Danny Jacobs
Another fight that appears to be headed down the Eubank path. Negotiations were underway for a December 10 showdown but fell apart when according to ESPN the sides couldn’t come together after the World Boxing Association (who sanctions belts for both Golovkin and Jacobs) dragged it’s feet on upholding a 75-25 purse split ruling.
“…they lost a lot of time when talks were put on hold while the WBA took its time to rule on what the split of a purse bid should be. The Jacobs camp requested that the WBA reconsider its standard 75-25 split in favor of the “super” titleholder, Golovkin in this case. Jacobs wanted the split set at 60-40. Ultimately, the WBA ruled it would remain 75-25.
“Once the WBA made their ruling to uphold their standard split, it became just a matter of still talking to Al and trying to finalize a deal, but it’s just too late now for the fight to be on Dec. 10,” Loeffler said. “We had Madison Square Garden on hold, and they’ve been a good partner to us, so I don’t like having to leave them with an open Saturday night. HBO also was ready to go, but we are going to push it back into early 2017.”
So we wait.
