Canelo vs Brook

[John Locke]

I don't usually match fighters up with guys from a weight class above, but Brook is very big at 147 and doesn't have an easy time making weight, I'm sure we'll see him at 154 sooner or later.

How do lot see him doing against Canelo? His footwork is nowhere near as good as Lara's, he might have a better jab and better pop, but that's at 147 so we don't know how it will carry up.

I'd lean towards Canelo because of the natural size advantage and I feel he's more versatile, he's got an inside game unlike Brook. Also, although I feel he lost the fight (only just), I think he proved against Lara that he's adapting and learning how to deal better with boxers.

[kiDynamite92]

Canelo would monster him.

[Lullaby]

Canelo would murder him.

[Mk12345]

Brook barely sc****d through with porter in a fight which could have easily gone the other way.

He needs a dominant display against top opposition before he can be considered as a top welterweight.

Even his promoter knows his belt can go at anytime very soon and that's why he want to cash out on a lucrative Khan fight.

[soul_survivor]

Brook is quick and skillful and has shown resilience but he hasn't fought at the highest level at 147, let alone being successful in a fantasy fight at 154 against a proven champion.

Having said that, if brook continues to improves and manages to sit down more on his power as he did earlier in his career then he could genuinely give Canelo hell. Brook is indeed big at the weight and would fit 154 perfectly imo and Canelo isn't a devastating puncher, he took his time against guys like Matty Hatton and the other light welters he feasted on. Brook is far more accurate with his punches than all those guys, if Canelo tries to out hustle Brook, he'll find that out.

Not to mention Brook has the superior hand and foot speed. Canelo's size will start to tell imo and he'll win down the stretch but it's not a foregone conclusion.

[wiz1030]

I'd like the fight if it could be made, but we have to stop thinking Canelo is a junior middleweight now. He's 160 or anything above catchweight 155

[SeekDaGreat]

How much does Brook cherish his teeth? Because he'd be picking them up off the canvas after the fight.

Canelo kills him, in anything less than Brook running ala Lara.

[JJRod]

Canelo would knock him out in under 6 rounds.

[Greed.]

Brook is huge at 147 and could move up to 154, but Canelo will be at 160 then anyway. But yeah, Canelo beats the **** out of him.

[AngelOfWallSt]

I gained more respect for Brook with the Porter fight. For whatever reason, Brook was always pulling out of Big fights. I was turned off after he pulled out of the Devon Alexander fight in 2013.

I take Canelo by 11th rd TKO. Brook isn't feather fisted, but I don't see him bothering Canelo. Canelo will out muscle him if Brook tried to maul, & wear him down with body shots. The Shawn Porter fight is a little misleading for some fans though, because outside of that fight he wasn't much of a mauler. Canelo is just too much, in my opinion.

I don't it happens because I don't see Brook going to 154, & Canelo may be in route to 160 soon. 154 looks like a struggle for Canelo