Kell Brook Avoiding Keith Thurman? [video]

[FrankieBruno]

Why would they get an equal purse in the US? Brook has had one fight there on primetime TV. How many UK PPVs is it going to sell at 3am against an unknown (to the UK audience) fighter in Thurman?

Stop speaking **** Wankie. You really go to desperate lengths to rim Khan's ****** and making up such bull**** to defend him and attack Brook.

"Im still a Brook fan doe" :lol1

He has a title,

Seems like ur makin a lot of excuses for Brook to avoid Thurman

Thurman wud earn Brook his biggest pay cheque to date, thats undeniable

but i guess ur fine with Brook fighting the likes of Frankie Gavin for 200k

[SN!PER]

Thurman whooped Guerrero worse than Floyd did.. now they're all ducking.

[Box-Office]

How much more "built up" does Khan want it to be? And what number excuse is that from him? I've lost track, I thought it was Ramadan or because Brook was on PEDs?

He'd be getting 6 or 7 million quid, a Wembley crowd of 80k and a title belt. What more does he need exactly?

Brook is quite unknown in America but this is a British event, they're not going to do Khan-Brook in the US.

Thurman-Brook meanwhile will probably have to be in America which is why Brook's name needs to be built there before that fight can happen. Hence fighting a name guy like Rios who draws good ratings on HBO which will grow Brook's profile stateside.

The money for the fight isn't there yet to satisfy both parties re: Brook vs Thurman - Amir Khan clearly doesn't have that excuse.

Wow that's so convenient Dirk. Just a day or two ago you were defending Hatton's duck of Witter as "American TV had no interest."

[Box-Office]

Brook is avoiding Thurman just like Khan is

The Ghost got 1.2 mil to face Thurman

Brook wud get much more as well as UK PPV

Its already a big fight financially, so i dont buy this excuse of Thurman is still building his name

Its just Thurman looks like a beast and Brook see's no weakness

Thurman is not a Puerto Rican nor Mexican and Florida isn't exactly a boxing hot bed where Thurman is a hero. Anglo-African American fighters can hardly ever achieve the following of boxers that the above mentioned nationality groups can. Point being Thurman's popularity will remain stagnant and this is the biggest this fight will ever be.

There is a reason Mayweather fights on Mexican holidays.

[LacedUp]

Brook only has one notable name on his resume. If Khan beats him people will instantly say "who was Kell Brook anyway? He only beat Porter".

Brook needs to build up his resume so that if Khan beats him, people can't make the excuse that he hadn't fought anyone.

3 fights later, 18 months down the line, Khan vs Brook will happen - that's my guess as long as Brook fights some serious competition instead of the likes of Gavin and Jo Jo Dan who are much lower than anyone Khan has faced for years. Carlos Molina was the last guy on that level in 2012 - which was a comeback fight after a loss, while Brook is fighting that sort of level as standard.

Tell me, why aren't you criticizing Brook for fighting such low level opposition?

No. They would say "that's the highlight of Khan's career". In fact, it would be Brook getting less credit because Khan has already been knocked out and outpointed before.

[F!x]

No. They would say "that's the highlight of Khan's career". In fact, it would be Brook getting less credit because Khan has already been knocked out and outpointed before.

Maybe in your mind that's the perception but Brook has no resume to back up that perception. He's only beat Shawn Porter who arguably lost to Julio Diaz the first time they fought. I think he's a very good fighter but having only one decent win on your record isn't enough to confirm that in reality.

If Brook got beat by Khan now, the win would be played down and Brook would be discredited and called a "bum" because he only ever had one good win on his record. Like when Algieri got beat by Pacquiao he was then labelled "bum" even though he beat Provodnikov in the fight before that.

[LacedUp]

Maybe in your mind that's the perception but Brook has no resume to back up that perception. He's only beat Shawn Porter who arguably lost to Julio Diaz the first time they fought. I think he's a very good fighter but having only one decent win on your record isn't enough to confirm that in reality.

If Brook got beat by Khan now, the win would be played down and Brook would be discredited and called a "bum" because he only ever had one good win on his record. Like when Algieri got beat by Pacquiao he was then labelled "bum" even though he beat Provodnikov in the fight before that.

And Porter also beat Diaz way more convincingly than Khan did who was dropped and ran all around the ring

There's no question that a victory over Brook would be Khan's career highlight.

[F!x]

And Porter also beat Diaz way more convincingly than Khan did who was dropped and ran all around the ring

There's no question that a victory over Brook would be Khan's career highlight.

Porter needed two attempts to figure Diaz out while Khan beat him on the first attempt. Whole different ballgame.

At this stage, Brook wouldn't be the most significant win on Khan's record. It's wishful thinking on your part but not reflected by Brook's actual record and the level of opponents he's faced overall.

Brook could be that good but we'd just be guessing at this stage - until it's proven against a collection of higher level opposition, it's fantasy.

Personally I think Brook's an excellent boxer. He needs to inscribe that excellence on to his record so I'm looking forward to him handling a bunch of decent welterweights before the Khan fight happens.

[YOU WILL LOSE]

kell broke is a fraud.

kell broke is still trying to figuring out what size gloves he wants rios to wear in that fight -
kell broke still got to figure out how to put himself on khans level even though khan won a title years ago.

kell broke now has to come up with thurman excuses.
kell broke will get exposed by all three!!

[Enzo Mc is SHIT]

They're all avoiding each other until Floyd confirms his last fight. Once that's determined we should see some movement from those who missed out.