Comments Thread For: Gennady Golovkin Tested, Stops Kell Brook in Five Rounds

[big_james10]

Yeah, too bad Kell and his corner didn't realize this. They probably thought Kell's best chance of winning would be to stay on the ropes. Lucky for GGG that Kell complied by staying on the ropes.

Brook's corner told him to stay off the ropes. Brook ignored them. I think after Brook suffered the injury, he gave up. Brook is definitely no Muhammad Ali (who suffered a broken jaw against Ken Norton and still finished the fight).

[big_james10]

I have no desire to see GGG fight any of the current top middleweights. I would however love to see him fight the Ward-Kovalev winner. That would cement his claim as the #1 P4P fighter on the planet.

That would get GGG knocked out!

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Lara?



Lara gets demolished easy.

GGG won't fight him. So it doesn't matter.

[big_james10]

Based on his fight vs. some random 39 year old from Columbia I highly doubt he would KO GGG. It's not like GGG would just stand there like he did vs Brook.

I am basing my assessment on Andre Ward's skill level, Ward's performance against the best opponents in the world at 168, and the fact that a blown-up welterweight was able to hit Golovkin at will and hurt him.

GGG only knows one way to fight and that is to come forward and attack. GGG cannot fight going backwards. Ward would attack him and force GGG to back up. Golovkin would look like a lost puppy in the ring against Ward.

[Scipio2009]

IMO Canelo vs GGG would play out similar although it'd be more competitive. Canelo has very good hand speed just like Brook but he'll get tired like Brook and then GGG would steam roll him. Canelo can't fight at a hight pace for 12 rnds.

As for Brook....Errol Spence is going to KO him in his next fight.

Golovkin's not going to be able to take the onslaught that he got from Brook, from a guy who's actually his size, well enough to hang on until said fighter gets tired late.

Brook was able to basically neutralize Golovkin (sans that shot that busted his eye socket) behind minding his defense (being aware of the type of shots that Golovkin is likely to throw, and from where Golovkin is going to engage), effective movement (moving just enough, to get out of the way yet still be in position to counter), and consistently working a solid counter-jab (whenever Golovkin would probe, Brook would cut the probe short with his own shot).

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That would get GGG knocked out!

I don't know about KO'd. But I have a hard time seeing him winning a round against Ward. I think he does a lil better against Kovalev. But as much as he gets caught flush, I don't see him making it 12 rounds against Sergey.

[Hype job]

I am basing my assessment on Andre Ward's skill level, Ward's performance against the best opponents in the world at 168, and the fact that a blown-up welterweight was able to hit Golovkin at will and hurt him.

When did Brook hurt GGG?

Ward isn't the same guy he was at 168, you guys need to realise this.

[Hype job]

Golovkin's not going to be able to take the onslaught that he got from Brook, from a guy who's actually his size, well enough to hang on until said fighter gets tired late.

Brook was able to basically neutralize Golovkin (sans that shot that busted his eye socket) behind minding his defense (being aware of the type of shots that Golovkin is likely to throw, and from where Golovkin is going to engage), effective movement (moving just enough, to get out of the way yet still be in position to counter), and consistently working a solid counter-jab (whenever Golovkin would probe, Brook would cut the probe short with his own shot).

GGG fights differently against punchers, and guys his size. Watch the Lemieux and Stevens fights, he doesn't just bum rush guys who have power

He said plenty leading up to the fight about making this a "street fight".

[Scipio2009]

Kell Brook is going to be easily in the top 3 at 154. Kell's got skills man, he's just not a middleweight

JRock, Demetrius Andrade, and Erislandy Lara, last I checked, were all still at 154. You add Canelo, Cotto, the Charlo brothers, and the young fighters coming up (Erickson Lubin standing out to me), and you've got a division that could literally be 7/8 deep in top-level fighters.

[FrankieBruno]

People are talking like he always fights like this. No, he fights like this only when he fights guys he knows won't hurt him. As soon as he hurt Brook he just started bumrushing because he knew he had nothing to worry about.

He wouldn't fight like this against Jacobs or Alvarez or anyone that could seriously threaten him. He never does when faced with anything close to a threat.

basically, he was throwing bombs and forcing the fight, normally GGG takes his time, but it seems he just wanted to get the stoppage and go home.

it was a routine fight, i wouldnt look too much into it, he had no respect for Brook