By Stephen Wilkinson: Gennady Golovkin’s (35-0, 32 KO’s) upcoming title defence against Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KO’s) has got everybody talking. Those who love the match up are talking about it, those that hate it are complaining about it. But everybody is talking about it and everybody is going to watch it. It’s not often that two undefeated, top ten pound for pound fighters meet. In London on September 10th two fighters with a combined record of 71-0 come together in a fight that nobody saw coming.
When the fight was announced it caused a genuine surprise, not just because it was presumed that GGG was going to figh Chris Eubank Jr. There had been no speculation of Brook fighting GGG. The thought had probably only fleetingly crossed the minds of the most fanciful of fight fans. Yet the fight was made, with apparent enthusiasm from both sides. So here we find ourselves, mere weeks from the fight still somewhat surprised that it is actually happening.
In a year that has seen some massive showdowns, GGG – Brook is perhaps the biggest of them all. There is something about this fight that has created a bit of magic, some kind of X factor that has captured the imagination of not just fight fans but sports fans too. It’s like Saul “Canelo” Alvarez – Amir Khan but just a bit better.