Comments Thread For: Spence: Brook Had To Quit - Or Eye May Get Permanent Damage

[bronx7]

Brook didn't expose GGG he fought too reckless against him wanted ko no fear of power. Jacobs a good fighter was on bike all night he didn't expose him he boxed a puncher like you always should too many rounds he gave away moving making ggg miss but ggg was landing jabs way more than Jacobs did and those rounds Jacobs did not throw or land enough

[j.razor]

Canelo easily UD's GGG. Brook and Jacobs exposed him, Jacobs actually won. What im saying is that Spence isn't that invincible force people were talking about. He was losing the first 7 rounds of this fight until the weight and the eye turned it.

How people think Thurman is gonna get exposed by Spence makes no sense. Spence gave everything he had to beat Brook and had a huge advantage going into that fight by being completely healthy while Brook was weight drained/eye socket issues. Spence is a good welterweight but isn't some heir to Floyd.

Canelo wins if he can take or evade lil g's punches (should). Jacobs did win I agree, Brook was not winning the first 7 rounds period. They both had to make weight & came in almost exactly the same on the weigh-in & that eye didn't get injured by itself. Brook had all the advantages going in....the reason people are giving a shot for Errol to beat Thurman is cuz Errol throws all punches (I think he doesn't throw enough uppercuts) especially the body work he does that Thurman has been hurt at multiple times...I think Errol beats Thurman but Thurman has the skill to box 12 rounds & stay away from Errol's punches....then we would have people say "he ran" but regardless it would be another great fight. Thank you once again Alan Haymon, much respect to you sir!

[bluepete]

Nobody easily UD GGG. Not Canella not Floyd. Key word "easily". With his power he is always in the fight. Like all power punchers Foreman, Frazier Dempsey etc. They struggle with lateral movement and fast of foot fighters

He don't stand off either, you know it's gonna be a tough night for Saul. I can't see him winning, too short too slow of foot.

[bronx7]

It's going to be a good fight no one can say it's a easy fight for either fighter if you do that's your heart talking a brain couldn't justify easy for either

[r1onnie2]

You know what I just realized. I don't think I've seen Spence look tired. That was a grueling fight as well

I was thinking the same thing, Errol didn't look tired at all.

[aretrospective]

Whilst it does look like Brook gave up, lets be honest it's not without damn good reason. He's either had some bad luck with the eye sockets or it appears there may be a bit of a weakness there. It's been confirmed his eye socket was broken (again, although this time the left as opposed to the right against Golovkin) and he said he couldn't see well out of the eye. It was a gruelling fight against a top opponent who was desperate to get the win. It's just too easy for 'fans' to have a go a him because he took a knee, I wonder how those same fans would do in the same situation as Brook was in? You don't get to the top level in boxing with no heart.

I was there last night. It was a great night despite Kell losing, which was admittedly a bit of a deflating end to the night. Groves performing really well and finally bagging a world belt was a highlight.

Back to Brook, before putting him down lets remember that he's the guy who stepped up 2 divisions to fight the monster many fully fledged MWs avoided (including 'lineal champions' & other belt holders) and then dropped back down 2 divisions after losing that fight to take on his heavily hyped & impressive mandatory challenger. Not the actions of a somebody with no heart / balls - whatever you want to call it.

All the best on the recovery Kell & I'll be supporting you upon your return. You've done Sheffield & Britain proud so far in your career & there are hopefully still a few big nights left in it.

[Liondw]

It was the bodyshots more than the weight reduction that slowed Brook down. Brook would have beaten most welterweights last night but not Spence and not Thurman.

[doom_specialist]

Even Spence knows that the eye socket and the weight loss bailed him out. Brook was dominating the first 8 rounds of the fight. Everyone had him up by 3 even showtime's scorers had him up while UK's had him up by 4. Thats when Brook started slowing down due to weight and then his eye started ****ing up again. It really shows how bad GGG ****ed Brook up in the fight. A healthy Brook would have won this fight.

These pathetic excuses need to stop. Spence broke Brook down and stopped him, and Brook looked absolutely fantastic until Spence's body work caught up to him. He led all punch stats by a comfortable margin at the time of the stoppage, so saying he was drained is BS, as is saying that Golovkin messed up his eye "so he'll quit because he's worried about his career" and all the other crap. Golovkin broke Brook's right orbital bone, and Spence fractured the left one.

[dilseyar23]

Lmfao

Once again ***** Brook QUIET!
What excuse do you *****/**** boy Kell fans have?

[Corelone]

Israel Vazquez just had an eye removed. Lots of fighters wind up legally blind, some totally blind. Brook did right, but will he keep fighting? He's had both eyes damaged and his big paydays are gone. Warren or Hearn can set up some soft touches, but even slaps are bad on damaged eyes.