Golovkin 165, Brook 176 at 30 day weigh-in

By Boxing News - 08/10/2016 - Comments

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By Scott Gilfoid: Kell Brook came in at a whopping 176 pounds on Wednesday for his 30-day weigh-in for his fight next month against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin on September 10. Brook, 30, weighed an incredible 11 pounds more than Golovkin, who weighed in at 165 pounds.

This is pretty amazing because Brook is the one coming up in weight two divisions from the welterweight division, where he’s fought his entire 12-year pro career. The fact that Brook is weighing a lot more than Golovkin takes away a lot of the criticism he’s been getting for fighting a welterweight. How can you give Golovkin any grief if his opponent is outweighing him by 11 pounds?

The 5’9” Brook looked pretty massive at the 30 day weigh-in if you ask me. That’s a ton of weight for someone that has fought in the 147lb division since he turned pro. It’s also kind of troubling, because if Brook has been able to melt down to 147 to gain advantage over his welterweight opponents all these years, then what does it say about him that he would put his body through the rigors of taking that much weight off.

Besides it being potentially dangerous to lose that kind of weight each time, it’s not exactly sporting to game the system by draining down from the mid-170s to fight against fighters in the 147lb division. It’s also a negative for the sport itself that they have no internal checks to keep fighters from doing this, because it sets up dangerous fighting conditions where one guy can potentially have a huge weight advantage over his welterweight opponents. I mean, if Brook is going to be marching into the ring at 176 to fight welterweights weighing 147, it’s not exactly fair, is it? I hate to say it but it’s impossible for me to give Brook any credit for what he’s done in the past at welterweight if he’s been melting down to the 147lb limit to fight against smaller guys than himself. I mean, if Brook has been rehydrating to mid-170s for his fights at welterweight, then how in the world can you give credit for that? Clearly, Brook should have been fighting middleweight like Golovkin all these years rather than fighting at welterweight. That’s why the sport of boxing needs to go back to same day weigh-ins, but they need to make them take place 15 minutes before the fight takes place so that there’s no chance for a fighter to try and rehydrate in a hurry after they make the weight. With 15 minutes to rehydrate, it would force fighters to compete in the correct weight class for their body types rather than fighting three divisions below their natural weight. Brook weighed in at a cruiserweight today. The cruiserweight division starts at 176. If they had same day weigh-ins, there’s no way that Brook could weigh this much and still make the 160lb limit,

The weight won’t matter though. Brook can rehydrate to 200lbs, and I still see him getting knocked senseless by Golovkin on September 10 in their fight at the O2 Arena in London, England. It would probably be better for Brook to come in at the same weight that he normally does so that he doesn’t make it hard on his cardiovascular system to carry all the extra weight around the ring.

After all, Brook is going to need to use his boxing skills rather than his brawn to try and win this fight. He’s going to need to be running for 12 rounds and then hope that the judges give him the decision somehow. If Brook stands and trades with Golovkin, he’s going to get hit with something to the body or head that is going to put him down for the 10 count.

That’s why it’s always better to focus on being lean for a fight against Golovkin, because you’re going to need to be able to run from him. If you think you’re going to come in like a tank and beat Golovkin at his own game, then you’re deluded.

In looking at how big Brook is, I suspect that he’s made up his mind that he’s going to stand and fight Golovkin and try to beat him by punching rather than moving. There’s only four weeks to go and there’s no chance of Brook being able to lose some of the bulk that he’s put on. If he comes into the ring 11 pounds heavier than Golovkin at 176, it’s just going to be like a huge anchor pulling him down to the depths of the ocean floor for him to be torn apart.

Golovkin is going to have an easier time making weight than Brook is if his weight stays where it’s at right now. At 165, Golovkin only needs to lose five pounds to hit the middleweight limit at 160 compared to what Brook is going to need to take off with him now 16 pounds over the 160lb limit at 176.