Comments Thread For: Amir Khan Weighs In At One Pound Less Than Kell Brook For Manchester Grudge Match

[tokon]

I just learned that Brook has been at WW since he turned pro in 2004 at 18. That's pretty crazy. I wonder why he never gave 154 a shot.

His first fight with Carson Jones made him reconsider the move when he was thinking about it

[lfc19titles]

Both look good

khan will have more energy, I think he could have made 145 if he really wanted as he did drain his body too much, I only expect him ti gain around 7-8 pounds on fight night as it looks like he has made the weight for a while as he had a long long camp for this

he should have insisted on 147 imo but even brook looked good and he could have definitely made 147 if he wanted too today as well, brook has a more muscular body type and will always look great but let’s see how he performs as he gasses quick but both are true welters for this fight, khan more light footed hence why he could be 145 today whilst brook trained to fight at his slow pace for 12 rounds and is relying on his timing and power

I think khan takes this and it goes the distance, khan dominates every round but until brook hurts him and then khan survives at the end

[thack]

Brook looks better than he did re- Crawford .For this I wouldn't have been surprised to see him hit at 151 but for me it shows he's left absolutely no stone unturned .Khan looks in good condition too BUT as they say Amir 'you can't train your chin' !
Khan will look good until he gets tagged , his boxing IQ and IQ in general will then let him down as it has in the past , he will try to slug it out and **** ....last sleep!!

[JayCho]

He jumped to 160 because this man is obsessed with Amir Khan. Khan jumps to MW, Brook jumps to MW, Khan fights Crawford, Brook fights Crawford, Khan hovers around WW wasting away, Brook hovers around WW wasting away.

After Golovkin whooped him, he should have dropped the IBF 147 lb. belt, taken a year and a half off, and come back as a 154 lber.

Hit the nail on your head there. It makes me cringe when Kell’s dad says the family have wanted this fight ever since he turned pro. Kell’s wasted his career chasing Khan!

[1Eriugenus]

Yeah, I think there is a really close parallel with Junior Witter & Ricky Hatton. Witter/Brook were desperate for the fight, an all-British showdown which was by far their biggest payday. Hatton/Khan wasn't that bothered because there were far bigger fights in the states. Witter/Brook can scream that Hatton/Khan is ducking them but you aren't ducking if you take a bigger fight. My recollection is that after losing to Spence Brook did try out 154 & it didn't go too well. As with Witter, Brook hasn't made brilliant career choices &, as you say, thats partly because he's always been chasing this one big fight at the end of the rainbow.

I mean, AJ kept messing Deontay around so Deontay just went out & fought Fury. Now its AJ in the cold.

[SteveM]

He jumped to 160 because this man is obsessed with Amir Khan. Khan jumps to MW, Brook jumps to MW, Khan fights Crawford, Brook fights Crawford, Khan hovers around WW wasting away, Brook hovers around WW wasting away.

After Golovkin whooped him, he should have dropped the IBF 147 lb. belt, taken a year and a half off, and come back as a 154 lber.

I think he did have one fight at 154 - tbh Brook is like many boxers today - if he fought at his natural weight (middleweight) he'd be mediocre - the fact he can cut to 147 has gained nim an advantage there - ditto Spence and Porter. Crawford is a naural WW but was a weight bully at 135 and even 140. Ennis is a weight bully at 147 - he is at least a natural 154 fighter - I think Brook gives up his power advantages at 154 so he'd have struggled with the Charlos, Hurd et al.

[elfag]

brook looks a lot better than he did at 147 the two pounds help, hes not super shredded (aka super dehydrated). Hes still cutting a large amount of water but doesnt look like he about to pass out

[elfag]

I think he did have one fight at 154 - tbh Brook is like many boxers today - if he fought at his natural weight (middleweight) he'd be mediocre - the fact he can cut to 147 has gained nim an advantage there - ditto Spence and Porter. Crawford is a naural WW but was a weight bully at 135 and even 140. Ennis is a weight bully at 147 - he is at least a natural 154 fighter - I think Brook gives up his power advantages at 154 so he'd have struggled with the Charlos, Hurd et al.

spence is a weird one, he should be at 154. He said hes gotten up to upper 180s inbetween camps, thing is that we seen general photos of him out of camp and he never looks fat or bloated, its not like a chubby hatton/DLH type gaining a lot of fat between fights. Maybe he just doesnt store any fat in his face but crazy to think his normal walk around healthy weight is that high up. Also seen him next to the charlo brothers and he is def a weight class or two smaller than them. I guess they cut crazy weight too then if he is 180s but looks that much smaller than them.

There were those rumors of spence giving floyd a hard time in sparring, well consider you dont drain before you spar so hes probably got 20 pounds on floyd while still being a top tier fighter and floyd liking to fight aggressive in sparring, you could see why he have trouble pushing around a bigger skilled guy.

[SteveM]

spence is a weird one, he should be at 154. He said hes gotten up to upper 180s inbetween camps, thing is that we seen general photos of him out of camp and he never looks fat or bloated, its not like a chubby hatton/DLH type gaining a lot of fat between fights. Maybe he just doesnt store any fat in his face but crazy to think his normal walk around healthy weight is that high up. Also seen him next to the charlo brothers and he is def a weight class or two smaller than them. I guess they cut crazy weight too then if he is 180s but looks that much smaller than them.

There were those rumors of spence giving floyd a hard time in sparring, well consider you dont drain before you spar so hes probably got 20 pounds on floyd while still being a top tier fighter and floyd liking to fight aggressive in sparring, you could see why he have trouble pushing around a bigger skilled guy.

The charlos are probably natural MWs or super MWs so yeah, Spence would look small. Floyd is probably a natural 140/147 fighter. Pac a natural 140 fighter. All this previous day weigh ins obscures who is really the best fighter at a certain weight. A part of a fighter's skillset is who is best t cutting weight.