Brook relied too much on clinching instead of letting his hands go.......

[Thraxox]

There game plan actually included clinching. You could hear Ingle say it in the corner. Errol was just throwing short compact punches on the inside and they finally paid dividends in the later rounds. I think Brook should have kept trying to counter the jab and go forward. He did his best work when he made Errol go on the back foot.

Which is why It got me wondering why they didn't adapt to the situation. Brook was hesitant to counter the jab with the straight right hand whenever Spence somewhat overcommits iwht the jab to the body, and kept freezing up whenever Spence stalks him instead of countering on the ropes to keep Spence off. He should have realize from round 1 that because Spence has some size, he wont be able to smother him like he did to Porter. But yet he didn't and just kept on clinching and clinching knowing obviously that it didn't work since Spence has enough stature to have some leverage in his punches.

[WarVeteranO01]

Brook is/was overrated.