GGG vs. Jacobs results: Gennady Golovkin defeats Daniel Jacobs in narrow decision

Gennady Golovkin earned a unanimous decision victory in the main event of a pay-per-view contest on Sunday, beating Daniel Jacobs over 12 rounds. It was a close fight, one in which Golovkin was heavily favored. By the time the decision came around, many felt that Jacobs had done enough to beat Golovkin.

Ultimately, Golovkin got the win, with the judges scoring the bout, 115-112, 115-112, 114-113.

At the start of the fight, Golovkin landed some nice shots, but ultimately Jacobs was fighting a defensive style that seemed to frustrate Golovkin. Eventually, Golovkin found his mark, though, and sent Jacobs to the mat in the fourth round. Golovkin swarmed, but Jacobs recovered.

Golovkin couldn’t really capitalize on the knockdown, and while he did land some good shots and generally stayed out of trouble on defense, Jacobs started to throw more and, accordingly, land more. Going into the eighth round, Jacobs had an argument for having won the prior two rounds.

There was a good response from Golovkin in the ensuing rounds but Jacobs continued to defend well, and when he let his hands go, Golovkin didn’t do much to respond. Going into the 11th round, many were speculating that Golovkin needed a finish to win the fight.

Golovkin put together some nice flurries in the 11th and 12th rounds, but he didn’t land anything big. Meanwhile, Jacobs put together some excellent combos in the final minutes to put an exclamation point on what was really just a smart, smart fight from him.

The undercard was exciting, getting started with a lightweight showdown between Ryan Martin and Bryant Cruz. Martin’s high-tempo offense kept Cruz on the defensive for too long, and the fight was eventually stopped in Martin’s favor in the eighth of 10 rounds.

After that, Carlos Cuadras took a controversial unanimous decision win over David Carmona. Cuadras was heavily favored for the fight, but Carmona seemed to have the edge overall and it’s surprising that two judges saw the fight as 97-93 in Cuadras’ favor. That would have set up Cuadras for a potential rematch with Roman Gonzalez for the flyweight title, but those plans were thrown away when Gonzalez suffered defeat in the final undercard fight.

That fight saw him lose a 12-round majority decision to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. It’s the first time that Gonzalez has lost a fight as a professional. He clearly won his share of rounds and looked good doing it, but he was knocked down in the first round. Despite Rungvisai losing a point due to repeated headbutts, he ended up with the win, though one judge saw it as a 113-113 draw.