How is Brook Suddenly the Best Welterweight?

[ИATAS]

Has Brook accomplished anything in his boxing career that suggests he should be in the ring with Gennady Golovkin? Hell could Brook even beat Andrade, Charlos, Lara, Canelo....come on man!

I don't think people are saying that. No one wanted the Brook vs Golovkin fight, not even Golovkin. He's a welterweight, he's obviously done nothing to get a shot at the MW belts but it is what it is. No one at middleweight stepped up, so here we are.

[Code Red]

I don't think people are saying that. No one wanted the Brook vs Golovkin fight, not even Golovkin. He's a welterweight, he's obviously done nothing to get a shot at the MW belts but it is what it is. No one at middleweight stepped up, so here we are.

If no one at middleweight steps up then shouldn't Golovkin himself "Step Up" ...know what I mean, Up being the key word

[LacedUp]

he's been ranked #1 for at least 6 months

[Larry the boss]

he's been ranked #1 for at least 6 months

based on what?

[LacedUp]

No,not Ring rankings. I'm referring to "best welterweight" as the thread title says. Brook winning a close fight against Porter 2 years ago is the ONLY relevant thing he's ever done. You're taking that over everything Garcia and Thurman have done?? I think Spence knocking out Algeri is more impressive than anything Brook has done, and I'm not even sold on Spence.
Let's not hide behind rankings here, Kell has done very little compared to Thurman, Garcia, and even Bradley. By the time he gets his next WW fight he won't have had a legit defense in 2.5 years of being champ, and that's IF he finally makes a legit defense.

What has Garcia done? Beaten Guerrero and Malignaggi. That's literally it. Thurman and Brook are #1 and #2. Whichever way you have them, is up to you. I'm fine with either.

[b00g13man]

He might be, but we just don't know for sure yet. It's obviously a rather lame attempt at justifying the mismatch.

[LacedUp]

based on what?

Based on his skills and other people retiring. He beat Porter when Porter was #4 behind Bradley, Pacquiao and Mayweather. Brook was #5 at that time.

Two of them has since retired and one has gone a little down hill.

Perfectly reasonable to have him #1 as no one else in the division has really done much against the other top 10 ranked fighters. He has the best win out of anyone in the top 10 outside Bradley, so it's quite simple. Plus he's the longest reigning champion in the division.

[Redd Foxx]

based on what?

Because of this I guess... 3 guesses what this opponent's name. No cheating!
(I had to look it up)

[LacedUp]

He might be, but we just don't know for sure yet. It's obviously a rather lame attempt at justifying the mismatch.

Yes, they predicted this 6 months ago as he was installed as #1.

CONSPIRACY!

[LacedUp]

Because of this I guess... 3 guesses what this opponent's name. No cheating!
(I had to look it up)

Kevin Bizier ;-)

You can hold the IBF responsible for those mis matches. Brook offered the fight to a whole host of fighters.