First off, I think it was a good fight spoiled by a terribly weak stoppage. The result was inevitable as you can jump a weight, but not two like that. Even Manny kind of eased his way into it back when DLH became a Mummy at the weight. Brook was fighting Golovkin at his weight and Golovkin is in his prime unlike DLH.
The thing that struck me most in those early rounds though was just how off GGG's timing looked. He was throwing punches that you could see a mile away that only Carlos Baldomir would struggle to evade. I didn't understand why he was throwing those punches when it would be quite easy to counter and at times Brook did make him pay with suitable responses.
Why do you think GGG was throwing those awkward and off looking shots? GGG has a lot of experience and typically shows a lot of excellent technique, but it just looked sloppy and amateurish early on for me. It really wasn't so much about Brook being so fast as you could see yourself that the punches were just not going to land.
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