Just How Good Was Kell Brook At His Very Best

[FaustoGeraci]

If he never dropped two weight classes straight off the GGG fight, he would have beaten Spence. The first half of that fight showed it, before the weight problems took its toll. You can’t drop from 160 to 147 in your next fight, especially when you’re tight at the weight normally, and especially coming off the back of a beating and eye surgeries.

i think Crawford would probably always found a way to beat him, but it would have been a great fight, prime for prime.

Brook at his best would give anyone at 147 a hell of a fight, win or lose. Even more so if he had lived the life. He was no joke.

his timing is some of the best I’ve seen. Very few fighters can just have impeccable timing right from the opening bell, right off the bat. That’s a gift.

Another dumb post from you today. Spence wore him down to the body and broke him. He would have done that before GGG or after. He’s the better fighter period.

[QueensburyRules]

memorable matches

1st man to hand Porter a L

also went life & death with Carson Jonez

- - Reach arounds apparently just ain't what they used to be.

• Brook was stabbed in 2007 after a night out in Burngreave, less than a week after defeating Karl David in Cardiff.
• Brook was also stabbed in the leg after an attack on holiday in Tenerife shortly after defeating Shawn Porter for the IBF World welterweight title in Carson, California

[HandsofIron]

Brook was a strong and intelligent boxer but he never lived up to his full potential because of the GGG fight. That fight ruined him.

[GrandpaBernard]

Brook was a strong and intelligent boxer but he never lived up to his full potential because of the GGG fight. That fight ruined him.

he also stunted his potential by waiting later into his career to fight better guys

fighting and sparring higher level guys makes one a better fighter

[PRINCEKOOL]

Skill for skill he was elite, but there was something within his attitude 'Both inside the ring and outside which held him back'.

Amir Khan fulfilled his potential and maybe even overachieved.

Where as Kell Brook underachieved 'But this was also down to bad promoting and match making'.

[Chrismart]

I think he would of been up there with the best at 147. His career was a bit stagnant after the Porter win, then along came the GGG fight which was a terrible idea.

A shame really.

[deathofaclown]

Another dumb post from you today. Spence wore him down to the body and broke him. He would have done that before GGG or after. He’s the better fighter period.

Who wouldn’t target the body of a man dropping two Weight classes? That’s the exact reason Spence was able to do that

you’re the dumb one


Brook would beat Spence, if they were both 100%

[tonysoprano]

He was good but not great. Won a world title and then made some terrible career choices. He should never have gone anywhere near GGG.

That's one of the worst pieces of matchmaking i've ever seen.

[HeadShots]

Another dumb post from you today. Spence wore him down to the body and broke him. He would have done that before GGG or after. He’s the better fighter period.

Brook would've beat Spence before GGG. He had micro-factured from that fight.

Brook was dominating the first 7-8 rounds. then ran out of gas because he had to cut back down

[Boxing 112]

Everyone claiming he would beat Spence if it wasn't for GGG fight spence damaged his OTHER eye socket and made him quit in his hometown. People are over hyping Brook now cause he beat a shot Khan both were shot just Khan even more so. Brook i would have rated more if he actually fought more big names and won some. The Porter fight great win but i wasn't super impressed a lot of clinching in the fight. After that he still went on to fight nobodies. GGG he fought after being offered a good payday. And Spence he had to fight cause he was mandatory. He then went up to 154 and still fought nobodies when even the top fighters said they would be willing to give him a fight. We'll never know cause of how weak his resume of opponents were. Most his career has resolved around being obsessed with Khan (probably cause that was always his biggest payday too)