I like brook but I think he has hung round the wrong level for too long and think he will be left wanting when he steps up. Being under frank warren who is afraid to test his fighters untill he can get them a crack at a wbo title hampered his progress. When he was under warren he was the wbo no.1 for quite a while, it was just a shame that manny pac was the champ. Now he's with Eddie Hearn he'll get his IBF shot (like all Hearn fighters), but I think alexander who has been on that level before will have too much experience for him. We seen what happened when brook fought Jones, he raced off to an early lead then gassed when jones came back at him. This should have raised alarm bells and showed that brook had become complacent fighting people who were a level below him, but in his very next fight they match him with saldiva who crumpled after a few rounds. I'm not alexanders biggest fan and I believe he lost the Kotelnik fight by a wide margin, quit against Bradley, then lost a decision (not wide but clear) to Matthysse, but he has been there and done it. Witter, urango, maidana and the stink fest v bailey show hes been there and done it. Even the other fights (3 losses by my count) he was never outclassed, proving he belongs at that level, something brook has never done.
Great post. Pretty well sums up my thoughts on this fight. I think Brook's development has been held back and hampered by Waren's safe match making and this will show in the fight.
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