Comments Thread For: Andre Berto Ready: I Would Love The Kell Brook Fight

[Yaconcha]

hmmm, interesting...a good fight for both men. thurman could take bradley i think by stoppage, possibly.

[daggum]

berto you are now zab judah

zab judah you are now eric crumble

[Wicky]

Frankie Gavin is a bad proposition in terms of risk/reward. Lot's of people already dissing him because he's not well known, but he's a very talented fighter hence IBF final eliminator & Olympic Gold. Brook would win, but it won't be an easy fight and won't do anything for his career.

Kell should make a statement by beating somebody Khan has avoided or struggled against. Maidana would be my choice in terms of style and given Maidana's recent exposure against Mayweather. It's a better fight than Thurman.

[alexguiness]

Brook beats Berto and schools Gavin.

Both fights are low risk, low reward in reality.

I can't really blame Brook too much, a Rios fight would be interesting, so would Bradley.

But everyone knows the real fight is Khan, and everybody knows what Khan thinks about that...

[mani1]

Brook Gavin is an absolute joke of a fight looks like Brooks reign of terror has truly begun.

[Wicky]

Brook beats Berto and schools Gavin.

Both fights are low risk, low reward in reality.

I can't really blame Brook too much, a Rios fight would be interesting, so would Bradley.

But everyone knows the real fight is Khan, and everybody knows what Khan thinks about that...

That's very naïve. Berto is a big, strong ex-champ and seasoned campaigner. He's been in with much better opposition that Kell's faced. Gavin is very skilful but unknown & underrated. If Kell beats him with a solid performance people say it was an easy win. If he struggles people will say Kell's overrated. Both come with significant risk in different ways.

[aretrospective]

Looks like we're on the same page for the most part, Wicky.

Now that the Gavin fight is confirmed, I'm 95% sure Brook will win but Gavin has the style & approach to make it hard work and to make Brook look bad. Berto appears to be a little shopworn and is a much bigger name, so would have made more sense in many ways.

I look forward to Brook's July opponent. JMM, Thurman or Maidana would be great but it sounds like it will be Rios. Good fighter, but he's a gatekeeper at WW and Brook will handle him fairly comfortably.

Will be a bit disappointing if his next 2 fights are Gavin & Rios when you look at the possibilities in the other matchups.

[Wicky]

Looks like we're on the same page for the most part, Wicky.

Now that the Gavin fight is confirmed, I'm 95% sure Brook will win but Gavin has the style & approach to make it hard work and to make Brook look bad. Berto appears to be a little shopworn and is a much bigger name, so would have made more sense in many ways.

I look forward to Brook's July opponent. JMM, Thurman or Maidana would be great but it sounds like it will be Rios. Good fighter, but he's a gatekeeper at WW and Brook will handle him fairly comfortably.

Will be a bit disappointing if his next 2 fights are Gavin & Rios when you look at the possibilities in the other matchups.

He'll beat both but in terms of style I think Brook will look much better against Rios than Gavin. Glad Frankie's getting a shot but can't help feeling cynical about Hearn's motives on this one.

Given the IBF are trying to match Bradley for a final eliminator, I reckon we'll see Gavin, Rios then Bradley as a mandatory. It's a shame because Brook Maidana is the fight I'd most like to see other than Brook Khan.

Totally agree about Rios being a gatekeeper at 147. A solid & durable B level but totally outgunned against Brook.