Is Brook a good win for Golovkin?

[El-blanco]

He shouldn't get any credit. It's a joke fight. At this point we don't even know how good kell Brook really is and we definitely don't know how good he is at 160.

[jaded]

Brook is a WW...albeit a big WW but not a middleweight. It's gutsy for Brook...buy not a good fight for him. GGG still can't find a live threat.

[monkeyboy]

When I created the poll I had no idea it would be so 1-sided. Aside from the usual suspects (guys who could watch Golovkin **** an old lady and figure out a way to put a positive spin on it) no one thinks this is a good win.

I started out completely open minded but the points made here are just too sound too deny. A significantly smaller guy with 1 win and no momentum.

Big respect to those Golovkin fans who answered honestly. Something I always push for around here is for people to be more honest about the fighters they support.


That's another interesting angle. Brook should be the one getting credit here but many said Khan was just an idiot, so what do those folks say about Brook?

To be honest the kindest way to look at it is that there's less than ten weeks until the fight date and it was either this or cancel any Fall fight.
I don't know what fighters and venue had been booked for Sept 10th if any but having exhausted all the decent possibilities it only left Lara and there's no guarantee those negotiations wouldn't have been ****ty and long winded either.

I don't like it at all but looking at it pragmatically I suppose it was this or no fight at all.

Thanks Hearn and Eubank.

[elgu]

WoW fam! I just got back from boating and I come home to find the boxing world upside down! WTF?!!! the obvious suspects at it again -- Kell Brook and Golovkin! and they hate on Canelo tho? they have been schooled and are following the blueprint of Amir 'King' Khan and Cashnelo Alvarez...I was getting hate by a Golovtard about being a bizznezzman but look whos laughing now?

elgu

If you bothered searching my posts or threads you would see i did give GGG flack for taking on Brooks. I guess at some point if the system is so flawed you have to join the system to win. That still doesn't explain why you aren't congratulating GGG. He became one of yours, a bizznezz man. So go ahead and praise him for his actions and tell him "if it don't make money it don't make sense". Idiot. The whole boxing system needs to be revamped.

[eco1]

in reality, the only winner here is Brook. Win or loose.

[FightingWords]

As far as Brook as an entity alone, it's a win, win for him. Fighting a P4P'er in GGG and in a higher weigh class. Not only does it propel his name and marketability but also his credibility as a fighter. Even when he loses, he will no doubt give GGG a good go. And that's enough to propel his name to the top of the Welterweight division. Now as far as Trip G is concerned. Well, I think it's obvious. It's a lose, lose. I mean come on. The guy is fighting a Welterweight for chris sake.

[1hourRun]

If you bothered searching my posts or threads you would see i did give GGG flack for taking on Brooks. I guess at some point if the system is so flawed you have to join the system to win. That still doesn't explain why you aren't congratulating GGG. He became one of yours, a bizznezz man. So go ahead and praise him for his actions and tell him "if it don't make money it don't make sense". Idiot. The whole boxing system needs to be revamped.

Son Im working on my new sig and gif! GGG is da man! he finally understands what this game about! get on board yo! by 2016 Canelo and GGG are going to fight for recording setting PPV but your to ****** to see whats going on! hola at yo boy for clues!

[Humean]

Having a definitive win against a top welterweight has certainly been considered meaningful for a lot of the top middleweights of the past. I guess the goalposts get moved in Golovkin's case.

[Derranged]

No and as a Golovkin fan, this fight sucks. Fuck Golovkin and fuck his shit management for making this fight, total waste.

[LacedUp]

As far as Brook as an entity alone, it's a win, win for him. Fighting a P4P'er in GGG and in a higher weigh class. Not only does it propel his name and marketability but also his credibility as a fighter. Even when he loses, he will no doubt give GGG a good go. And that's enough to propel his name to the top of the Welterweight division. Now as far as Trip G is concerned. Well, I think it's obvious. It's a lose, lose. I mean come on. The guy is fighting a Welterweight for chris sake.

It's not a win win if he ends his career and/or gets seriously damaged