By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook was building himself something fierce on Thursday in taking to the media. He was busy pumping himself up, saying how he’s the better fighter than IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, and how he’s going to beat him on September 10 when the two of them get inside the ring at the O2 Arena in London, UK.
The main theme that Brook was repeating over and over again with the media is that the hard hitting Triple has never been inside the ring with someone like himself before, and he won’t know how to deal with what he’s got. Brook said that he doesn’t care if Golovkin chooses to try and box him, because he says he’ll his jab to get the better of the Kazakhstan fighter.
Brook then went on to compare his fight with Golovkin to that of Prince Naseem Hamad and American Kevin Kelly from their fight in 1997. I’m not quite sure why Brook used that as example, because I don’t really see how Kelly is anything like Golovkin. Kelly is nothing like Golovkin. It was a weird comparison. Out of all the fighters in the history boxing, Kelly is not someone that I would compare Golovkin to.
“I definitely got punching power, and you’re going to see it in this fight with my power display and the speed will come with it,” said Brook to the media last Thursday. “He’s never been in with anyone like me. He’s going to see on September 10 what I’m really about. When I get in there, it’s going to be a different story. I’ve got s very fast, heavy jab. I’ll be mixing it up with several different things. It’s going to be a very competitive fight. I’m the better fighter. I believe I’m good enough to beat this guy. Anything can happen in boxing. I’ve beat everyone they’ve put in front of me with ease. I know what I can do. [if he chooses to jab] It’ll come down to a chess match, and then you’ll see my ram rod power jab. Look what Prince Naseem did to Kevin Kelly. I’m cut from the same cloth [as Hamad]. I was born to do this. I always fight to win. I’m not going in there defensive. I’m going in there to fight my fight,” said Brook.
All I can say is that Brook seems incredibly deluded, and I think he’s in for a real beating on September 10. I just hope for his sake his trainer has he white towel ready to throw inside the ring to have the fight stopped when it gets out of hand.
