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By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF/WBA/WBC featherweight champion Naseem Hamed believes that the unbeaten welterweight Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) can pull off an upset this Saturday night against IBF/IBO/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) if he boxes him clever, uses his jab and avoids getting hit by his big shots. Hamed, 42, believes that Brook can get the job done on Saturday night in their fight at the O2 Arena in London, England.
I’m not sure that too many other boxing fans would agree with Hamed, because Brook is largely seen as the sacrificial lamb despite all the stuff that he and his fans are spouting. Brook will probably talk his way right up to the moment of the fight, and I don’t think it’s going to change the reality of the situation. Brook will probably still be talking after the fight when he tries to figure out what happened.
When fantasy bumps up against reality, it’s fantasy that loses out each time. That means that Brook’s pipe dream of him beating Golovkin will be a casualty this Saturday night when reality tears that dream apart. It’s okay to dream, but don’t let your trips get to you, as they say.
“I think Brook can box a very clever fight and use straight shots to get the victory,” said Hamed to skysports.com. “He needs to watch Sugar Ray Leonard against Marvin Hagler because that fight is the key to him winning this one. GGG is a great fighter but he hasn’t got the ability that Kell has – Brook is the far superior boxer.”
