The Panel: Full credit to Kell

Kell Brook suffered defeat for the first time but The Panel made it clear that he emerged from the five-round war with Gennady Golovking with immense credit.

The ‘Special One’ might well have fractured his eye socket but former gym mate Johnny Nelson, former world champions Carl Froch and Paulie Malignaggi and a man who also suffered at the hands of ‘Triple G’, Matthew Macklin, agreed the British star won as much as he lost.

And we have pulled together some tweets praising Brook too, including one from Amir Khan…

Johnny Nelson

Kell impressed me with his courage. His cool was unbelievable. You have got to give him credit and Dominic Ingle credit. It was a brave decision to throw in the towel. Just before he threw the towel in Kell’s hands were down. It was a hard decision to accept from the fans but the right one. Nobody expected Kell to get past three rounds, his eye socket went, end of story. It is nothing to do with weight. Golovkin is an amazing puncher, he didn’t bully Kell around the ring,we just know he’s an amazing puncher. If that was any other middleweight in the world what would have happened? You could see Kell getting in the ring with …

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