Unbeaten British fighter Kell Brook (36-0 25 KOs) had better be biting down hard on his gum-shield on September 10, because his opponent IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) is promising a real “drama show” when the two of them get inside the ring.
When Golovkin talks about his fights being a “drama” show,” he means that he’s going to go out and look to obliterate his opponents with heavy power shots to the head and body. He’s got the fighting style that he calls “The Mexican style” in which he likes to slug it out with his opponents.
Golovkin is so good at cutting off the ring on his opposition that they’re unable to run from him even when they try to. He doesn’t let them run, and he doesn’t let them hold either. None of the spoiling tricks works on Golovkin, because he catches up to them eventually and makes it a drama show.
“I believe I will bring an amazing show, like a drama show. This is the biggest test for me because Kell is a true champion. It’s the biggest test for me, absolutely,” said Golovkin to skysports.com. “I believe this is the biggest fight for us because I see Kell [and] I respect him. I respect his team, he has a very good and very strong team,” said Golovkin.
I’m not sure if this fight will be any tougher for Golovkin than in his previous fights against the likes of Curtis Stevens, David Lemieux and Martin Murray. Those were all high quality fighters with punching power that is arguably better than the power than Brook has going for him. They’ were bigger guys that were accustomed to slugging with their opponents in the middleweight division. Golovkin chopped them all down and made it look easy.
A war is probably not the thing that Brook needs in this fight because he’s looked vulnerable when taking heavy shots by fighters like Vyhacheslav Senchenko and Carson Jones. Even the light hitting Matthew Hatton had his moments in his fight against Brook.
If Golovkin is able to turn the fight against Brook into a war, then it’s quite likely that the fight won’t go any longer than Golovkin’s recent fight against Dominic Wade last April.
Golovkin knocked Wade out in two rounds. The thing is, Wade came into the fight with a reputation for having a strong chin. He’d never been hurt before in his career, and yet Golovkin was able to smash him in two rounds. If Golovkin can cut off the ring and force Brook into a war, then this fight won’t go more than one or two rounds tops. Brook can dish it out but he doesn’t take it nearly as well.
“I understand this is not easy, this is true. It is very serious business for us. I am ready 100 per cent for September 10,” said Golovkin.
Like in all of his fights, Golovkin is taking it very seriously and he’s not going to come into the bout at less than 100 percent. That’s not good news for Brook, because his only chance of winning might be if Golovkin is less than well trained.