Jacobs wins, you've blown your top earner!
Time for a rethink?

He signed with HBO and Matchroom.

Jacobs, backed by HBO, Fast Eddie and Al. Kicking off this next chapter of his career by wasting his time against some bloke no ones ever heard of. #takingover

If anything looks like it gets him main event status. With Jarrell Miller :-X. Not exactly an A+ card for hbo. Saw him originally on undercard of Wilder v Ortiz a week later.

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Jacobs, backed by HBO, Fast Eddie and Al. Kicking off this next chapter of his career by wasting his time against some bloke no ones ever heard of. #takingover

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Better he should just fight Lemieux right? Maybe get a gun, a contract and a pen and go make him sign right? Damn Jacobs for being turned down by all the top guys, cowardly of him to be turned down.

He's fighting Arias in November. That's a pretty good fight.

Arias ain't no warm up, be surprised if that's legit (could well be a short lived partnership if so). Listening to Hearn it sounded like Jacobs was getting a gimme before Lemmy (clearly who Hearn wants) whilst waiting for Golovkin/Canelo to repeat what we've already seen.

At least Jacobs hasn't any excuses now - landed himself a top promoter who deals with all the top American outfits without silly politics getting in the way and a HBO deal. And in Britain we're guaranteed his fights/cards live on Sky (result)

What I find interesting about this decision from Jacobs and Haymon is that there are just as many fighters Jacobs could have faced on Showtime as there are on HBO. Showtime has a number of middleweights in Charlo and Derevyanchenko. BJS can also fight on on Showtime and HBO. They made it sound like most of the middleweights were at HBO. The truth is that Jacobs had options on Showtime. The only reason he is leaving the PBC is that money must have dried up. Right?

Hearn has exactly one American fighter. He's never put on a US show but now wants to move into the US market. What promoters are going to help him by making fights with him? All these people trying to get into the market have the same problem. There have been two rappers signed a couple of fighters and found they were struggling to make any fights. One managed Ward against Kovalev but only because Kovalev was with a second tier promoter.

The last guy to move into the US market in a big way as a promoter was Oscar and he was the biggest thing in boxing at the time and had Hopkins, Mosley, half a dozen other names and a bunch of top prospects which created something HBO couldn't ignore. Then you had Haymon who isn't a promoter and tried his own thing and so far has managed to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. So how does this work for Hearn? Guys like Arum and Oscar are going to be queuing up to help him take their business?

I wouldn't mind Jacobs vs Canelo.....I like seeing Canelo lose, it's getting kind of fun. I mean sure he """"Drew"""" with GGG but let's be honest folks, he got his ass beat the majority of that fight. He had a few moments, but not half of the moments.....half of the moments wasn't a thing he had or could be accused of having. Canelo is found completely innocent of holding half of the moments in that fight.


Charlo vs Jacobs eventually needs to happen, that is the one that piques my interest the most.