Quote Originally Posted by ross View Post
Quote Originally Posted by frozensolid-702 View Post
WTF was that stoppage?
Did Brook's corner stop the fight because they though Brook might get knocked down?
He was still landing, and defending himself for the most part. Not to mention he was probably up on most everybody's cards.
No way should he have been up!

1 round is all he should have had!

He was also not "still landing" he was getting hit with everything, wasnt really defending himself properly and not fighting back or even trying to survive by holding. You cant let the ref see you get get and not fight back. You have to defend yourself at all times.

What happened is what most thought would happen. Brooks speed would keep him in the fight till the mid rounds but Golovkin strength and power would take over.

If Ingle or the ref hadn't stopped it, Golovkin was about to.

Iv also heard Hearn say that if Brook was a middle he would have won. No! Brooks orbital bone was broken because he doesn't move his head. Being a middle wouldn't have helped him move his head. He also didn't either didn't have the stamina to keep up the pace he tried to set, or he tried to put too much on his punches. Golovkin takes a good shot, he regularly sparred Kovalev for 18 months and Kovalev says he has a very hard head, never seen him hurt or dropped.
I dont think his head movement is as bad as you make out. If you look back, you'll see how many of those wide arc hooks of GGG missed the target, and quite a few other shots. I also think the eye injury didn't help him avoid shots.
Just like Canelo v Khan, it doesn't matter who was ahead on points because it was never going the distance and the naturally bigger guy was always going to get on top.
The stoppage was a tad early, but I'm not the one who is in there with a beast and with a fractured eye socket. An early finish was inevitable , so no major problem there.
Hearn's comments are a bit ridiculous really. If Granny had balls , we'd call her Grandad!