The WBO interwotsit belt that Brook is fighting for looks like its going to be another early KO for Brook. I'm not sure what the benefit of this fight is going to be in the long run for Brook(WBO ranking ). Surely Brook is ready for/needs to face more durable opponents.
He's going to get another easy win here without gaining any real experience in the later rounds. If he is going to be challenging for major titles he could do with digging deep a few times before he steps up IMO.
Look at the way Froch dug deep against Taylor in his first defense. Would Brook be able to do that, if needed, after never having a 12 round war?
Naz's career in his early fights is similar to Brook's until now and when he was truely tested he came uo short. Would hate for the same to happen to Brook through poor matchmaking.
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Sheffield puncher Kell Brook steps up in a 12-rounder against Poland’s seasoned Krzysztof Bienias in Liverpool on March 12.
Unbeaten Brook, the British welterweight champion, the Young Boxer of the Year, has stopped nine of his last 10 opponents and never had to travel further than seven rounds since turning pro back in 2004. With a record of 20-0 (13), still only 23, Brook has just about run out of British opponents willing to fight him - even Michael Jennings was keener to take on Miguel Cotto than Brook, it seems - hence this foray into European and world territory.
Bienias, ranked No. 4 by the WBO (Brook is No. 7), is on a hot winning run since his last trip here, to Wembley in 2004, when a scorching Junior Witter jumped on him and overwhelmed him in two rounds. Witter (Brook’s stablemate) went on to win the WBC light-welterweight title; the rangy Bienias moved up to welterweight where he has reeled off 17 wins, including two late stoppages of Italian warrior Sven Paris – both in Italy. After the Witter disaster, Bienias has proved he can travel and overcome a dangerous opponent. He also holds a fine early career win over fellow countryman Yuri Romanov (on points over 10 rounds), later to prove the scourge of countless British fighters.
Clearly, if Bienias survives the early rounds against the smooth, menacing, muscled Brook – as he didn’t against Witter – he poses a late-round threat to the relatively untested youngster, particularly as Brook is coming off three quick wins (in one, two and three rounds respectively) and may not be as prepared for as long a slog as the 29-year-old Bienias, whose last three fights have gone nine, 12 and eight rounds respectively.
The latter makes it intriguing, but I still fancy Brook, on home turf, to prevail. “Kid” Kell looks a bit special.
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JDC wrote:The WBO interwotsit belt that Brook is fighting for looks like its going to be another early KO for Brook. I'm not sure what the benefit of this fight is going to be in the long run for Brook(WBO ranking ). Surely Brook is ready for/needs to face more durable opponents.
He's going to get another easy win here without gaining any real experience in the later rounds. If he is going to be challenging for major titles he could do with digging deep a few times before he steps up IMO.
Look at the way Froch dug deep against Taylor in his first defense. Would Brook be able to do that, if needed, after never having a 12 round war?
Naz's career in his early fights is similar to Brook's until now and when he was truely tested he came uo short. Would hate for the same to happen to Brook through poor matchmaking.
Naz fought much stronger opposition on his way up. (except Andrew Bloomer!)
If he's never going to get the rounds in he'll come up short down the line. Someone like Witter would do alot for him.
He's being matched badly allthough he's improving.
I agree Naz was matched harder, but my point is that he wasn't matced hard enough and he came up short on the biggest stage. So Brook being matched even easier could be a catalist of future failures.
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bennie wrote:Sheffield puncher Kell Brook steps up in a 12-rounder against Poland’s seasoned Krzysztof Bienias in Liverpool on March 12.
Unbeaten Brook, the British welterweight champion, the Young Boxer of the Year, has stopped nine of his last 10 opponents and never had to travel further than seven rounds since turning pro back in 2004. With a record of 20-0 (13), still only 23, Brook has just about run out of British opponents willing to fight him - even Michael Jennings was keener to take on Miguel Cotto than Brook, it seems - hence this foray into European and world territory.
Bienias, ranked No. 4 by the WBO (Brook is No. 7), is on a hot winning run since his last trip here, to Wembley in 2004, when a scorching Junior Witter jumped on him and overwhelmed him in two rounds. Witter (Brook’s stablemate) went on to win the WBC light-welterweight title; the rangy Bienias moved up to welterweight where he has reeled off 17 wins, including two late stoppages of Italian warrior Sven Paris – both in Italy. After the Witter disaster, Bienias has proved he can travel and overcome a dangerous opponent. He also holds a fine early career win over fellow countryman Yuri Romanov (on points over 10 rounds), later to prove the scourge of countless British fighters.
Clearly, if Bienias survives the early rounds against the smooth, menacing, muscled Brook – as he didn’t against Witter – he poses a late-round threat to the relatively untested youngster, particularly as Brook is coming off three quick wins (in one, two and three rounds respectively) and may not be as prepared for as long a slog as the 29-year-old Bienias, whose last three fights have gone nine, 12 and eight rounds respectively.
The latter makes it intriguing, but I still fancy Brook, on home turf, to prevail. “Kid” Kell looks a bit special.
Good writeup Bennie, but I think your flattering Bienias's carrer.
bennie wrote:Sheffield puncher Kell Brook steps up in a 12-rounder against Poland’s seasoned Krzysztof Bienias in Liverpool on March 12.
Unbeaten Brook, the British welterweight champion, the Young Boxer of the Year, has stopped nine of his last 10 opponents and never had to travel further than seven rounds since turning pro back in 2004. With a record of 20-0 (13), still only 23, Brook has just about run out of British opponents willing to fight him - even Michael Jennings was keener to take on Miguel Cotto than Brook, it seems - hence this foray into European and world territory.
Bienias, ranked No. 4 by the WBO (Brook is No. 7), is on a hot winning run since his last trip here, to Wembley in 2004, when a scorching Junior Witter jumped on him and overwhelmed him in two rounds. Witter (Brook’s stablemate) went on to win the WBC light-welterweight title; the rangy Bienias moved up to welterweight where he has reeled off 17 wins, including two late stoppages of Italian warrior Sven Paris – both in Italy. After the Witter disaster, Bienias has proved he can travel and overcome a dangerous opponent. He also holds a fine early career win over fellow countryman Yuri Romanov (on points over 10 rounds), later to prove the scourge of countless British fighters.
Clearly, if Bienias survives the early rounds against the smooth, menacing, muscled Brook – as he didn’t against Witter – he poses a late-round threat to the relatively untested youngster, particularly as Brook is coming off three quick wins (in one, two and three rounds respectively) and may not be as prepared for as long a slog as the 29-year-old Bienias, whose last three fights have gone nine, 12 and eight rounds respectively.
The latter makes it intriguing, but I still fancy Brook, on home turf, to prevail. “Kid” Kell looks a bit special.
Ridiculous statement to make considering that it was Brook who pulled out of their scheduled meeting in October before Jennings damaged his hand in the fight he had.
). Surely Brook is ready for/needs to face more durable opponents.