Comments Thread For: Brook: Beating Golovkin is Bigger Than Any British Win in History!

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KELL BROOK is eating kangaroo to try to spring an upset on Gennady Golovkin on Saturday. The Sheffield boxer is stepping up two weight divisions to take on the US-based Kazakh for his three world middleweight titles at London's O2 Arena.
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[Clegg]

Turpin>SRR would still be first but this would be among the best due to the size difference.

[Ray*]

This would be a massive win no debating, but the biggest??? I would have to check my list.

[Sid-Knee]

Turpin over Robinson is better. And the biggest of all, Fitzsimmons becoming Heavyweight champ whilst weighing 160. Forget the best British win in history, that's the single biggest win in Boxing history.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Based on what? What's the single best win of your Sep. 10 opponent? Murray? Geale, Lemieux?

[King_]

There is absolutely no doubt about it that if Kell Brook somehow manages to beat Golovkin, he would be the greatest British fighter ever.

It would be the second biggest upset in the history of the sport (IMO,) which would trail only a potenial Ward victory against Kovalev. Ward absolutely has 0% chance of even winning one round, yet alone the fight. So if somehow Ward escaped with a "W," it would be the single greatest upset, and achievement in boxing history. That goes for not just professional ranks, but also the amateurs.

[-Freddy-]

It would be a huge win. But for a British fighter? I don't know because there have been some great British fighters. Lloyd Honeyghan comes to mind.

[SterlingStained]

that depends.

on what GGG does for the rest of his career. if brook is his only major win then no, but if GGG goes on and beats some notable names, then the conversation can start.

[Jubei]

Based on what? What's the single best win of your Sep. 10 opponent? Murray? Geale, Lemieux?

Beating Top 10-15 Middleweights back to back in the last 5 years maybe.

All known respectable fighters with cojones. There are no guys on the list you enjoy because they are apparently ducking cowards.

Below is a list from (End of May 2016) of ten of the most talented fighters in boxing today, ranked by the number of different top 10 opponents (as rated by the Transnational Boxing Rankings at the time that each particular fight happened) they have beaten since September 2012. (https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-new...ovkin-american)

(1) Gennady Golovkin – 6

160lbs: Lemieux #4, Murray #4, Geale #5, Macklin #6, Proska #9. 154lbs: Rosado #10

(2) Saul Alvarez – 5

147lbs: Khan #3, Lopez #8. 154lbs: Lara #1, Trout #2. 160lbs: Cotto – Lineal Champion

(3) Sergey Kovalev – 4

175lbs: Pascal #3 (x2), Hopkins #1, Cleverly #5, Campillo #3

(4) Roman Gonzalez – 4

112lbs: Arroyo #7, Viloria #4, Sosa #5, Yaegashi – Lineal champion

(5) Terence Crawford – 4

135lbs: Burns #3, Gamboa #7, Beltran #2. 140lbs: Dulorme #9

(6) Timothy Bradley – 3

140lbs: Vargas #7. 147lbs: Rios #10, Marquez #2

(7) Juan Francisco Estrada – 3

112lbs: Viloria #1, Melindo #8, Segura #6

(8) Guillermo Rigondeaux – 2

118lbs: Agbeko # 6. 122lbs: Donaire – Lineal Champion

(9) Andre Ward – 1

168lbs: Rodriguez #6

[Corelone]

Turpin over Robinson is better. And the biggest of all, Fitzsimmons becoming Heavyweight champ whilst weighing 160. Forget the best British win in history, that's the single biggest win in Boxing history.

Don't forget, Ruby went back down to win the light heavy title. He went from middleweight, to heavy weight, back to light heavy. Brook is just full of himself.