Sweet Lord that was a mugging..
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in interviews well b4 the fight, GGG said he wanted street fight with kell. it's because he saw the photos of kell in tip top shape, and he realized kell's plan was to try and sugar ray leonard him. so he said to himself, "ok, then what i'm going to do, is what hagler should have done, and that's make a dog fight out of it. i'm going to fight him and throw boxing out the window". you can tell he was applying the old strategy of "fight the boxer". he came out, felt him out, got a sense of what his power was like, and then went to work, slowly picking up the pace as each round went on. it was a 12 round fight, so can anyone imagine what the next 7 more rounds were going to be like? GGG seemed to be fighting in 1st gear for a few rounds. then he went to 2nd gear and upped his work rate. was he shooting his load, or was he just warming up? what if he has a 3rd and 4th gear? to kell's credit, he was sharp enough to make the fight a very good one. GGG praised him for having great sense of distance. it's obvious kell is extremely skilled. for another fighter to think they will now come in and adopt that same blueprint and have success with GGG, may find out that they aren't kell brook, and that window may be closed. I think GGG could have gotten the same result and taken less punishment by just sticking to the jab more. i'm sure he will go back and tighten a few screws. this fight will make both GGG and kell book sharper in their next fightComment
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good post.
this is 100% true. GGG was picking up pace as he goes. he was faster in the 5th than he was in the 1st.
HOWEVER, i still believe he was sandbagging in the 1st. GGG hit Kell with a body/head 2 piece. Kell was ready to go farming. GGG mysteriously just covers up for the rest of the round. He had Kell right on the ropes... stunned.
Kell is a great boxer but GGG is just that much better even skill for skill. GGG's jab is so far superior to Kell's it can't even be compared. they say GGG has the best jab in boxing pound for pound. Kell was #2. well they aren't even close.Comment
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