Comments Thread For: Kell Brook-Brandon Rios on Track For 8/29, Says Hearn

[wlliam]

Smh i hope Rios wins. Thought id never say that but dang, those titles shouldnt belong to any Brits. Brooks never gonna fight anyone as close to Porter again. Degale, i doubt he faces anyone better than Dirrel while he has that title. Theyre just milk the eff outta em as they always have while holding the title hostage.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Brook vs Thurman cud have been made and the winner wud get Floyd, guaranteed

Khan wud be out of the runnings

So i am wondering why doesnt Brook/Thurman override Khan? - unless one of them has no self belief or no interest in Floyd

Mayweather is fighting in September so Brook and Thurman are going to fight in August and then fight Floyd Mayweather 2 weeks later?

You're a grade A mong.

[FrankieBruno]

Khan shud get the Floyd fight

end of the day neither Thurman or Brook are making any noise for the fight

Brook is fighting Rios in August, so that already rules him out

and Thurman is fighting in July, wudnt be supersized if that injury reappears again


Khan gets the fight via default and speaking the loudest

Unless Porter can beat Broner in some dramatic fashion, he cud make a case for the fight

Floyds options are very limited, he cud move up to fight Cotto, but i dont see that happening.

[AgainstTheRopes]

So you can't answer the question?

why should I? Clearly Hearn's been in discussions with Arum about this for weeks (months possibly).

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Smh i hope Rios wins. Thought id never say that but dang, those titles shouldnt belong to any Brits. Brooks never gonna fight anyone as close to Porter again. Degale, i doubt he faces anyone better than Dirrel while he has that title. Theyre just milk the eff outta em as they always have while holding the title hostage.

And Yanks don't? Who did Shawn Porter fight in his first defence? How bout Anthony Dirrell? Beyonce Windmiller?

Rios is close to Porter. They're both pretty ****.

[AgainstTheRopes]

And Yanks don't? Who did Shawn Porter fight in his first defence? How bout Anthony Dirrell? Beyonce Windmiller?

Rios is close to Porter. They're both pretty ****.

I'll give you Santa Cruz that's all. Brook's lined up three straight gimme defenses and showing no sign of changing.

[daggum]

Could be worse really Rios is going to press Brook if he can survive into the later rounds maybe he can test his stamina.

Rios is a much better in-fighter than Porter he's just got to get there by going through a bad neighborhood.

yes as long as his opponent isn't clinching him. we saw against abril and chaves how powerless he was when clinched. we also know that brook wont hesitate to hold every time his opponent gets close like against porter. he developed his holding game after carson jones beat him up in the first figh. rios-brook is tone of those fights where we know exactly how it will play out before it happens

[HEND]

Thurman is fighting Collazo (lol) in July. Pacquaio is injured. Are you dense or just unrealistic?

The one who believes that Hearn couldn't find ONE SINGLE credible opponent during one year from Brook's three fights since Brook is a champion, just because different unlucky timings and one mandatory challenger now call me dense and unrealistic.
Face the facts: Hearn holds that belt as a hostage and he has absolute no intention to get a credible, top opponent for Brook if it's not one of the Khan/Mayweather/Pac trio.
You believe that he couldn't find for his fighter a decent opponent during that year and I'm the dense? I'm the unrealistic? REALLY?

I'm done...

[[HORUS] REBORN]

Travesty of a fight. I'm actually hoping Rios takes the W because he won't hold the belt hostage in the states.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

I'll give you Santa Cruz that's all. Brook's lined up three straight gimme defenses and showing no sign of changing.

Jo Jo Dan was his mandatory challenger. He didn't "line him up".

Gavin was a fight he took 5 weeks later to keep active and because Hearn wanted him on the PPV card.

I wouldn't call Rios a gimmie defence - he's a tough fighter, if unskilled. He's also a name in America which will help increase Brook's profile so he can get the bigger fights that you want.

You've failed to name these fighters he should be fighting instead.