Kell Brook: A Casualty of "Daring to be great"

[The D3vil]

C’mon now. Porter is a solid fighter but he’s not some all timer.
Good win for Brook but that was really his only notable win at the top. He lost every big fight he was in since. His resume is overrated AF.

You mean he got bludgeoned after going up to fight the most brutal puncher in the sport & pound for pound king on most lists in Golovkin, lost to a guy who's a consensus P4P top guy in Spence, and a loss to the current almost consensus pound for pound king in Terence Crawford?

Oh yeah, losing to 2 P4P #1 fighters and Errol Spence, who's as high as #3 on lists is sooooo shameful.

And nobody's saying Porter's an ATG, but he did beat Garcia, gave Thurman & Spence all he could handle. Those last 2 guys have been on P4P top 10 lists.

And he acquitted himself well in all of those fights.

[QballLobo]

You mean he got bludgeoned after going up to fight the most brutal puncher in the sport & pound for pound king on most lists in Golovkin, lost to a guy who's a consensus P4P top guy in Spence, and a loss to the current almost consensus pound for pound king in Terence Crawford?

Oh yeah, losing to 2 P4P #1 fighters and Errol Spence, who's as high as #3 on lists is sooooo shameful.

And nobody's saying Porter's an ATG, but he did beat Garcia, gave Thurman & Spence all he could handle. Those last 2 guys have been on P4P top 10 lists.

And he acquitted himself well in all of those fights.

I didn’t realize we were giving out participation trophies. Carry on.

[The D3vil]

I didn’t realize we were giving out participation trophies. Carry on.

Do we want guys to fight the best or do you celebrate guys ducking guys to preserve a perfect record?

[tokon]

He never dared to be great, he and his step dad dared to cash out.

Right on the money, literally!
Brook took that fight knowing exactly what he was doing and wanting that big payday.
No criticism here for him doing that, he's a prizefighter, but let's not dress it up to be anything other than what it was either

[PRINCEKOOL]

The Golovkin fight was completely unnecessary 'Bad piece of promoting from Eddie Hearn'.

Is daring to be great really worth it these days in boxing? can any fighter really become great?

Sometimes it is best to hold station, and wait for big fights to materialize.

Brook would of faced Spence Junior in better condition if he was just held back etc

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Right on the money, literally!
Brook took that fight knowing exactly what he was doing and wanting that big payday.
No criticism here for him doing that, he's a prizefighter, but let's not dress it up to be anything other than what it was either

Completely agree. It’s a short career so make as much as you can as fast as you can.

But Brook’s career was never about greatness, he was only ever willing to take any form of risk for a massive payday. Even Warren and Hearn would agree on that and they don’t agree on much.

[tokon]

Completely agree. It’s a short career so make as much as you can as fast as you can.

But Brook’s career was never about greatness, he was only ever willing to take any form of risk for a massive payday. Even Warren and Hearn would agree on that and they don’t agree on much.

Yes, and that's what the Crawford fight was about not "greatness".

I think there's a good chance him and Khon will try to milk one last payday with each other too!

[KillaMane26]

Pac dared to be great and he is. It sorts out the wheat from the chaff

Yeah and Pac fought at catchweights. Not the same thing bud

[Eff Pandas]

Kell isn't a casualty of daring to be great. He's a beneficiary of trying to get paid.

[KillaMane26]

When a guy jumps up multiple weights fighting a prime top fighter is smells like a cash out or just plain ******.

Always get used to the weight first or take a tune up.

Floyd and Pac used catch weights when they moved up.

Very rare a fighter have success doing what Brook did