Kell Brook needs at least 17 months off.

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  1. Ibn Saud

    Ibn Saud New Member banned Full Member

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    He's a broken man. You can't continue fighting this level of opponents one after the other.
     
  2. NewBoxingOrder

    NewBoxingOrder Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Brook made a HUGE mistake trying to come back from the GGG wreck job in 8 months.

    That was a gigantic error by Team Brook. I can't believe they did that.

    Now he's done. Honestly, I think it's over for him no matter how much time he takes off.
     
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  3. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    He wasn't gonna beat Spence either way. He fought to the best of his abilities.
     
  4. CRUSHINGBLOW

    CRUSHINGBLOW Member Full Member

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    Correct me if I'm wrong, but was it not the IBF the put the squeeze on Brook, otherwise he would've been stripped?
     
  5. Ibn Saud

    Ibn Saud New Member banned Full Member

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    Career and overall health >belt.
    He should have dumped that belt and let his body recover.
     
  6. Booker18

    Booker18 Member Full Member

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    17? Why 17? Are you a surgeon?
     
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  7. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    naah, he just needs to stop fighting better fighters.
     
  8. Oneirokritis

    Oneirokritis The Scourge of Stupid Idiots. Full Member

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    Before coming back at 154: him boiling back down to 147 after fighting at 160 was just stupid.
     
  9. Sephiroth Rising 7

    Sephiroth Rising 7 'No tears please!' banned Full Member

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    No amount of rest would have erased the mental scars from his battle with GGG and the subsequent injury that followed.
     
  10. NewBoxingOrder

    NewBoxingOrder Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yep. Like "Roy Jones fights Tarver after going up to HW" stupid.

    Brook is done.
     
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  11. CRUSHINGBLOW

    CRUSHINGBLOW Member Full Member

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    That too.

    Apparently his camp told him to vacate the strap but Brook, being a true champion that he is, didn't want none of that. Was it all worth another L and potential career threatening injury? Or was the pay day too good to turn down??
     
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  12. NewBoxingOrder

    NewBoxingOrder Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Also likely.

    Pre-Golovkin Brook probably beats Spence. I was actually shocked at how easily Brook was handling Spence through the first half of the fight.
     
  13. Drachenorden

    Drachenorden Active Member Full Member

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    Him fighting at 160 was stupid in the first place. Unfortunately he refused to admit the mistake and followed with more stupidities.
     
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  14. Oneirokritis

    Oneirokritis The Scourge of Stupid Idiots. Full Member

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    After Golovkin, it was in Brook's best interests, healthwise, to dump the belt and go up to 154 immediately.

    Unfortunately, choosing not to do so is something Brook will just have to live with.
     
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  15. CRUSHINGBLOW

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    Honestly, though on paper GGG made light work of Brook. Brook did hold his own till the unfortunate stoppage. The damaged caused was legit, so I'm not implying anything different.

    I just feel like people talk as though Brook was steam rolled from start to finish.

    HIs biggest mistake, as stated previously, was coming back so soon, and not just vacating the belt and fighting a 10-15 ranked 154 fighter instead.
     
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