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Source: BleacherReport
Middleweight is one of boxing's glamour divisions, and it's ruled by one of the sport's most identifiable stars.
And yet, in a couple of weeks, division kingpin Gennady Golovkin, oh he of the three golden belts and highest knockout percentage in division history, will defend his treasure trove against welterweight Kell Brook.
Brook was not the first choice. He wasn't the second or third either. Nope, he was the only guy willing to take the fight once the rest of the division settled under its respective rocks.
Canelo Alvarez is the man who should be standing opposite GGG as the summer begins to give way to the fall, but he decided to skip lunch a day or two per week to drop back to the relative safety of the junior middleweight division.
He'll challenge Liam "Beefy" Smith for the WBO's 154-pound strap a week after GGG puts the way-too-brave Brook into orbit somewhere above London.
Don't let Oscar De La Hoya fool you either.
He's a promoter, so it's his job to sell hype, but nobody wanted this fight, and (without disrespect to Smith) the Brit is not the best junior middleweight in the world by any objective measure.
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And yet, in a couple of weeks, division kingpin Gennady Golovkin, oh he of the three golden belts and highest knockout percentage in division history, will defend his treasure trove against welterweight Kell Brook.
Brook was not the first choice. He wasn't the second or third either. Nope, he was the only guy willing to take the fight once the rest of the division settled under its respective rocks.
Canelo Alvarez is the man who should be standing opposite GGG as the summer begins to give way to the fall, but he decided to skip lunch a day or two per week to drop back to the relative safety of the junior middleweight division.
He'll challenge Liam "Beefy" Smith for the WBO's 154-pound strap a week after GGG puts the way-too-brave Brook into orbit somewhere above London.
Don't let Oscar De La Hoya fool you either.
He's a promoter, so it's his job to sell hype, but nobody wanted this fight, and (without disrespect to Smith) the Brit is not the best junior middleweight in the world by any objective measure.
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Source: BleacherReport
. If he doesn't move up GGG might as well retire and teach youngsters or those in his own division how to fight.
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