Comments Thread For: Gennady Golovkin 162.9, Kell Brook 167.8 - WBC 7 Day Weights

[Jubei]

I thought you all complained Brook is too small, now you complain he is too big? Yeah just do whatever to discredit the fight.

Brook being at the 5% limit 7 days before the fight is normal to him.

[Zaryu]

It's pretty obvious Brook wants to be closer to 170 than 160 on fight night. If he wants the benefits of his speed along with some added physicality to enable him handling GGG that's the weight he needs to train at. He'll dehydrate for the weigh in and come back up to his training/performing weight on fight night. It's not as crazy as some of you are making it out to be.

It would be worse for him to train at a lighter weight and then try to come in heavier on fight night. Most people seem to think he needs to stay light to avoid GGG's power, but you might be forgetting Brook is not exactly untouchable, he's a physical fighter and he wants to translate that to middleweight as well.

[BM dnobagaV]

Putting on weight won't help your chin.

[Corelone]

Water weight? LOL! Brook will have to starve too. He's not going to drink 20 Lb.s of water after the weigh in. Are you guys serious?

[i'm a fun haver]

How the hell did Brook make 147lbs for so long?

[i'm a fun haver]

That list is from April 2016, and I do have problems with the list, i.e., Brook ranked higher than Lara, but he's not even in the top 10 on that list! We need to stop acting like GGG is taking some major risk fighting a guy whose best win is Shawn Porter! Porter got dropped by Broner in the 12th, then beat by Thurman @ 147. In no way does that make him a threat to GGG. Brook's fights since that win are Jo Jo Dan, Frankie Gavin, and Kevin Bizier! He's (Brook) not in the ESPN Top 10 P4P today, and I don't think GGG has fought anyone in the ESPN P4P Top 10 yet! It is what it is, nothing more, nothing less! BTW, Keith Thurman is ranked ahead of Brook by ESPN @ 147! I'm just sayin'! Maybe Thurman should have been the target, and not GGG!

Maybe Thurman and Porter should've fought each other back in December instead of ****ing around

[i'm a fun haver]

Most of them do! I can name a bunch...Nichols, CanYellow, Thurman, Brook, Lemuix, Charlo (Both), Andrade, Crawford, Basically almost everyone.

And when they can't kill themselves anymore squeezing down for weight advantage, they finally have to "dare to be great" lol

[intoccabile]

7 pounds in the last week is cutting it real close. I know because I've had to make weight before. The last week is normally a period of cool down, or the last few days at least, so if he is going to be going hard for 7 days, that does not bode well.

Tell that to the multitude of fighters who lose about 20lbs in the last week. That 7lbs is literally all water. It'll go away in an hour in the sauna.

[intoccabile]

How the hell did Brook make 147lbs for so long?

3 months dedicated to strict dieting and cutting.

[Robbie Barrett]

How the hell did Brook make 147lbs for so long?

By not carrying the extra weight he is for this fight, pretty simple. He weighs 12lbs more than he did when he beat porter atm.