I love this fight! Like someone just previously said its an age old tradition for top welters to fight the Middleweight champ. THIS is the kind of thinking I've been talking about. Brook has done a wonderful thing trying to best Khan in how big of a challenge he's taking on. This is what boxing is about. Competition! We haven't seen exciting, attention grabbing match ups like this in a while. You look at Pac and Floyd, that was like pulling a tooth getting this fight made. With Brook, its a massive opportunity to jump above everyone 30lbs in either direction cementing himself as the true headline attraction and warrior
I know the Anti GGG Agenda is in full force, but what about some food for thoughts about the situation.
GGG needed an opponent, quick, very quick. Eubank pulled out for a fight in 8 weeks.
Looking at 160 GGG called out everyone. Every top middleweight ducked him.
Looking at 168 Zurdo has an injury, out for 5 months. DeGale and Jack have a unification at the end of the year.
Looking at 154 Andrade wants to unify first and face GGG for big $$$ in 2-3 years. Lara talks big on twitter and in interviews, never once his team contacted K2, also has no fans, also gets no $$ from HBO. Charlo bros want nothing to do with GGG.
Looking at 147 Brook, ranked #1 at 147, undeafeated, huge at the weight, steps up and takes the deal Eubank declined, HBO already had the UK deal with K2 Mainevents ready and needed a willing opponent for a fight in 8 weeks.
Ding Ding Ding we have a winner. Probs to Kell Brook for knocking out all the cowards with one shot and giving the GGG Antis a meltdown.
Marvin Hagler, one of the ATG MWs, his biggest fights were against the best guys from lower weights (Duran, Hearns, and Sugar Ray Leonard, who was a huge welterweight like Brook who actually defeated Marvin Hagler)
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