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Quote Originally Posted by p4pking View Post
Why is it a given he's been a "weakened" welter? He's never fought above that weight as a pro and always looked very strong, so it's hearsay.
How does that make it hearsay? It's from the horses mouth so anything but.

If you mean its unproven in the ring as Smash suggested then yeah I see your point. Brook and his team will know through the duration of a camp when he tops out in terms of speed and power. Also as Fenster mentioned, Brook at 147 against Jones and Brook at 152 against the same bloke was like chalk and cheese. What little evidence there is suggests that Brook north of 147 is a much stronger fighter.

Fair enough, but every fighter says that and to be honest I didn't realize the Jones rematch was at a higher weight. At the the same time, that was a journeyman he should have dealt with the first time and who had been stopped by Alfonso Gomez beforehand, nothing to suggest the rematch wouldn't have gone the same way at any weight. I have no idea if Brook would have a good chance against top guys at 154 for instance, nobody does.