Even Thurman is in agreement that Brook deserves a fight with Floyd more than Khan-man.
Skip to 8:20 if you don't want to listen to him touch on several points.
Deserves?
Why?
Because his whole career consists of fighting euro bums and tomato cans?
He's had one mediocre win over a rated opponent, Porter. A very close fight, that the British commentators had Porter winning.
Brook doesn't deserve anything. Not until he starts fighting known opponents.
Thurman isn't exactly credible.
You make many valid points tbh
Deserves?
Why?
Because his whole career consists of fighting euro bums and tomato cans?
He's had one mediocre win over a rated opponent, Porter. A very close fight, that the British commentators had Porter winning.
Brook doesn't deserve anything. Not until he starts fighting known opponents.
Thurman isn't exactly credible.
Nobody deserves a Floyd fight
Floyd however deserves to pick whoever he wants for his final fight
Brook is no more deserving than Khan or Thurman.
You can make an argument for all 3 of them, at the end of the day Floyd is the one who will choose who he deems worthy
Both khan and brook have a better resume then thurman
Not by a much... Or it's arguable. Thurman best wins are Chaves and Guerrero, Brook's best win is Porter and Khan's is the old, crude, jww version of Maidana who was objectively pretty far from the one who fought Mayweather.
Those wins can be matched with each other, neither of them is that stand out.
In terms of resume, HELL NO HE DOESNT. He has beaten PORTER and NOBODY else.
Khan has beaten Maidana, Malignaggi, Judah, Alexander, Collazo, Algieri and so on. All world class fighters.
Sorry but no way in hell does he deserve it over Khan. Thurman is the same guy in the same interview saying Khan needs to fight a true welterweight yet Thurman just called Collazo the guy he's now fighting a 'true welterweight'. So that speaks a lot about his logic.
He's right when he touches on Khan.
Honestly, his last performance against Algieri just deflated every positive thought I had about this potential fight. I hope Khan doesn't get it, but I don't think Brook will either.
He's right when he touches on Khan.
Honestly, his last performance against Algieri just deflated every positive thought I had about this potential fight. I hope Khan doesn't get it, but I don't think Brook will either.
In terms of resume, Brook does not "deserve" the fight. However, by virtue of having the IBF strap, there is no reason anyone could be upset with this fight being made. Also, Brook is clearly much better than the lack of depth on his resume.