That's come as a surprise. Thought Eubank JR was lined up for GGG. Not complaining though should be a good fight
i think triple g will be too good for him like, but who knows. if kell pulls it off, he's in the big league and it will line up one hell of a fight with either khan or eubank
Must be no arenas or football stadiums in the north of England to have the fight down south. Annoying when Londoners get so much good sport on their doorstep, even when the champion isn't even from anywhere near there. Some cost/travel involved now for Kel's local fans to watch him. Still he waits for his Bramall Lane dream.
Brook has to move up 13lbs in weight to face flocking which might not sound much but in boxing it's a massive amount. Khan moved up to the same division and fought Alvarez at 155lbs and got brutally knocked out. Khan is famous for a glass chin so their was no surprise really that he got knocked out, Brook on the other hand has shown he can take a shot and has the boxing awareness to fight in flurries then using his foot speed to keep out of harms way. If Brook can use his skills and box cleverly then he can beat golovkin, the only danger is how he responds to getting hit harder and heavier than he is used to. Golovkins toughest opponent was martin Murray, without being disrespectful to Murray it shows the level of opponent that's being willing to take on golovkin. Is it a stupid move by Brook? A clever move from Brook akin to when ray Leonard stepped up and beat hagler ?
Some baffling comments so far. I think there's an obvious lack of appreciation for how good Golovkin actually is and how much of a difference there is between welterweight and middleweight. This fight is a joke. The Golovkin camp were quick to criticise the Canelo vs. Khan fight but then do the exact same type of fight. Part of me thinks Brook never really fully recovered from the stabbing which is why his recent opponents have been so week and why he's turned his back on a unification fight with Vargas for a fight he's likely to lose. Cashing out perhaps.
When has Brook shown he can take a punch? Not sure he's ever faced a puncher. Khan doesn't have a glass chin as such. He's just got a habit of letting powerful punchers land absolute haymakers on it! Chin doesn't come in to it when you look at the Prescott, Canelo and Garcia knockouts.
Course chin comes into it have you not watched the fights you mentioned the whole way through or just the knock out's?? Okay Brook hasn't fought a massive puncher but made mistakes against Carson Jones and got punished but still came through it. He also boxed superbly against a tough puncher in Shawn Porter and come through it to win the title
Im a big fan of Brook and hope he wins and is ready. However for me he doesn't fight often enough and is moving up and i make him a significant underdog.
There's a difference between citing a dodgy chin because of knockdowns from Diaz and Lomond (I think?) versus massive knockouts. Khan's chin stood up to power from Maidana and Peterson. Canelo didn't really hurt him other than the knockout, neither did Garcia, and the Prescott fight didn't last long enough to even know what would have happened! Carson Jones has been hyped up to be something he never was just because Brook struggled. That was meant to be a soft touch. He fought a great fight versus Porter. He was slick versus Porter's lack of strategy and bull in a china shop approach. Solid points victory but little action in terms of skin on leather.
I agree with you on the maidana fight but not with Peterson. Alvarez hurt Khan with the first proper jab he landed and that set him up for defeat. Good to debate someone who's into the boxing as much as me even though we have differing opinions
Khan was never hurt against Peterson though. Foolishly spent round after round on the ropes taking all his punches, which is why he lost the fight (along with the stupid deducted point). For the record I'm not a massive Khan fan. I just think the punches that have knocked him out would have knocked out most fighters and have nothing to do with his chin.
It's a terrific fight to look forward to, a month before Fury/Wlad II. I've never been that impressed with Brook and kept hoping he'd fight Khan or at least someone of note. So absolute fair play to him for taking this fight. However, I can't see past a Golovkin victory. Not sure Kell has the power, especially having to move up in weight so much. It's the same risk that Khan took by fighting Canelo. And whilst I felt Amir was doing well enough in that fight he was bound to eventually get clocked and clocked big. But like Khan had he won that fight, if Brook does the unthinkable it will be one hell of a fight and accomplishment. Super excited for it. Hope Hearn builds a better undercard than of late though.
Was listening to Johnny nelson on ssn. He didn't seem to think it was such a big jump in weight. Suggested he was naturally bigger than khan and questioned the comparison. I don't know **** all about boxing like. It just sounds exciting..
I think it's **** & everything that's wrong with boxing. Brook can't get a fight with a top 147 fighter & Golovkin can't get a fight with a top 160 fighter & they've ended up fighting each other when the weight difference is just too much. Should've got Brook - Khan & Golovkin - Canelo but instead we've got 2 freak show mismatches because Khan doesn't want to fight Brook & Canelo doesn't wanna fight Golovkin
The big difference for me is canelo had loads of options at 160 and didn't fight them instead fighting Khan, nobody will fight triple G so him taking this fight isn't like he is ducking another more suited one for his own benefit.
Bet the Eubanks are really hacked off. They must have been thinking they were getting the next crack at Triple G. Bet Eubank Senior will now turn his back on Eddie Hearne and go running back to Frank Warren.
Not strictly true though is it? There's no evidence of anyone ducking Triple G, just word from his promoters. Canelo never really fought at 160 either, just like Cotto, and made a mockery of the division truth being told so didn't actually have loads of options. Lara has been calling him out for months and would be Triple G's biggest fight to date.
