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Let's see if Jacobs still wants to fight Triple G.

jezzamundo wrote:Brook should go to 154lb now, though I'm sure he would beat a lot of middleweights.

+1 and good call by the corner.

TempleSlave wrote:BS BS BS BS BS....
That looked soo fixed... GGG was told not to hurt the local boy, to make it look competitive, for the first few rounds. Then was allowed to unleash. Brook doesn't even look too disappointed.

Nonsense.

Looked to me like GGG was going to knock out Brook from the 3rd, he landed way too many solid body shots and bounced Brooks head back clean on many occasions.
Brave of Kell to take the chance but the result seemed inevitable from the very early rounds.
He had to be pulled out.

jezzamundo wrote:I thought the stoppage was a little early, but I'd rather it that way than too late. Good to see a corner who truly cares for their fighter. Apparently Brook was ahead on the scorecards.

Brook didn't throw a punch for about 40 seconds, do you want him dead? Stoppage was bang on.

Evander wrote:Looked to me like GGG was going to knock out Brook from the 3rd, he landed way too many solid body shots and bounced Brooks head back clean on many occasions.
Brave of Kell to take the chance but the result seemed inevitable from the very early rounds.

Yep the longer it went on the more hurt Kell was going to get.

...just as expected, Brook was good for a couple of first rounds...was out of his depth as soon as Golovkin stepped up, lost focus, got hurt..the corner saved him from falling apart in the next round...good decision...

Something had clearly been wrong with Brook's eye. No point in him taking a beating and possible getting something more serious.

Anyone that wanted it to go on isn't a fan of boxing, just of people getting hit.

Disgaceful day for boxing, how many more of these mistmatches must we endure. At least Kell Brooks fights top fighters in his division, same cannot be said about Glolovkin.

Ian1973 wrote:

jezzamundo wrote:I thought the stoppage was a little early, but I'd rather it that way than too late. Good to see a corner who truly cares for their fighter. Apparently Brook was ahead on the scorecards.

Brook didn't throw a punch for about 40 seconds, do you want him dead? Stoppage was bang on.

Of course not - I didn't know about the broken eye socket, his corner probably did. That probably influenced how early the towel came in.

Good fight.

jezzamundo wrote:I thought the stoppage was a little early, but I'd rather it that way than too late. Good to see a corner who truly cares for their fighter. Apparently Brook was ahead on the scorecards.

Agree with this point. especially with the very sad state someone who needed a corner to save him from himself as the recently deceased Bobby Chacon was in.

I think many in the crowd were getting excited at Kell Brook because he was standing and making a fight of it, but that played right into GGG's hands and allowed him to release well placed strong punches which contributed to breaking Brook apart.

Freedom wrote:Disgaceful day for boxing, how many more of these mistmatches must we endure. At least Kell Brooks fights top fighters in his division, same cannot be said about Glolovkin.

Thats cause most of them are scared of him

Nonsense, that’s promotional crap.

greg wrote:...just as expected, Brook was good for a couple of first rounds...was out of his depth as soon as Golovkin stepped up, lost focus, got hurt..the corner saved him from falling apart in the next round...good decision...

Good post !

Freedom wrote:Disgaceful day for boxing, how many more of these mistmatches must we endure. At least Kell Brooks fights top fighters in his division, same cannot be said about Glolovkin.

What ? Wow `you know absolutely nothing about boxing.

hoagylt wrote:

Freedom wrote:Disgaceful day for boxing, how many more of these mistmatches must we endure. At least Kell Brooks fights top fighters in his division, same cannot be said about Glolovkin.

What ? Wow `you know absolutely nothing about boxing.

Brook's only ever fought one top fighter other than GGG, and it was Shawn Porter. GGG has fought many more top contenders than Brook has.

I like the stoppage. I want brook to have all his skills and now face Crawford, Thurman, Garcia, maybe even a rematch with Porter or Putting Pac-man out to pasture. so many posibilites at Welter.

great fight. brooks did well imo. golovkin looked a bit off though. stoppage was a good call by the corner. brooks was graping the ropes several times up to that, looking like he didnt want part of it anymore. and, imo, he was about to suffer a brutal ko !
But golovkin lost the second round. as i recall its the first round ive seen him loose so far !

BROZO wrote:I like the stoppage. I want brook to have all his skills and now face Crawford, Thurman, Garcia, maybe even a rematch with Porter or Putting Pac-man out to pasture. so many posibilites at Welter.

I think going back to 147lb would be a bad move for Brook - 154lb is where he belongs now - he looked sick making 147lb before, it would be worse now he's put on muscle to fight at middleweight.

Did HBO do fight night weights? I imagine they would have been very similar, although GGG looked the bigger man in the ring.

Freedom wrote:Nonsense, that’s promotional crap.

Promotional crap like the lineal mw 'champ' giving up his belt? Martinez fighting Cotto instead and Cotto fighting Canelo?

jezzamundo wrote:

BROZO wrote:I like the stoppage. I want brook to have all his skills and now face Crawford, Thurman, Garcia, maybe even a rematch with Porter or Putting Pac-man out to pasture. so many posibilites at Welter.

I think going back to 147lb would be a bad move for Brook - 154lb is where he belongs now - he looked sick making 147lb before, it would be worse now he's put on muscle to fight at middleweight.

Did HBO do fight night weights? I imagine they would have been very similar, although GGG looked the bigger man in the ring.

I saw something earlier with Golovkin around 167 and Brook 168

Seriously people, other than the very first exchange when Brook was already hurt, GGG was holding on - until the 5th. Whoever didn't see that, watch the fight again.

p4p1 wrote:

jezzamundo wrote:

BROZO wrote:I like the stoppage. I want brook to have all his skills and now face Crawford, Thurman, Garcia, maybe even a rematch with Porter or Putting Pac-man out to pasture. so many posibilites at Welter.

I think going back to 147lb would be a bad move for Brook - 154lb is where he belongs now - he looked sick making 147lb before, it would be worse now he's put on muscle to fight at middleweight.

Did HBO do fight night weights? I imagine they would have been very similar, although GGG looked the bigger man in the ring.

I saw something earlier with Golovkin around 167 and Brook 168

That was the morning of the fight - GGG 167.8, Brook 168.