Kell Brook is Dead Serious: I Want To Fight Gennady Golovkin

By Edward Chaykovsky

IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24KOs) says he is dead serious about fighting IBO/WBA/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (34-0, 31KOs).

Brook defends his world title on Saturday night against IBF mandatory challenger Kevin Bizier in Sheffield.

Golovkin is back on April 23rd, also against an IBF mandatory challenger, when he faces Dominic Wade at The Forum in Los Angeles, California.

If Golovkin wins, he will be focused on a potential fall showdown with WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez.

Brook wants to emulate his domestic rival, Amir Khan, who announced last month that he was rising from welterweight to a catch-weight of 155-pounds to challenge Canelo on May 7th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

If Brook faces Golovkin, he would be willing to do it at a catch-weight of 157-pounds.

Brook approached his promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, and told him to secure a fight with Golovkin. He wants to get some form of a major fight in the summer, hopefully something with enough value to stage in a stadium. If he needs to travel to America for a major fight, there is no problem if the terms are right.

"I told Eddie [that I want to fight Golovkin]. People don't believe me. They think that I avoid fighters, but it shows you what cojones I've got. I want to fight Golovkin. Sugar Ray Leonard went up there and boxed Hagler. And Mayweather started at super featherweight and he boxed big guys. If you've got all the skills, they pay the bills. Im ot scare of any fighter out there," Brook told BoxingScene.com's Declan Taylor.

He says a victory over Golovkin would skyrocket his pound-for-pound value to the top position.

"I would be the best. I would be number one. I want to be the best and become number one pound-for-pound, be the best," Brook said.