Arum shocked at Golovkin vs. Brook news

07/10/2016 by Boxing 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.

Brook: Golovkin doesn’t know how hard I punch

07/09/2016 by Boxing News

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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.

Dibella & Malignaggi talk Golovkin vs. Brook fight

07/09/2016 by Boxing News

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.

Erislandy Lara trashes Golovkin for fighting Brook

07/09/2016 by Boxing News

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.

Golovkin’s trainer expects Brook to try and frustrate Gennady

07/09/2016 by Boxing News

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.

Nelson thinks Brook has power to beat Golovkin

07/09/2016 by Boxing News

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By Scott Gilfoid: Former cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson believes that underdog Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) has the size, power, boxing skills and the speed to pull off a huge upset against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) in their fight in two months from now on September 10.

Nelson admits that the 30-year-old Brook doesn’t have the same kind of punching power as the hard hitting Golovkin, but he thinks that he makes up for that in the other areas of his game.

The question will Brook be able to hang around long enough for his speed and technical skills to help him in this fight? We saw how Carson Jones was able to hurt Brook and wear him down with right hands to the head in their fight in 2012.

Kell Brook: Daring to be Great in the face of extreme Danger

07/09/2016 by Robbie Bannatyne

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By Robbie Bannatyne: The bombshell news that IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook will face unified middleweight king Gennady Golovkin on September 10 at the O2 Arena in London, England, has rocked the boxing equilibrium like a nuclear explosion. In the many competing narratives of the fight, the overwhelming theme is that Kell Brook is daring to be great in the face of such extreme danger.

Through the decibels of applause for Kell Brook’s courageous action you can detect a palpable fear that he could suffer a grave reaction from Golovkin for his valour.

While I am firmly in the camp of people who commend Brook’s intensely competitive streak, I’m also aware of caveat that he is facing a foe in Golovkin who could potentially inflict serious damage upon him.

Saunders takes a shot at Eubanks

07/09/2016 by Boxing News

By Patrick McHugh: WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs) took to social medial on Saturday to take a shot at Chris Eubank Jr. and his father Chris Eubank for them missing out on what would have been a very lucrative fight against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) for September 10 at the O2 Arena in London, UK.

According to their promoter Eddie Hearn, he gave them a deadline to agree to the contract for the Golovkin fight, and they let the deadline pass without agreeing to it. Hearn then made the same offer to IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook and readily accepted.

Brook is now Golovkin’s opponent for September 10, and will be getting a career high payday win or lose.

Golovkin vs. Brook: please not again!

07/17/201907/09/2016 by Boxing News

By Gerardo Granados: It was announced on Friday afternoon that IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) will be making his next defense against unbeaten welterweight Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) on September 10th at the O2 Arena in London, England. Brook will be moving up in weight 13 pounds to take the fight against the unbeaten Triple G.

It is hard to understand how a boxer can hide under the lame excuse of being involved in prize fighting to earn money. I mean aren’t all prize fighters looking for to put meal on their tables? A disease has spread among most of the so called boxing big names and there seem to be no cure.

Hearn: Eubank Jr. can fight Golovkin vs. Brook winner

07/08/2016 by Boxing News

By Allan Fox: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn says he wants to match his fighter Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KOs) against the winner of the September 10 fight between IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) and Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs). Hearn attempted to put together a fight between Eubank Jr. and Golovkin recently, but he couldn’t hammer out the deal.

Eubank Jr. reportedly froze when it came time for him to agree to the contract. Hearn needed Eubank Jr. to quickly agree because he had a short timeline before Golovkin and his team would move on and look for another opponent.