In the early morning of February 13, Beijing time, former WBA and IBF middleweight champion American "Golden Boy" Daniel Jacobs fought fiercely in the United Kingdom for 12 rounds, and even lost to 2-rate boxer John Red, breaking out of the boxing world. Almost 80% of boxing experts and more than 90% of boxing fans before the game were optimistic about Jacobs winning, and the result was greatly disappointed.
The pre-match odds are 1-3, optimistic about the American Jacobs, this time, the Briton Red broke out of the cold, beat Jacobs in points, won an important victory, and also qualified to challenge the WBA super midweight Champion Carneiro Avarez.
The match was played in Marswell Hills, England, a 12-legged super middleweight boxing match. At the beginning, Jacobs was still very active, relying on flexible pace and windy positioning, so that the slow pace of Red was very uncomfortable, Jacobs played a mid-range fast punch, hit Red many times, but Red was very resistant to hit, did not get hit hard.
In the first 6 legs, the rhythm on the court was always controlled by Jacobs, and Red was helpless. But from Round 7 onwards, Red began to exert his strength, and Jacobs may have felt that he had won the points, so he let down his guard and slowed down the pace of attack. Of course, it may also be due to physical weakness, after all, the first half of the game is very active, physical output is very frequent.
Jacobs switched from offense to defense, and cuddling began to be frequent, which made the game ugly. Red was physically fit and frequently attacked. Jacobs, though he swapped his playing style for a left-winger, was powerless. There were too many heavy punches, but Red's heavy punches were not enough to knock jacobs down. But at this time, Jacobs's previous accumulation of point advantages was slowly being consumed.
Jacobs lost 7-10 rounds undisputedly and was even warned by the referee due to frequent cuddling. It was only in the 11th and 12th rounds of the final stage that Jacobs began to exert his strength and regained two sets. But it was too late, and the balance of victory still tilted in favor of Red, who played at home.
In the end, the two fought hard for 12 rounds and played the whole field. Each considers himself the winner of the game. As a result, three scoring referees scored 115-113, 115-113, 113-115 controversial scores, and the difference determined that Red beat Jacobs on points to win the WBA Boxing Championship Challenge. In other words, Red qualifies to challenge the boxer Avarez.
In fact, this game is very close, the referee's decision is also controversial, some websites analyze that Jacobs won in points, about 116-112, but according to the technical statistics of compubox, Jacobs's heavy punch hits are less than the opponent's, and it is reasonable to judge him to lose the game. All in all, the game is very close.
Considering that Red is playing at home, it makes sense to gain the referee's favor.
Imagine how mighty Jacobs was back then, once brutally killed Pete Quering in 1 round, known as the Golden Boy. He once defeated bone cancer and was rumored to be a good story. It once ended Golovkin's record of consecutive KO opponents, and at one point made Golovkin retreat. He also once fought Avarez fiercely, causing Avarez a lot of trouble. Unfortunately, it was such a boxing fierce general who actually lost to the 2nd stream boxer Red. It's a pity.
Strictly speaking, Red is a standard 2-rate boxer, 33 years old, 1.75 meters tall, 1.83m arm span, and currently has a record of 31 wins, 5 losses and 17 KO opponents, beating Jacobs is arguably his biggest victory. He has previously lost to Sanders, Callum Smith and Loki Fielding, all three Of whom were British boxers who were KO or point-and-point victories. If Red challenges Avarez, it is also the result of being KO. 【Text/Fighting Jianghu】