Golovkin talks Canelo and Brook

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By Eric Baldwin: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) says he respects his next opponent welterweight Kell “Special K” Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) for their fight on September 10, and he sees him as not an easy fight for him. Golovkin says that the 30-year-old Brook is a big guy, and he sees him as bigger and stronger than Amir Khan, who recently was stopped in the 6th round by middleweight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.

Golovkin says he’s ready to fight Canelo at any time, but he doesn’t think he’s serious with his creation of a new weight category at 155lbs. Golovkin says that Canelo doesn’t respect boxing with the way he’s come up with a different weight class for his fights.

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Marquez: Golovkin is a tough fight for Brook

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By Scott Gilfoid: Former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez sees Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) as having a tough time with IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) in their fight on September 10. Marquez thinks that Golovkin’s superior size and punching power will make it hard for Brook to endure 12 rounds against him. Marquez notes that Brook has an elusive style of fighting, but he’s not sure that he’ll be able to handle the power from Golovkin.

Brook, 30, will be moving up in weight from the welterweight division to take on Golovkin at the O2 Arena in London, UK. Brook won’t have it as bad compared to a true welterweight, because he’s really more of a junior middleweight that melts down to fight lighter guys at welterweight.

Having a weight advantage against the welterweights has helped Brook find success in his career. In the case of the Golovkin fight, the junior middleweight-sized Brook will need to move up in weight one division to take him on.

It’s going to be very tough on Brook, because even if he was in the same weight class as Golovkin, he would still not have the same punching power or boxing skills as him.

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Brook: I’ll show Eubank Jr. how to deal with GGG

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By Eric Baldwin: Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) was in the mood to kick sand in the face of Chris Eubank Jr. on Sunday in giving him grief for failing to close the deal to take the fight against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) for September.

Brook says he’ll show Eubank Jr. how to do the job on GGG. Brook says he doubts that Eubank Jr. ever truly wanted to fight Golovkin. In other words, he was just messing around by calling out Triple G so that he could get attention from the fans and the media. Eubank Jr. certainly did get a great deal of attention from the boxing world.

Unfortunately for him, he didn’t get the fight that would have made him a great deal of money. Eubank Jr’s own promoter Eddie Hearn says he would have made between $4 million to $6.5 million for the fight with GGG. That’s a lot of money.

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Bellew: Don’t write Brook off against Golovkin

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew, who claims to be the best fighter in the division, says we shouldn’t write off IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K” Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) in his upcoming fight on September 10 against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) at the O2 Arena in London, England.

Bellew believes that Brook will be strong at 160, and he thinks either guy can win.

“Do not write him off,” said Bellew about Brook to bbc.com. “Kell Brook at 11 stone [154] will be an absolute wrecking machine. “A lot of people are scared of Golovkin’s power but Brook’s stepped up. These are two men who can land big punches and it can end at any time.”

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Eubank Jr. still hopeful for Golovkin fight

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By Scott Gilfoid: Chris Eubank Jr. doesn’t seem to be too happy about IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) agreeing to fight Eubank Jr’s fellow countryman Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) on September 10 at the O2 Arena in London, UK. Eubank Jr. claims that Golovkin won’t be respected by anyone in the UK or elsewhere.

Golovkin offered the fight to Eubank Jr. but he didn’t agree to the contract, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn, who says that the Eubanks wanted operational control of the fight. By not agreeing to fight Golovkin, Eubank Jr. misses out on the biggest payday of his career that could made him millions.

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Arum shocked at Golovkin vs. Brook news

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By Scott Gilfoid: Bob Arum, the promoter for WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas, was totally shocked at hearing the news of IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin signing for a fight against IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook on September 10.

Arum thinks the Golovkin-Brook fight is a joke, because it makes no sense at all to him due to the size difference between the two of them. Arum felt the Golovkin vs. Chris Eubank Jr. fight would have made a lot more sense than Golovkin facing a welterweight like Brook.

The basic problem that Brook has is he’s facing a guy that is destroying all the fighters his own size at middleweight. Golovkin is obliterating everyone he faces nowadays. Brook is a good welterweight, but he’s not a middleweight, and his fighting style is made to order for Golovkin because he likes to engage with his opponents.

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Brook: Golovkin doesn’t know how hard I punch

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By Eric Baldwin: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) is known for being one of the hardest punchers in the 147llb division. He’s knocked out 25 of his 36 opponents he’s faced. Brook has done this while melting down in weight from the upper 150s to make the 148lb limit. Brook is now going to be moving up to middleweight to challenge IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC 160lb champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) on September 10. Brook will have plenty of opportunities to test his power on Golovkin in this fight because the Kazakhstan fighter makes it easy for his opponents to hit him.

Brook feels that his punching power will be more than enough to hurt GGG, and cause him major problems when the two of them get inside the ring. If Brook can hurt Golovkin with his punches like he’s been doing against fighters from the welterweight division, then it means he can win. Golovkin is easy to hit and he’s not very fast.

If Brook doesn’t decide to bulk up for the fight, then he should come into the match close to 160lbs. That’s how much he weighs for his welterweight fights. However, he generally keeps his weight down during training camp sop that he doesn’t need to lose so much weight. It’s possible that Brook will weight in the low 160s for the fight. Golovkin’s weight advantage might not be more than six pounds.

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Dibella & Malignaggi talk Golovkin vs. Brook fight

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By Chris Williams: You can add promoter Lou Dibella and former two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi to the growing group of people that are NOT pleased with the news of IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin choosing to defend his titles against welterweight Kell Brook on September 10 in London, England.

Dibella thinks Brook has no chance of winning the fight due to him not having the size to compete against the heaver Golovkin. Dibella does like both fighters, but he thinks that the fight will be won because of Golovkin’s superior size. for his part, Malignaggi is worried that the lack of respect for weight classes could get someone hurt.

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Erislandy Lara trashes Golovkin for fighting Brook

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By Dan Ambrose: WBA World junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (23-2-2, 13 KOs) wasn’t happy to learn of the news of IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) choosing to fight welterweight Kell “Special K” Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) for his next fight rather than choosing himself.

In fairness to Golovkin, he was in negotiations to fight middleweight Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KOs) up until this week. The only reason the fight didn’t get made was because Eubank Jr. and his father Chris Eubank chose not to agree to the contract. Eubank Jr’s promoter Eddie Hearn came up with the idea of having Brook take the fight instead. The money will still be good for Golovkin, so it’s a smart business move on their part.

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Golovkin’s trainer expects Brook to try and frustrate Gennady

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By Scott Gilfoid: Abel Sanchez, the trainer for IBF/IBO/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs), says he expects his next opponent welterweight Kell “Special K” Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) to be looking to frustrate Triple G when the two of them face each other on September 10 at the O2 Arena in London, UK.

Sanchez thinks Brook’s training team will give him instructions not to stand in front of Golovkin for any length of time in this fight. Sanchez thinks Brook’s team will have him looking to win a decision over Golovkin by using movement, fast punches, and other tricks to somehow win a decision. Sanchez does not see Brook looking to stand in the pocket with Golovkin in this fight, because he feels it would end badly for the British fighter if he did.

I think it’s pretty obvious that Brook will be looking to win the fight against Golovkin using any trick in the book. I don’t think Brook will care that he won’t be able to stand and trade with Golovkin to try and bang him out like he’s done against 25 other opponents in his career.

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