Kell Brook set to announce retirement in the next 48 hours?

Brook looked shot in his last fight. Timing was his best weapon and at his peak there were few better at timing shots. But against Zerafa his timing was all over the place. Hope he does retire, although Khan will claim it's proof Kell was running from him....

 

No he actually did say "get me ggg" that's a fact then Hearn made that fight later on but brook asked for it previouslt

 

That's not how things transpired. You only have to piece together the background to see why this fight was made. Why did Hearn sign try to sign CEJ to fight GGG - and deal with the notoriously hard to work with Eubank Snr - if he already had Brook on his books wanting to take the fight? lol

 

He made a lot of money from GGG and Spence fights

 

Kells come out today on IG saying that he's not retiring and that he's looking for the big fights still (Bud C being the most recent attempt)

Good on him, no one can say the lad is scared but that GGG fight ruined his eye, and then that headbutt against Spence, geez I had him up until then too

I wish Kell all the best, he's a class fighter and has heart... I just hope he's got a little more in the tank and those two big losses haven't ruined him completely. I'm not convinced those eye sockets will hold out sadly.

 

He has heart aplenty. He went up two weight divisions and fought the biggest and most feared puncher there (GGG). He took the fight to GGG but eventually started to get beat down. But you know what? Even though he was 2 divisions smaller than other GGG opponents, unlike most of them he never once went down and had to be stopped by his corner.
What does he do then?...only goes on to fight undefeated P4P candidate Errol Spence, winning the early rounds but succumbing to another broken eye socket.
Please don't sit there and judge guys like this. It's not like Walters in the Loma fight who just got a little frustrated and gave up. Kell had both eye sockets broke and busted putting his sight at risk. The guy was in severe pain and could barely see.

 

I wonder how much training he does these days. Maybe he just does one camp before he fights, like Khan.
Sergio Martinez lost his edge due to injuries. He mostly did rehabilitation and rarely any real boxing. So by the time fight camp started, he was rusty and out of shape.

 

Yeah, those late nights in Marbella bars eventually take their toll.

 

Brook frustrates the hell out of me; what a waste of talent. But he's mainly got himself to blame. Spent the first 10-15 fights of his career not taking it seriously - until the first Jones fight - hung around at 147 despite struggling to do the weight (he fought loads of times over 150 in his early fights) because someone persuaded him if he moved up a division he would move down the queue, finally got a title and then got stabbed celebrating, or should I say 'celebrating'...

Then he fought GGG at 160 on some ego trip - even though I think he had his arm twisted - and got his face broke, agreed to go back to 147 and took on Spence and broke it again - fair enough, that was brave but jeez two P4P'ers back-to-back two weight classes apart is brave going on stupid (fought in a THIRD division in a row the next fight) and then after the losses got all hung up on Khan, probably because he knew he was cooked and Amir was a pay day and even more shot than him.

Khan getting money thrown at him like confetti for an exhibition fight was probably the final straw (no need to face Brook) if this rumour about retirement is true, because Kell must have known how bad he looked last time out. At his best he used to land back hand leads on elite boxers for fun but he was literally windmilling against Zerafa and finding fresh air.

Take your point though, maybe he can't train like he wants to. Probably can't train that hard eating a piece of lettuce a day...

 

Brook himself has denied the claims...

"I am not sure where these reports have surfaced but I have not retired," Brook posted. "Me and my team have been trying to secure big fights."

The Sheffield fighter - who has 38 wins and two defeats - added: "We went to New York because we want to fight Crawford.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/48676045

 

Sure, I agree with that hypothetical.

It doesn't take away from the fact that Brook's only motivation for fighting was cashing out against Khan. Amir Khan was his ONLY money grab while Khan can go fight some Indian dishwasher and still make the same money.

Brook should have tried to carve his own destiny years ago instead of trying to forge a legacy based on the Khan fight. Khan NEVER wanted it (until he was totally cornered) and Brook should have read the signals years ago.

 

Or can't reap the benefits of Ingle's Gym Juice anymore.......

 

So he's not tired yet (re- or otherwise)

Bring on Crawford!

 

Explain to me how Khan is fighting for a wbc strap when he ain't vada enrolled and as ariza back in his corner
Ummmmmmmm

 

Yeah... there is that.