(Artwork by SG) By Scott Gilfoid: Johnny Nelson was surprised at the condition of IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) at last Friday’s weigh-in for his fight tonight against Kell “Special K” Brook (36-0, 25 KOs), and he wonders whether he started training camp late for their September 10 fight. Nelson notes that the 34-year-old Golovkin’s face looked bad around his eyes and jaw areas.
Unlike others, Nelson sees Golovkin’s condition as more of a case of him having gotten a late start in training camp rather than him being physically ill. Never the less, it amounts to be the same. If Golovkin isn’t 100% tonight when he steps inside the ring against the 30-year-old Brook, then it really doesn’t matter whether it’s from him having gotten a late start in training camp or ill. He’s going to have problems whatever the cause.