Brook is a shortest priced 4/1 against and has the arduous task of attempting to half the Kazakh puncher’s 22-straight knockout streak at the O2 Arena.
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During the fighters’ head-to-head, Brook appeared to have a bigger build than his 34-year-old opponent, a career middleweight.
‘I’m very comfortable here.
“He looks good and he says he’s ready”. He’s said he’s ready for me: I’m ready for him.
Brook knows the challenge that lays in front of him is an enormous one and his preparation by all accounts has been the best of his career, now he’ll need to chalk in the best performance of his career to stand any chance. “No, I’m not scared”. I respect my opponent.
Callum Smith defends his WBC Silver title against tough Hungarian Norbert Nemesapati while his older brother Paul continues his hunt for a third World title shot, Martin J. Ward and Andy Townend meet for the vacant British Super-Featherweight title, WBC Silver Super-Bantamweight champion McDonnell is tracking down a World title shot of his own Sheffield Super-Bantamweight and Brook’s Ingle Gym mate Galahad continues his comeback, Conor Benn boxes for the fourth time in the paid ranks and unbeaten Middleweight Craig Richards tastes his fifth action in the pros.
Brook, 30, has made three defences of his IBF welterweight title since he was stabbed in the leg while on holiday two years ago, which threatened to end his career.
He weighed in at over 167 pounds (76 kilograms) at his mandatory seven-day weight check – seven pounds over the middleweight limit.
The much respected Abel Sanchez said: ‘Kell Brook will brutally discover that it takes more than a 10-week scientific experiment to beat Triple G’. “But that will make me sharp on the night”.
“I’m going to follow the greats and make history”.
“I’ve got the skills”. He’s the underdog but he’s coming to win.
“I’ve never trained with these sort of calories and fuel before”.
“I can’t wait to shock the world”.
“It’s going to be the biggest upset ever”. I have been telling them for ages that I want a big fights and they haven’t believed me.
Gennady Golovkin and Kell Brook went face-to-face for the first time in weeks as the huge middleweight battle edged a step closer.
‘If anyone thinks Golovkin will have a size and weight advantage, ‘ said Ingle, ‘they are very mistaken.
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“This is not a big guy fighting a small guy”.
