Brook should retire.

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  1. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I hate to say it, but I think Brook should retire now. He's had BOTH his orbital bones broken.
     
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  2. JacK Rauber

    JacK Rauber Unbourboned by what has been Full Member

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    Disagree unless the eyes are a problem. He is too talented. He beats Thurman, maybe Garcia. He's a beast.
     
  3. stiflers mum

    stiflers mum Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah opponents are going to target that eye from now on. Might be a good idea.
     
  4. titanic

    titanic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Brook is over rated to begin with :hang
     
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  5. BOGART

    BOGART Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If he did its a reasonable move. I would like to see him take a long layoff and come back sometime next summer.

    He just turned 31, can beat/compete with most welterweights, and can draw a crowd. A lot of options at 147 or even 154 if he wants to keep fighting.
     
  6. On The Money

    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    He needs to get a medical opinion for sure.
     
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    Farmboxer VIP Member Full Member

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    Golovkin destroyed his career, he will never be the same........................Porter wants Spence ASAP, I think he will beat Spence, Spence is not invincible, he can be hit, and does not seem to punch that hard...................Brook should retire..............
     
  8. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    thats generally where i try to target when i box... the face.. the nose the eyes.. anywhere in that target area thats a scoring blow ....
     
  9. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things.

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    This.
    And take some time off. Two back to back wars and such bad injuries. He needs a physical and a mental break.
    They need to build him back up and not throw him back to the trenches immediately.
     
  10. 22JM

    22JM Boxing Addict Full Member

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    LMFAO at this newbie, Brook QUIT because of the eye? So how in hell is that not a "Problem "???
     
  11. 22JM

    22JM Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That's what happens when you fight someone that is not on your weight class!
     
  12. Ukansodoff

    Ukansodoff Deontay plz stop ducking Joshua. Thank you. Full Member

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    Well Spence hit Brook in his "bad eye from last time" plenty and it held up very well. If its the same thing on the other eye then that cant be fixed too. But saying that its pretty rare that bone breaking in Boxing and both of his have gone in 2 fights, was it just real bad coincidence or is there more to be read into that and worried about.
     
  13. Flamazide

    Flamazide Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Probably. Having two orbital bone breaks in back to back fights is...uncommon and dangerous.
     
  14. Mortal

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    It's called daring to be great. Guys like Duran, Greb and Fitzsimmons did it.
     
  15. PH|LLA

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    I don't think so dude even though he's been unlucky to get srrious injuries in the last couple of fights doesn't mean he need to retire. Let him fight a few lower ranked fighters and see how he does before calling it quits.