Robert Garcia: Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook is 'Total Mismatch'

By Radio Rahim

Veteran trainer Robert Garcia does not agree with the recent trend of boxers jumping up by significant pounds to place themselves at a physical disadvantage against elite fighters.

Back in May, Amir Khan jumped from 147 to 155 for a catch-weight fight with WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. The fight ended in brutal fashion with Khan getting knocked out cold in the sixth round.

Now a fight with an even bigger gap in weight takes place on September 10th, when IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook jumps up by thirteen pounds to face Gennad 'GGG' Golovkin for the IBO/IBF/WBA/WBC middleweight titles at the O2 Arena in London.

Garcia does not view Brook as the best welterweight in the world, but he does view Golovkin as one of the best fighters, pound-for-pound, in the sport - a situation which he believes will set the stage for a mismatch.

He doesn't blame either fighter for agreeing to this fight, because both of them will earn a lot of money.

"This is just business now. A lot of fighters are being smart, they are securing their futures. But it is difficult to understand that we have to go through that. I have fighters in the business too, and maybe Mikey [Garcia] will end up doing something like that if the money is right - you know what I mean. Everybody is doing it now, but I totally disagree [these scenarios] - especially with this fight," Garcia explained to BoxingScene.com.

"We are talking about a welterweight who is not considered to be the best welterweight in the business, in the world. And then we have a middleweight who is the most dangerous fighter not only in that division but in the whole boxing world. So that's where I see a total mismatch. But it's a business. Kell Brook goes up, he can lose that fight and still go back down and be the welterweight champion.  Triple G is going to make a lot of money going to England so I don't blame him either."