Now do you understand why Brook's corner threw in the towel?

[torosboxing75]

Optics matter. Nobody is calling these two fighters brave. HBO isn't interested in Khan or Smith for more fights. You can't get big fights when the last image of you that people remember is you stretched out laying on your back.

They didn't throw in the towel because they didn't want Brook to get KO'd. They threw in the towel because Brook was seeing triple GGG's and couldn't defend himself properly. If Khan or Smith were in the same situation as Brook their corners might've thrown in the towels as well.

[FrankieBruno]

The thing about the Khan fight, they couldn't throw in the towel because he wasnt taking a beating like Brook and Smith were.

He was still very much in the fight

Khan got knocked out, but overall he took far less punishment than what happened to Brook and Smith

But yes Brooks team threw in the towel because they saw what was coming

Also Khan was given a lot of props after the fight, maybe your forgot?

No damage was done to him as a fighter because he was doing well in the fight and making Nelo look slow and average

[soul_survivor]

Optics matter. Nobody is calling these two fighters brave. HBO isn't interested in Khan or Smith for more fights. You can't get big fights when the last image of you that people remember is you stretched out laying on your back.

wtf are you on about? Just about every relevant person in boxing gave Khan props. I know your small brain probably can compute anything older than 5 minutes ago but you know, get with it boy.

Khan has just about every option open to him, fighting Garcia in a big bucks US fight or Brook in a big bucks UK fight.

SMith is a different story. He was never a name in the first place.

Brook on the other hand has to take his beggars plate to Khan next because no other fight gets him any real money.

[Motorcity Cobra]

They didn't throw in the towel because they didn't want Brook to get KO'd. They threw in the towel because Brook was seeing triple GGG's and couldn't defend himself properly. If Khan or Smith were in the same situation as Brook their corners might've thrown in the towels as well.

Actually if you watch the replay most of they punches can't after Ingle was already on the ropes and the ref didn't see him. The stoppage was OK at the time it was stopped but if the ref had seen Ingle when he first jumped on the ropes that would've been early

[torosboxing75]

Actually if you watch the replay most of they punches can't after Ingle was already on the ropes and the ref didn't see him. The stoppage was OK at the time it was stopped but if the ref had seen Ingle when he first jumped on the ropes that would've been early

And what does that have to do with what I said?

[BM dnobagaV]

Khan's been a meme since 2008

[AliBombaye]

Khan did MUCH MUCH better than an actual 154 champion, beefy didn't win a single round lol. So much for all those commercials with beefy saying 'canelo beat khan, i am not khan'. LMFAO must feel like a right chav beefy prick right about now not winning any rounds and rolling on the floor in pain after being beaten pillar to post.

[Butt stuff]

Everyone was calling Khan brave. At least in the UK. Much more so because of the inevitable ending where he lay unconscious.

[Ray*]

HBO are in the business of making money, they are only interested in making money, they would make any fight with any fighter that makes them money period!

[Scipio2009]

Optics matter. Nobody is calling these two fighters brave. HBO isn't interested in Khan or Smith for more fights. You can't get big fights when the last image of you that people remember is you stretched out laying on your back.

I'd argue that Kell Brook basically going up a stone, not getting destroyed in a round, actually boxing Golovkin on even terms during the fight had far more to do with "HBO's interest" (Alvarez-Brook and Cotto-Brook are fights that would do good business for HBO; were it not for that, I doubt HBO would care) than not getting laid out.

Liam Smith will obviously have to take a step back (with the WBO belt gone, not sure what path Frank Warren will lead Liam down), but he's proven that, at 154, he's a pretty legit fighter; have no doubt that Showtime would have interest in bringing Liam over to fight in their 154lb division (especially if he can get 1-2 wins back at home first).

Erislandy Lara (WBA), Charlo-Williams winner (IBF), Jermell Charlo (WBC), and Demetrius Andrade, among others, all need viable fights.