Gennady Golovkin: ‘Kell Brook is the biggest test for me’

Kell Brook

KELL BROOK came face to face with Gennady Golovkin in New York on Thursday (July 14). Brook steps up from welterweight to challenge the feared middleweight champion on September 10 at the O2 in London.

โ€œSeptember 10 is the biggest day for meโ€ฆ It was big news for me because I know this guy, heโ€™s a very good fighter, heโ€™s very strong, heโ€™s the best in his division right now. Iโ€™m very excited. This is the biggest test for me and biggest fight,โ€ said Golovkin.

Brook believes he can make his mark on the sport with this showdown. โ€œSugar Ray Leonard boxed [Marvin] Hagler and beat him. My favourite fighter of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson has done that [moved up from welter]. To be a great fighter youโ€™ve got to do great things,โ€ Brook said. โ€œItโ€™s going to be a very, very hard fight. Iโ€™ve got to make sure everything is spot on in training. Do everything right, anything short of that weโ€™re not going to come up with the goods.

โ€œWeโ€™re going to through hell in this training camp but thatโ€™s what you need to do to reach greatness.โ€

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