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‘GGG’ Forces Fifth-Round Stoppage of Kell Brook
- Updated: September 10, 2016
Reigning middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin proved once again that he is arguably the most lethal fighter in the world of boxing. He survived a few early scares in the O2 Arena in London to eventually stop local fighter Kell Brook in the fifth retain his WBC and IBF 160-pound belts, though it wasn’t a typical “GGG” big drama show. Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) badly rocked Brook with a powerful left hook to the head in the opening frame but when he couldn’t put the Brit away, the tides of the fight were nearly turned in the second. Brook stunned the Kazakhstani powerhouse with an assortment of punches to the head, namely the right uppercut on the inside. But Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) wasn’t able to sustain the attack long …
