Hearn hot air, or could Brook vs Manny happen in 2017?

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  1. james5000

    james5000 2010's poster of the decade Full Member

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    Brook has 1 legit win (which was disputable) lets not act as if he has this world class resume himself.

    Algieri, Bundu, Van heerden and Vargas would be Brooks 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th best wins in no particular order

    Errol Spence has been drilling these guys as well. Why are all these champs trying to dodge him if he's just a hype job?
     
  2. DoubleJab666

    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    Brook's best win is better than any of Spence's and I don't find that result debatable at all - he timed Porter all night with that right hand. Close yes, but a legit win, no doubt.

    But my point was about Spence, not Brook, so we can park him out of this debate and revisit the question which was, why has he been given a reputation his resume has yet to support? Other than the eye-test - through which granted he does look good - what are we going off? And as for dodging, we really don't know why fights are not being made, Spence could be cherry picking his way to get a title shot for all we know?

    My point isn't that Spence will not cut it at the very top - he may well, but that we should wait until his skill set is truly challenged. Boxing history is littered with the next big thing who never matched expectations. It's easy to look good against B-level fighters...
     
  3. james5000

    james5000 2010's poster of the decade Full Member

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    Brook is in trouble, he needs to sign the contract and take his beating like a man.

    Spence has a solid resume all things considered, its 10x better than Jeff Lacy's was.

    You are just trying to give Brook a good excuse to hide. When he dodges Spence and fights Eggington at 154 claiming he can't make 147 I will be appalled.

    Spence is just as big if not bigger than Brook and he can easily make 147.

    Erickson Lubin said Brook being a big 147lber is laughable, Lubin himself used to make 147 and he's a monster compared to Brook!!!!
     
  4. DoubleJab666

    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    Stop trying to make this about Brook and deflecting from Spence and his anointment as great before he's done great things, which is a valid observation. We use the phrase 'eye test' for boxers in precisely this position... rated but not proven.

    And any reply with the word 'Brook' in it, fails to get a response...
     
  5. james5000

    james5000 2010's poster of the decade Full Member

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    Who said anything about being great yet? Being able to beat a guy that is trying his best to hide, well thats something different.

    Spence is mandatory, the only thing that trumps a mandatory is a unification and the other champs have fights lined up.

    The fight has to happen unless the belt is relinquished
     
  6. Mandibular Fortitude

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    Yeah Brook is really scared of fighting Spence being he's just fought GGG.

    Here is a news flash for you. Spence and his team WANT Brook to vacate. No way they want to come to England, for 25% with drug testing when they could fight a lesser fighter for a vacant title, at 50%, in the USA with no drug testing. If Brook doesn't vacate expect Spence's team to look elsewhere, so Haymon is backed into a corner. He either feeds Brook Khan (the option that makes you poo your pants) or Spence's bluff gets called or he gets lacyied.

    Of course, Brook will be getting no credit from you for any of the above. After all, you said he would be scared to fight Porter and Porter would destroy him a couple of years ago, Khan's ducking of him has made you hate Brook, when its really on Khan.
     
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  7. Peril

    Peril The Scholar Full Member

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    I would love to see this happen just to hear Khan say that Brook fought "No one"
     
  8. Flamazide

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    It would be an interesting fight and would probably make Brook the most popular guy at 147. He just fought Golovkin and then taking on Pacquiao afterwards? Crazy.
     
  9. Farmboxer

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    Got to see it before I believe it................
     
  10. Mandibular Fortitude

    Mandibular Fortitude Active Member banned Full Member

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    The best thing about Brook v Khan is to listen to the deluded comments Khan comes out with after he's been knocked out. He will be joining Charles Martin on youtube.
     
  11. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    Khan Diaz was way more disputable than brook porter
    You want to talk disputable
    McCloskey khan was not land hardly anything khan looked frustrated and glass of the disputable stoppage
    Gomez disputable stoppage
    Limond disputable result and stoppage
    Barrera the bless said the better
    Judah Low blow disputable
    Molina you could dispute he had no business being in there with khan
    Maidana disputable it should have been stopped in them later rounds
    Algeria disputable decision
    So let's just get this in to perspective
     
  12. inner2deepz

    inner2deepz Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Tell that to GGG fans