Who should be Kell Brook's first opponent in the 154lb division?

The word on the street is Sam Eggington.

 

I lose a certain amount of interest in Kell as a JMW, by dint of the fact that I've always viewed him as a pure welterweight (his potential to establish kingship there was undermined by longterm poor management/matchmaking and lax discipline between fights).

He's bound to be on the downside of his prime now, to boot, and all I can see for him as a JMW is a tame route to becoming a two-weight titlist (a.k.a. the Beefy route) or else a couple of warm-ups before falling to one of the better operators who'll outsize him and/or be too fresh.

 

Jermell Charcoal.

 

should just feed his soul to Jermell Charlo and get it over and done with. Brook is finished.

 

Its not the losses themselves, its not even the physical toll (which in itself is probably hard enough to overcome). Its the emotional toll those fights have taken on him. His soul was hurt worse by the Spence defeat than any damage a punch could do.

I'd like to be proven wrong, I find Kell a really entertaining fighter. But I dont see him reaching the peaks he hit earlier in his career, especially not at a higher even more dangerous weight division. A money fight against Khan and a shot at Liam Smith is probably the best he can hope for.

 

Though I wouldn't use his terms, I see what the fellow is saying to an extent. It's hard to imagine Brook getting significant work done. His last two fights have been damaging, despite creditable performances, and now he's going up against bigger, fresher guys much less prone to breaking up than he is. Psychological baggage can be turned into fight-winning experience, but that depends on how much interest and desire remains, factors which may also be a problem in Brook's case.

I just think his potential has been largely wasted, and I don't see reasons to expect much from him at 154. If he can surprise me, I'm all for it and will happily admit I was wrong.

 

I reckon someone like Kamegai for his second fight after his last two fights Brook needs a confidence boosting KO win and Eggington fits that bill.

 

The three guys you listed would all beat Brook. Brook will be matched softly at 154, just as he was at 147, before he fought Porter and Spence. Maybe a guy like Austin Trout they would go after. That might be too much though. I'm not sure what some of you saw in Brook. He was never all that great in my opinion.

 

Hell no, dem Charlo brothers switch after the weigh ins