Golovkin: My focus is Brook; Canelo, Froch are like clowns

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By Eric Baldwin: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) says he’s putting his entire focus on his next opponent Kell Brook, because Carl Froch, Chris Eubank Jr., Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders are acting like clowns. Golovkin says that what makes these fighters similar to clowns is the talking they’re doing but then not fighting. Golovkin says they have no respect.

Golovkin might get a fight one of these days against Canelo, but he’s likely the only one of the bunch that will ever fight him. Saunders doesn’t seem to be truly interested in facing him.

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Brook has a chance against Golovkin, says Malignaggi

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By Eric Baldwin: Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s habit of standing directly in front of his opponents without moving his head could give challenger Kell Brook a chance against him in their fight on September 10, according to former two division belt holder Paulie Malignaggi. Golovkin pressures his opponents by cutting off the ring and looking to set them up for big shots, notes Malignaggi. analysis

What he doesn’t know is if Brook is going to be able to handle Golovkin’s thunderous punches that he lands in the fight. That’s the big question for Malginaggi. He expects Brook to be able to land his own sharp punches in the fight, but for him to have a real opportunity to win the bout, he must be able to take the 34-year-old Golovkin’s best power shots.

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Kell Brook interested in Errol Spence fight

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By Scott Gilfoid: Kell Brook says he could move back down to 147 to defend his IBF welterweight title against his new #1 IBF mandatory challenger Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs) after his title challenge against unbeaten IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) in their fight next month on September 10.

Brook says he’ll move back down to 147 for a huge fight, and he considers the Spence fight as a huge one. As such, Brook will do what he has to do for him to get the big money fight against a big name. Brook would be really up against it in facing a talent like Spence after coming off of a fight against Golovkin.

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Will “Special K” Brook duck Spence?

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By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten talent Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs) sent a strong message to IBF welterweight belt holder Kell “Special K” Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) with his devastating 6th round knockout victory over wily veteran Leonard Bundu (33-2-2, 12 KOs) last Sunday in their International Boxing Federation 147lb title eliminator bout.

The message that Spence sent to Brook with the victory was something along the lines of, ‘Are you sure you want to mess with this?’ I hate to say it, but I think Brook is going to decide that he wants no part of Spence, and he’ll quietly vacate his IBF welterweight title rather than come back down to the welterweight division to try and defend his strap.

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Errol Spence: I want Kell Brook

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By Allan Fox: Welterweight contender Errol Spence Jr. stopped the game but limited Leonard Bundu on Sunday in the 6th round, and then immediately called out IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook for his now mandated title shot.

Spence came into the fight against the Italian based Bundu saying he wanted to knock him out to improve upon the performance Keith Thurman had in his 12 round decision win over him two years ago. That’s exactly what Spence did in knocking Bundu out in the 6th after dropping him twice in their IBF eliminator fight at the Ford Amphitheater in Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York.

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Kell Brook pleased with response for Golovkin fight

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By Scott Gilfoid: Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) feels pretty good about the fan reaction that he’s been seeing for him moving up two divisions to face unbeaten IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) on September 10. Brook notes that there is a lot of interest in the Golovkin-Brook fight, and he feels that he had to make a drastic move to get attention from the boxing world.

Brook thinks that it’s no longer a big deal just to be a world champion. The fans want to see bigger things from the fighters than merely winning world titles.

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Spence stops Bundu, calls out Brook

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By Patrick McHugh: #2 IBF welterweight contender Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs) became the first person to KO #6 IBF Leonard Bundu (33-2-2, 12 KOs) during his career in knocking him out in the sixth round on Sunday at the Ford Amphitheater in Coney Island, New York. It wasn’t a surprise to many boxing fans that Spence got the knockout, but it was a pleasant surprise to see how good he looked in doing the job on the 41-year-old Bundu in this fight.

Referee Johnny Callas stopped the fight at 2:06 of the round. Spence called out IBF champion Kell Brook after the fight, saying that he’s going to have to fight him or vacate his title.

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Roach: Golovkin vs. Canelo isn’t a big enough money fight right now

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By Eric Baldwin: Saul Canelo Alvarez and his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions aren’t taking the fight with Gennady Golovkin right now because there’s not enough money in that fight, according to trainer Freddie Roach. While Roach isn’t connected to Canelo or Golden Boy in looking out for the Mexican fighter’s welfare, he says he undercards why Golden Boy isn’t making the fight against Golovkin.

Roach doesn’t see Golovkin as a pay-per-view fighter right now, and a fight between him and Canelo just doesn’t make enough money to justify putting the fight together. Roach points out that boxing has a business aspect to it with fighters needing to make as much money as they can to set themselves up for later life when they’re no longer competing. Roach thinks there just isn’t enough of a demand for a fight between Golovkin and Canelo to make it a big enough fight for the risk involved from Canelo’s side.

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Kell Brook’s sparring partner expects him to beat Golovkin

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By Scott Gilfoid: Gennady “GGG” Golovkin is coming into next months’ fight against Kell Brook as the favorite to win on September 10 and look good in doing so. However, Brook’s sparring partner Atif Sadiq thinks Golovkin is going to lose this fight due to Brook’s power and mental strength. Sadiq believes that Brook can adapt to any situation that presents itself in the ring in this fight.

Sadiq has only seen Golovkin fight at welterweight during his career against largely lesser fighters with the exception of Shawn Porter, who almost beat him in 2014. That was really close fight; although Brook’s fans think he beat Porter with ease. The reality was it was a close fight that saw the outcome come down to Brook holding Porter enough to keep him from throwing punches.

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Kell Brook secretive about game plan for GGG fight

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By Scott Gilfoid: Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) is guarding his game plan for his September 10 fight against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) like a mother hen protecting her eggs. Brook doesn’t want to give away any secrets for fear that Team Golovkin will devise a strategy to negate the tricks that the 30-year-old Brook will be attempting to use when the two unbeaten fighters get inside the ring at the O2 Arena in London, England.

One thing that Brook may have unknowingly revealed is the fact that he’s using a lot of movement in training to keep from getting nailed so frequently by the hard hitting Golovkin. That right there pretty much tells you what Plan A will be for the British Brook.

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