Could Kell Brook beat Berto?

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  1. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Objective opinions please.
     
  2. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    I'm not sold on Berto but he's proven himself in better class than Brook.
     
  3. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Very funny. But seriously. Berto is the more proven of the two, so its only fair to ask could Kell beat him?
     
  4. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Nope.

    I'm not sold on Berto, but he would knock Brook out IMO. Berto reminds me of Shane Mosley, he's fast and athletic which some people mistake for being slick, but he's basically a fast brawler with decent pop. He doesn't have the power or chin of Shane though. People who are gonna trouble Berto are foundamentally sound fighters or guys who make him think and give him a lot of angles and movement.

    Brook is very stiff, has no chin to chest tuck. His power is overrated and he switch hits just for the sake of it. Berto would counter him over the top and catch him with fast combos on the inside.

    A better question would be can Brook beat Luis Collazo? I think someone like Collazo would give Brook a boxing lesson.
     
  5. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No.

    Berto would eat him, ****ing him up with sharp hooks and uppercuts on the inside.

    Berto's not great, but he's too good for Brook.
     
  6. Strongback

    Strongback Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Brook is over rated and at the moment is a Euro level fighter at best. He might develop into a world class boxer but he needs to stay out of nightclubs, he hasn't earned a pair of silk pajamas yet.

    Berto would murder Brook for me. When people mention Brook they talk about potential but I've never seen potential wrap a world title belt around it's waist.
     
  7. brown bomber

    brown bomber 2010 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Still not sold on Kell thought Jennings had his number and was just getting going.
     
  8. Will

    Will Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That is how it was starting to look at ringside. To be fair Brook didn't look at his best, but I would very much like to see the re-match in DEC.
     
  9. oli

    oli Boxing Junkie banned

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    I like Brook but hes proven nothing. Im not sold on Berto either i think hes fighting too many bums and small men for a WBC welterweight champ.

    What is wrong with Kell Brook? His career is taking forever to get going. He will 25 soon and he seems so inactive?? Is he just a party guy or something? what is with him?
     
  10. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    One sequence in that fight which summed up Brook for me. He came in stiff as a board, decided to switch stances for no reason other then to confuse himself and walked into a Jennings jab that had his head doing a Mickael Jackson.
     
  11. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    no, Brook is terrible.
     
  12. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Lora, you could've at least picked a more flattering pic of El Maestro.
     
  13. hitman_hatton1

    hitman_hatton1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    imagine jennings even making it to 5 rds against a bomber like berto. :verysad

    berto would chew brook up. :patsch
     
  14. hitman_hatton1

    hitman_hatton1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    don't see floyd mayweather or shane mosley queing up at the minute.

    warren could maybe tempt him over for december if he has the bottle. :yep

    but he won't. :bart