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‘Ingle right to stop fight’
- Updated: September 11, 2016
Kell Brook admits he avoided being seriously hurt after trainer Dominic Ingle threw in the towel during his clash with middleweight king Gennady Golovkin.
The 30-year-old, the reigning IBF welterweight champion, suffered a broken right eye socket in his attempts to dethrone WBA ‘Super’, IBF and WBC middleweight champion Golovkin at The O2 on Saturday.
Ingle took the decision to throw in the towel in the fifth round following a barrage of unanswered punches from Golovkin that left Brook pinned on the ropes.
The decision to end the fight was met by boos from the sold-out crowd inside the arena, but Brook believes Ingle took decisive action and prevented him from suffering further damage.
“Everyone’s got their own …
