Comments Thread For: Thurman Shakes Head at Brook, Expects Spence To Get IBF Belt

[Gary Coleman]

The Spence hype on here is absolutely hilarious.

Brook will beat both of them.

If Kell cuts back down to 147, he'd be lucky to see the 12th vs either of them.

[SteveM]

Kell will not be OK at 154...he's literally surrounded by ass whippings.

Most of what you say is an absolute bucket of racist and patriotic crap - but on that I can agree with you.

Kell Brook is in a difficult spot - a very difficult mandatory at 147 or jump into the deep end at 154. If he is up for challenges but not great pay days then 154 is full of them.

[MDPopescu]

Thurman Shakes Head at Brook, Expects Spence To Get IBF Belt

WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman (27-0, 22 KOs) is still shaking his head at Kell Brook's decision to jump up by two weight divisions to challenge IBO/WBA/WBC/WBO middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin last month.

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I don't remember very well: did Thurman ever call out Brook in the past?...
... If "NO", then he better shut it up...

[SterlingStained]

Funny how he loves the idea of brook vs Spence or brook vs Thurman. However he didn't mention the idea of Thurman vs Spence lol.

I was thinking the same exact thing

Yeah, was thinking it too. Maybe he'll want to unify, but then again would be on how he got the belt. Notice he said Spence will get the belt from a non champion. He's already downplaying his title and he hasn't even won it yet.

TRANSLATION: I don't want it with Spence. I hope Kell derails him so I don't have to fight the guy.

[SteveM]

The Spence hype on here is absolutely hilarious.

Brook will beat both of them.

Go back two years prior to Brook-Porter and you will find the same hype on these boards - except it was about Porter. Porter entered that fight a clear favorite, largely due to all the hype from US boxing fans. So did that hype get transferred to Brook? Nope. First the hype baton got passed to Thurman and then when his KO run stopped it got passed on to Spence. At this point Spence is getting more hype and acclaim than Crawford - which is all upside down.

[TOBYLEE1]

154 sounds nice for Brook because most are thinking Canelo. But when you start looking at the Charlo brothers, JRock, Andrade ect. he is just another JMW and he won't just walk thru any of those guys.

[Realizniguhnit]

Yea what about YOU and Spence Thurman???? Thurman tries to act like Spence isn't big name at 147 but he's top 5 now....

[Realizniguhnit]

154 sounds nice for Brook because most are thinking Canelo. But when you start looking at the Charlo brothers, JRock, Andrade ect. he is just another JMW and he won't just walk thru any of those guys.

Not to mention. Outside of JR all of them are 6' and can punch. So they are virtually the same size If not bigger than GGG

[Idunnoshet]

Why would Thurman duck Spence but not Brook? One's a world champion (who is still undefeated at 147), the other isn't. Spence has shown a lot of promise, but he's still just a prospect at the moment. The way some of you build him up as this fighter that has everyone at 147 petrified is ridiculous.

Prospect ? I'm pretty sure most Boxing fans and journalist would consider Spense a CONTENDER no longer a prospect.

[r1onnie2]

Kell will learn the lesson that a drained Roy Jones Jr. learned from Tarver.

If he tries to go back to 147, that's exactly what's going to happen to him.