Should Brook have kept fighting?

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Should Brook have kept fighting?

  1. He made the right decision

  2. He should have continued the fight

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  1. KelandBeave

    KelandBeave Fab 4 Full Member

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    Shouldve hugged Spence until end of rd than told his corner to stop it.
     
  2. like a boss

    like a boss have gloves will travel Full Member

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    I continue to be amazed at how many boxing fans are medical experts and mind readers.
     
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  3. james5000

    james5000 2010's poster of the decade Full Member

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    If this was a lot of other fighters there wouldn't be a poll they would already be deemed quitters.
     
  4. like a boss

    like a boss have gloves will travel Full Member

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    The round was only half done. Brook would have had to hold Spence for nearly a minute and a half.
     
  5. caligula4

    caligula4 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He may well be, but high risk for lots of fighters to face him as once he recovers again he undeniably is very talented. As for the Dan comment, not entertaining that.
     
  6. Hotsauce

    Hotsauce Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The right decision
     
  7. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Naw, it wasn't a flashback but rather a premonition of getting knocked the f==k out in his hometown.
     
  8. Grinder

    Grinder Dude, don't call me Dude Full Member

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    Brook fought bravely. I thought he would be too good for Spence but it wasnt prime Brook and Spence is the real deal. To be honest, if the scoring was objective Brook would have lost a decision if it got that far. Brook won the first half of the fight but was getting hit with clean hard shots from Spence after 7. The turnaround happened suddenly. Maybe it was the eye. I thought Brook would at least try to survive and get a dodgy decision win. Would have been equivalent to Ward over Kovalev. But obviously he was very concerned about his eye. Possibly mental after what GGG did to him.

    In conclusion, Spence is the real deal and his power and accuracy was doing the damage. The rest was in Brook's head and he was obviously concerned about lifelong damage. No warrior code is worth that.
     
  9. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nobody is lower than Andre Direll. Weakest fighter I have ever witnessed.
     
  10. Farmboxer

    Farmboxer VIP Member Full Member

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  11. On_The_Ropes

    On_The_Ropes Active Member Full Member

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    Some boxing fans are complete *****, they would rather see a fighter lose his vision than take a knee. You don't take chances with eye injuries like that.
     
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  12. RG1885

    RG1885 Member Full Member

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    You could tell his eye was hurt before the tenth.
    And if we could tell, you could gurantee Brook knew.

    Having gone through the recovery process before for that fight and knowiing how dangerous that injury is, he had 2 choices. Anyone thinking he should have kept on fighting risking his sight just to give fans another 3 minutes of watching him get beaten up is mental. Brooks accuracy was gone, he was blinking and dabbing at his eye, he couldnt see Spences punches and was getting hit on the eye way too often.

    I picked Brook to win and im taking nothing away from Spence, i thought he was up at the time of the stoppage. Im just saying there was no point in Kell fighting on when weighing up the options of "Get out now, down on the cards anyway, cant see him properly, cant block him, cant hit him. Keep your eyesight" or "Try and catch him with a huge lucky punch while continuing to get my head panned in and risk my eyesight"

    Congratulations to Spence though, thought he was fantastic.
     
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  13. Ant Sutton

    Ant Sutton I love boxing Full Member

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    Magarito cheated dude...you seem to be on planet eubank
     
  14. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    If he wanted to ensure he had normal vision and a normal life after the fight, then no.

    If he wanted to seize greatness at all costs, then yes.
     
  15. Kahuna

    Kahuna Active Member Full Member

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    He fought for 15 minutes with one eye and Spencer's much vaunted power and yet to fell him. It was incredibly brave but even superman needs his eyesight.

    He demonstrated he was the better boxer when they both had two eyes and would easily win any rematch.