Gennady Golovkin beat Daniel Jacobs by unanimous in New YorkAP:Associated PressFloyd Mayweather believes the decision to award Golovkin the win was wrongSplash News
It was the first time in nine years that the unstoppable Kazakh was taken the distance against the ‘Miracle Man’.
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And whilst Jacobs believes he was robbed of victory, Mayweather admits GGG ‘came up short’ against his opponent.
The retired champ said: “When I was overseas, I saw another fighter fight, and I thought he [Golovkin] came up short, you all know who we are talking about.”
When asked who he was referring to, Mayweather added: “Triple L – triple L because he’d lose three times to me.”
And Mayweather believes he could have helped his fellow American take Golovkin’s titles.
Gennady Golovkin has tried to tempt retired superstar Floyd Mayweather back into the ringGetty Images
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He said: “I may need to train Danny Jacobs because he could of got the job done a lot better - and I could've showed him how to get the job done a lot better.
“If I was still in the fight game, if I was still active and busy, I haven’t got to tell the fans what I'd do to 'Triple L,' - I'd put that work in on that boy.
“I came out of retirement for only one guy, for only one fighter, and we all know that's Conor McGregor."
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