Here it is November.
I was about to kick my DAZN to the curb for lack of evidence when
suddenly my boxing radar started showing some blips. Tonight
Brooklyn’s Danny Jacobs will meet Philadelphia’s Gabriel Rosado at the
Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood Florida.
I will be happy if the fight proves to be even half as entertaining
as their press conference. Trash talk is routine these days but in
some instances the disrespect and dislike are real. This is real.
For Danny Jacobs, it’s a gateway fight. Aside
from his loss to Pirog, Jacobs lost close fights with Canelo and with GGG. A solid win over Rosado would put him back where he needs to be.
There’s no doubt Jacobs is at the top level in spite of
the three losses and he feels certain he could win against GGG and/or Canelo if
given another chance. He is perhaps less sure of Canelo.
This is a matchup
that has some people denigrating the fight because conventional thinking is
that the two fighters are not on the same level. Jacobs is the heavy favorite mainly because
Rosado has twelve losses to his record.
Danny Jacobs has three, one of them to a 12-0 but largely unknown Russian fighter named
Dmitry Pirog who hasn’t been seen in the ring for almost ten years. Prelims start at 8 at the Hard Rock Casino in
Hollywood Florida.
There’s some interesting action on the undercard too. One that I’m particularly interest is rather off-the-grid but I’m marching to a different drum anyway. There’s a 33 year old named Something Majidov. While there seems to be a sizable cohort of Kazak
fighters (GGG, being the most well
known) I don’t think we’ve seen an Azeri heavyweight contender.
Majidov is interesting, not only because he once beat
Anthony Joshua to a world amateur title, but also because he has a big
punch. His pro resume is light,
consisting only of two previous bouts, but his style is far from
amateurish.
Film at 11 - more to follow . . .
