Kell Brook looks too small for the welterweight division
September 21st, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: I can’t say I was impressed with Kell Brooks (22-0, 15 KO’s) 5th round stoppage over Michael Jennings (36-3, 17 KO’s) last Saturday night in the Magnificent Seven card in Birmingham. Although Brook got the win on a cut stoppage in the 5th, he wasn’t impressing me in the least. Brook looks shorter than the 5’9″ height that he has listed. I see him as around 5’7″, just a tad bit taller than WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley. The sad thing is that Brook’s fight with Jennings was for the WBO welterweight title eliminator bout.
This is the same Jennings that 5’7″ Miguel Cotto blew away in five rounds with power punches to the head and body. The contrast between Cotto’s fight and Brook’s fights with Jennings is startling to say the least. Brook looks much weaker compared to Cotto, yet around the same exact height. That’s not a good thing for Brook to be short and weak, because Jones isn’t. He’s going to take Brook’s head off when they get around to fighting for the vacant WBO welterweight title.
My advice for Brook is to move down in weight to the light welterweight division as soon as humanly possible before Jones ends up knocking Brook out. If he’s smart, Brook might want to skip the light welterweight division altogether and move down to lightweight, because I don’t see Brook being able to compete against the best light welterweights in the division like Devon Alexander, Zab Judah, Timothy Bradley, Victor Ortiz and Marcos Maidana. That division is too strong right now for the light hitting Brook to compete in. He’d have a much better chance of being a factor at lightweight. But at welterweight, forget it. Brook is too small and too weak to beat the best fighters.
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brook would smash kon in bits FACT, plz do move down in weight
moron
Your articles are always totally biassed and have absolutley no structure to them, i wish you were banned.
Yet another blog from Scott published in the middle of the night US time. I think we can safely say the guy is british, especially when you take into account his constant mention of uk newspapers, websites etc. Just goes to make the Dirrell stalking even wierder though.
notice how when gilfoid mentions the light welterweights he does not mention khan
You know when British fighters are doing well because Scott goes into blog overdrive.
He’s an embarrassment to his country.
I thought the article might be making a valid point, but then the writer finish’s it with the suggestion Kell Brook drops TWO weight classes.
What??? Either that is a wind up, or the writer is not overly familiar with boxing in general – either way it is a shame as what could have been an interesting article is diluted with complete madness.
Your advice to Brook is to move down in weight???? So he’s just hit the Gilford radar has he – watched one fight and now think you’re an expert and in a position to give advice. Absolutely everyone who’s ever read your column agrees on one thing Scott – you’re not fit to give a four year old advice. Brook has fought his entire career at welter – why should he change when he’s beaten everyone when the only one suggesting it is a clueless boxing journalist. Tell you what Scott – tell us what you think would prove Brook is good enough for the welter division and lets see if he does it. My guess is he’d beat virtually everyone in the division bar mayweather right now and most likely will over the next 24 months. Lets see if you’re big enough to put your reputation (hahaha) on the line over this one. Even better make a bet to stop writing yet again when your predictions fail.
kell will unify welterweight titles by 2012
Love the way that in the list of best fighters in the Light-Welterweight division the person fighting Maidana next – and holder of one of the belts – isn’t even mentioned….
I’d agree Brook isn’t ready for the likes of Pacquaio – but then results show very few ever are. However he’s developing well and just beat someone who fought for a World Title 18 months ago – showing he’s certainly worthy of being considered a contender.
Hmmm my previous comment seems to have strangely dissapeared…
here it is again: *sigh*
I guess Brook will be making a swift move down to lightweight now thanks to the sound advice of a guy that lives in his mums spare room! Well done Gilfoid, any more advice for these athletes that dedicate their whole lives to training and fighting in a sport that you clearly know more about?
Bullsh*t, Shawn Porter is 5’7 in the jr.M/W division. He even fought at super M/W.
I am a true boxing fan
If height meant everything,Valuev would be the greatest heavyweight bar none.Brook is actually a solid welterweight.
wow dude scott u r a total jerk!! im as annoyed as u that all the best prospects come from england.. but hey swallow it deal with it
Prior to writing articles on a boxer’s performances I suggest you learn something about the sport. I have seen both Mike Jennings and Krzysztof Bienias fight and they are very good. However, at the Magnificent 7 Mike Jennings and Bienias prior to that, didn’t come to fight. They used every bit of their considerable skill and experience to dodge and run and in Bienias’ case to imitate a tortoise going into its shell. It is difficult for any boxer to look good when faced with such tactics from very experienced opponents. Cutting the angles is fairly easy when facing less skilled exponents but not so easy when good fighters decide to go into reverse. The cut to Jennings eye was not bad enough to stop the fight in my opinion and I was ring side on the night, but when Terry O’Connor called time out in order to get the Doctor to check it, Brian Hughes called the fight off straight away, long before he had examined the cut and before Jennings got back to his corner. The Jennings camp had seen enough and weren’t prepared to see Brook really get stuck into Jennings. The bottom line is Brook stopped Jennings as quickly as Cotto did, 5th round. You can comment when you have seen Brook when he eventually faces someone who comes to fight and not run away. Until then just keep quiet, you make yourself look like an idiot.
To the AUthor
A boxers job is not to impress you, its to win and be a champion. You have no power in this dynmaic, they don’t need you, you need them.
Congrats to the fighter for winning, that has more pull then a subjective emotional opinion
Scott’s obsession with the height of British boxers continues apace.
Scott is british thats why he knows so much about british fighters.
This is the same kind of non-entity who would have said Pacquiao was too small for 147. Absolute tosh. The same guy who said Abraham’s head was too big, that Haye was too slow, Murat would stop Cleverly, that Dirrell beat Froch 8 rounds to 3 (not forgetting one even). In short, the guy is a joke, & clearly writes this trash to garner a response. He also regularly deletes comments which come too close to the truth, so I expect this to be removed soon.
scott your an absolute fool the guy is 23 years old and your talking like its the end of his careir your saying he carnt hit hard trust me this kid bangs hard stop writing bs articals about non american fighters why carnt you write enything posative about british fighters.
i cant believe your disputing his height ha what a tool!
s cott u punk pac is about 5`5 and its fighting in the jr mids…..
bore off scott you numpty!!
scotty, there are so many other fighters out there, not just your girlfriends dirrell and ward, if he was american and could run and play chase with you like direll you would love him, at the end of the day he is an up and coming fighter who is unbeaten lets just see how he does raised in class before you judge another talented fighter
scott u just seem 2 critisise anyone that dose well or is on the up id like 2 cu do half of what these do but u just sit back and judge them from the safty of ur home d**k