Kell Brook's biggest flaw that prevented him from achieving greatness

[Hype job]

He couldn't fight off the ropes. Wasn't good on the backfoot unless he was potshotting.

[LeOoze]

You dont think it was him jumping 2 weight classes to fight GGG (and lose badly), and then jump down 2 weight classes (and low again badly)?

[Hype job]

You dont think it was him jumping 2 weight classes to fight GGG (and lose badly), and then jump down 2 weight classes (and low again badly)?

That was a big factor but GGG and Spence showed he can't fight off the ropes, he just shells up and freezes, no countering off the ropes whatsoever.

[W1LL]

Happens with a lot of "British slicksters", Junior Witter another example. Josh Kelly a more recent one. They are on-top fighters. They look great when they can unload and move around the ring freely. If someone hits them back and cuts the ring off it all goes to pot.

[alexguiness]

I think Kell's biggest weakness was his penchant for the odd pen1s between training camps...

[FinitoxDinamita]

His handlers/matchmakers messed up by moving him too slowly. He fought almost all nobodies for the first 10 years of his career which is ludicrous.. kinda like what Lucian Bute did until he ran into a real one.

[Ray*]

Brook never lived the life. His private life really DID affect his boxing life, he drinks too much, known to swing the other way and not focus fully on the sport. He is well known to have a few demons outside of the sport.

[TouchyAndalou]

One thing that often gets overlooked is that on the whole, the US has superior trainers and coaches to the UK - especially when you're talking about the very top guys. You don't produce fighters with the all-around skillsets of Mayweather, Ward, Hopkins, Toney, Crawford, Whitaker, etc. by accident - these guys are trained in methods and techniques handed down through generations. You just don't see that kind of slickness in UK fighters.

I watched almost all of Brook's fights and always liked him. Very good jab and great timing. But he was never a particularly good inside fighter or good defensively. And nor was he able to consistently adjust during a fight. Fighting GGG clearly didn't help, but I'm pretty sure he was a rung below Spence/Crawford regardless. Somewhere around Porter/Thurman/Danny Garcia level.

[PinkGod]

Really? you don't think it was his team letting him move up 2 weight classes to fight the most dangerous puncher in boxing (at the time)? Kell's biggest problem was his ego. I've have never, til this day ever met or spoke to anyone who thought Kell would win that fight. Shame we will never see how great he could've become, he had a solid career overall.

[GrandpaBernard]

Lotta guys can’t fight off the ropes