Moore’s GGG v Brook special

Jamie Moore answers five key questions on Saturday’s colossal clash between world middleweight king Gennady Golovkin and welterweight counterpart Kell Brook – live from The O2 on Sky Sports Box Office.

What did we learn at Tuesday’s public work-out?

From Golovkin’s point of view, he looked the same as he usually does and that’s explosive, powerful and nice and relaxed.

From Brook’s point of view, physically he looked much better and it seemed he had a lot more energy to do his work-out. That’s quite obviously to do with not having to struggle to make the weight. Whether the energy will be an advantage on the night is a difficult one because having energy and being able to compete at the weight are two totally different things.

That extra energy should help his movement, speed and reflexes and it certainly didn’t look like his extra weight had hampered his speed. If anything, he looked sharper so physically he’s in a better place. The only thing is that he’s going up in weight against someone as good as Golovkin.

Does Brook’s smile mean he truly believes or that he has nothing to lose?

When fighters are big underdogs and not many people think they’ve got much of a chance, you tend to see them simmering before a fight like this. They have real self-belief. There’s no pressure on their shoulders to perform in any particular way because people don’t expect them to produce, so with no expectation they can just go in there and do their best.

Part of the reason Brook always looks so …

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