Brook vs Spence Jr: Boxing's best trainers explain how Errol Spence Jr can beat Kell Brook
Thursday 25 May 2017 11:34, UK
Errol Spence Jr arrives with a feted body shot, but how is he likely to defeat Kell Brook? Boxing's finest trainers explain...
Abel Sanchez
I think he needs to use his arm speed and not get brave. He needs to box Kell, wear him down, and make sure he doesn't get punch happy. He's knocked out a couple of guys, like Chris Algieri, and if he thinks he can knock Kell out like that, or hurt Kell, he's wrong.
He needs to box Kell, wear him down, and make sure he doesn't get punch happy.
I think he needs to box him and use his distance, his good jab. He's going to have a real champion in front of him, so all those things may work for a while, but eventually he's going need a second plan to make sure that when Kell adapts he can go to something else.
Kenny Porter
Errol has the ability to impose his will on other fighters and his determination is second to none. He is a very sound fighter so I would accentuate those positives. I would push for the stoppage, I really would.
You've seen him, you've heard how good he is and that is all true. All I would need to do is point him in the right direction.
I know what Errol's got, all I would do is get behind that and get some extra gas in his tank because he would know I believe in him. He's all about getting to the other guy and fighting, simple as that. You've seen him, you've heard how good he is and that is all true. All I would need to do is point him in the right direction.
Dan Birmingham
I would want him to get close. Spence Jr is very strong on the inside and I think that is where the big advantage point is. He's got to work Brook's body.
Spence Jr is very strong on the inside and I think that is where the big advantage point is. He's got to work Brook's body.
Spence is tough as nails as well, or at least I think he is. Brook might be that little bit sharper but I just think Spence has the determination he is going to need to get on the inside.
Joe Gallagher
He's entering the lion's den, so the plan has to be not just win, but win well - it might even need a stoppage. I would do all I could to get Kell off to a bad start, not let his confidence grow on the back of the Gennady Golovkin fight.
[Spence Jr] needs to catch [Brook] when he's off balance, or square on.
We know how Kell switches from left to right, changes his stance, so that would be the one thing I would look to exploit. It is easier said than done, but he needs to catch him when he's off balance, or square on. Kell will make him miss with one, two or three shots, but Spence is razor sharp and has to make the rest count.
Jim McDonnell
The weight is clearly an issue for Brook so if I was in his corner, I would work Brook's body from the start. Spence Jr needs a high work-rate, no matter what he does, because stats don't lie and Brook is dropping back down two weights so there will be a drop-off somewhere along the line.
The body and that pace would be the big things for me.
Spence Jr is a really good fighter and he does attack the body. The body and that pace would be the big things for me.
Adam Booth
I would box Brook systematically. Spence Jr is a cultured, polished southpaw. This guy is accurate, sharp and clinical.
There are going to be times in the fight where [Spence Jr] will need to prove he can be rough and then get slick and smart with the boxing.
He can't allow Brook to be too physical with him but, by the same token, he can't hide from that. There are going to be times in the fight where he will need to prove he can be rough and then get slick and smart with the boxing. He is as complete a southpaw as I have seen.
Jamie Moore
I'd ask him to set a high tempo because it's unknown whether Kell is still strong at welterweight. I thought he'd come back at light-middleweight, I didn't think we'd see him at welterweight again.
I'd ask [Spence Jr] to set a high tempo because it's unknown whether Kell is still strong at welterweight.
I'd ask Spence Jr to work the body, and test how strong Kell is. That's a big question mark for me.
David Coldwell
They're confident that they will stop Brook. He's seen as the future star of American boxing. Spence Jr is heavy-handed and he's a fantastic body puncher - if you look through Kell's career, he's been tagged underneath. Spence Jr should look to go down there.
If you look through Kell's career, he's been tagged underneath. Spence Jr should look to go down there.
If there's any way that Kell has lost something with the weight cut, he will be in deep trouble if Spence Jr gets to his body.
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