Originally posted by genrick
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I do not disparage Brook's decision to challenge GGG for the middleweight title although had I been in his camp I would have strongly advised against it.
I DO, however, believe Brook's decision to return to welterweight to face Spence after the GGG fight was regrettable; Brook had put on a significant amount of muscle mass to fight GGG and indeed outweighed him during every training camp checkpoint and probably on fight night as well; to make 147 in his very next fight was exceedingly difficult and required him to cannibalize a significant amount of lean body mass; given that even prior to the GGG fight Brook had found making 147 tremendously difficult one can only imagine what Brook went through to make weight for the Spence fight.
Unfortunately, the results were apparent to all; like a number of boxers--Corrales when facing Mayweather, Roy Jones Jr. when facing Tarver (after beating Ruiz), James Toney when facing Jones, Tyson when facing Douglas, Donald Curry when facing Honeyghan--the list could run for pages--Brook was simply not himself on the night, faded badly after a few rounds, and took significant damage in the process.
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