Why is Spence the "hardest" fight at 147?

[soul_survivor]

Its not the hardest fight for anyone at 147...yet. Spence hasn ot proven himself but if he beats Brook and especially if he does so impressively, then yeah, Spence is worthy of the hype.

[LacedUp]

Honestly, Khan fans are so predictable.

So pathetic and predictable

[rudy]

It's just because people don't necessarily take a tough mandatory anymore. Let alone fight two destructive fighters in a row one after a serious injury. So by modern standards he gets credit. By 1980s standards it'd be another day at the office. But it's true that a lot of Spence fans seem very disappointed Brook has taken this. They were hoping hed drop the title and Spence would pick it up against a lesser fighter, and also it would add to the myth without the risk.

Did you hear some commentator say what a load of poo you talking go back to sleep their fighting end of discussion

[LacedUp]

Spence would destroy Khan inside a couple of rounds I think most people would agree.

Brook vs Spence is between two prime top fighters. Pacquiao vs Khan is between to past-it guys.

[bluepete]

Did you hear some commentator say what a load of poo you talking go back to sleep their fighting end of discussion

Give your mum back her phone and learn to type properly.

[filup79]

Its not the hardest fight for anyone at 147...yet. Spence hasn ot proven himself but if he beats Brook and especially if he does so impressively, then yeah, Spence is worthy of the hype.

How has Brook proven himself in his 13 year career? By winning a split decision against Porter? Spence is doing more in his short 4 yr career than Brook ever did. Getting in the ring with GGG for a payday doesn't prove anything. It was a win-win situation as everyone knew he was going to lose and got paid well. This guy has pulled out of too many fights against decent fighters only to fight some Euro bums. Brook is all hype just like Spence is, the difference is one has been fighting for over ten years while the other was just a prospect a year ago.

[Sid-Knee]

I've seen so many people and Eddie Hearn (understandably as he's the promoter) claim that the fight with Brook is the best in the division despite Garcia-Thurman unifying with unbeaten records. Many have also said he's a much tougher ask than Pacquiao and although I've been on the Spence train for a while now, despite being a prospect he is a world level rookie. He has bags of potential but is unproven, Kell just fought GGG and is being given tons of credit for fighting his mandatory, he wouldn't dodge one to save his life vs Dan and Bizier but he almost moved a division as soon as the first tough test came up. To sum up, please don't compare Spence to a guy like Pacquiao who won a world title as recent as November, it's disrespectful. P.s I got Brook winning a late stoppage, I think he beats Garcia and Thurman too for the record but fighting your mandatories is what you're supposed to do.

You suggesting Brook was thinking of moving to 154 due to Spence being his first real challenge as mandatory and not down to him packing on muscle and moving to Middleweight shows your real intention.

Maybe when Khan retires he'll take the likes of you with him. Here's hoping.

[Sid-Knee]

Honestly, Khan fans are so predictable.

Aren't they just.

[Sid-Knee]

In before he ducked brook for a bigger name and more money.

But I thought Khan needed to have a warm up fight before he took on a big one??

Khan and his fans are so full of ****.

[-Kev-]

Brook should be at 154 calling out Cotto/Canelo or a testing the waters (of 154) domestic fight against Liam Smith, or fight Saunders at 160. Fighting Spence deserves credit because Brook is sacrificing all that bulking he did for the GGG fight to come back down to 147 and fight one of the most dangerous up and coming fighters. In other words, we could be seeing a "Dead on arrival" Kell Brook taking a risk at Spence of all people he coulda made a comeback fight with, he will fight a guy who's undefeated, fresh, has been in no wars, and is hungry.

WW is looking good, that's 6 top 10 WW's fighting each other. Brook vs Spence, Thurman vs DSG, Pacquiao vs Khan.