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In the US, the fight was aired live on HBO in the afternoon and drew an average of 843,000 viewers and peaked at 907,000 viewers. This was considered by HBO to be a huge success for an afternoon showing. A replay was shown later in the evening as part of the world super flyweight title fight between [[Román González (boxer)|Roman Gonzalez]] and [[Carlos Cuadras]]. The replay averaged 593,000 viewers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mmapayout.com/2016/09/ggg-draws-843k-hbo-viewers-for-saturday-afternoon-fight/|title=GGG draws 843K HBO viewers for Saturday afternoon fight : MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA|website=mmapayout.com|access-date=May 19, 2017}}</ref> |
In the US, the fight was aired live on HBO in the afternoon and drew an average of 843,000 viewers and peaked at 907,000 viewers. This was considered by HBO to be a huge success for an afternoon showing. A replay was shown later in the evening as part of the world super flyweight title fight between [[Román González (boxer)|Roman Gonzalez]] and [[Carlos Cuadras]]. The replay averaged 593,000 viewers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mmapayout.com/2016/09/ggg-draws-843k-hbo-viewers-for-saturday-afternoon-fight/|title=GGG draws 843K HBO viewers for Saturday afternoon fight : MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA|website=mmapayout.com|access-date=May 19, 2017}}</ref> |
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In the UK, the fight reportedly had 500,000 pay-per-view buys on Sky Box Office.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxing/la-sp-sn-boxing-canelo-alvarez-pay-per-view-buys-smith-20160922-snap-story.html|title=Canelo Alvarez's shrinking pay-per-view audience not expected to surpass 300,000 buys|date=2016-09-22|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-09-16|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923004945/www.latimes.com/sports/boxing/la-sp-sn-boxing-canelo-alvarez-pay-per-view-buys-smith-20160922-snap-story.html|archivedate=23 September 2016}}</ref> |
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In the UK, Eddie Hearns revealed that the fight sold 400,000 pay-per-view buys on Sky Box Office.<ref name="boxingnewsandviews">{{cite news|title=Big Fight UK Boxing PPV Buys Revealed Over Last 18 Months|url=https://www.boxingnewsandviews.com/2017/05/31/uk-boxing-ppv-buys/|work=Boxing News and Views|date=31 May 2017}}</ref> |
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== Fight card == |
== Fight card == |
Revision as of 04:00, 28 May 2018
Date | September 10, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | O2 Arena Greenwich, London | |||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBC/IBF/IBO Middleweight Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Golovkin defeated Brook by 5th round technical knockout |
Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook was a professional boxing match for the unified WBC, IBF, and IBO middleweight titles. The bout was held on September 10, 2016, at the O2 Arena in London, England. The event was televised live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and HBO in the United States. Golovkin won the fight in round 5, after Brook's corner threw in the towel.
Background
On July 8, 2016, it was announced that Gennady Golovkin would fight Kell Brook on September 10, 2016 at the O2 Arena in London, England. Brook was scheduled to fight in a unification bout against then-WBO champion Jessie Vargas, whereas there was negotiations for Golovkin to fight Chris Eubank Jr.; however, negotiations fell through and promoter Eddie Hearn offered the Golovkin fight to Brook, who agreed to move up two weight divisions to challenge Golovkin. This was Golovkin's 17th world title defence. The fight aired in the United States on HBO and on Sky Box Office pay-per-view in the United Kingdom.[1]
On September 5, the WBA withdrew it's sanction for the fight. Although they granted Golovkin a special permit to take the fight, they stated that their title would not be at stake. The reason for the withdrawal was because Brook had never competed in the middleweight division. WBA president Gilberto Mendoza Jr. said, "What I most regret is that there are no boxers at 160 pounds who will fight against 'Triple G,' and Brook has to move up two divisions to fight against him." The Golovkin camp were said to be disappointed with the decision with promoter Tom Loeffler saying, "somehow the WBA thought it was too dangerous for a welterweight to move up to middleweight to fight the biggest puncher in boxing. I guess that is a compliment to GGG as they sanctioned [Adrien] Broner moving up two divisions [from lightweight to welterweight] to fight Paulie [Malignaggi in 2013] and Roy Jones moving up two divisions [from light heavyweight to heavyweight] to fight John Ruiz [in 2003] for WBA titles, and Kell Brook is undefeated and considered a top pound-for-pound boxer."[2][3]
Fight details
Golovkin came out aggressively, going as far as to buckle the Englishman's legs in the first round. He was met with stiff resistance as Brook began to fire back, connecting multiple clean combinations on Golovkin, none of which were able to faze him. In the second round Brook had his greatest success of the fight, but in the process had his right eye socket broken. Over the next three rounds, Golovkin began to break Brook down.The Englishman showed courage, determination and a great chin as he absorbed the bulk of a Golovkin onslaught. Despite this, Brook's corner threw in the towel to protect their fighter's damaged right eye, ending the fight in the fifth round with both boxers still standing.[4][5]
CompuBox stats
Total | Golovkin | Brook |
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Thrown | 301 | 261 |
Landed | 133 | 85 |
Con. % | 44.2% | 32.6% |
Viewership
In the US, the fight was aired live on HBO in the afternoon and drew an average of 843,000 viewers and peaked at 907,000 viewers. This was considered by HBO to be a huge success for an afternoon showing. A replay was shown later in the evening as part of the world super flyweight title fight between Roman Gonzalez and Carlos Cuadras. The replay averaged 593,000 viewers.[6]
In the UK, the fight reportedly had 500,000 pay-per-view buys on Sky Box Office.[7]
Fight card
Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||
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Middleweight | Gennady Golovkin (c) | def. | Kell Brook | TKO | 5 (12) | 1:57 | |
Bantamweight | Lee Haskins (c) | def. | Stuart Hall | UD | 12 | – | |
Super Featherweight | Martin Joseph Ward | def. | Andy Townend | TKO | 8 (12) | 0:54 | |
Super Middleweight | Callum Smith | def. | Norbert Nemesapati | RTD | 7 (12) | 3:00 | |
Flyweight | Johnriel Casimero (c) | def. | Charlie Edwards | TKO | 10 (12) | 1:57 | |
Super Bantamweight | Kid Galahad | def. | Emiliano Salvini | TKO | 4 (8) | 0:38 | |
Super Bantamweight | Gavin McDonnell | def. | Robin Zamora | PTS | 8 | – | |
Middleweight | Craig Richards | def. | Dalton Miller | PTS | 4 | – | |
Super Middleweight | Paul Smith | def. | Daniel Regi | TKO | 5 (6) | 2:16 | |
Super Lightweight | Conor Benn | def. | Joe Ducker | KO | 2 (4) | 0:24 |
References
- ^ "GGG to defend belts against Brook on Sept. 10". Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "Golovkin's WBA title not on line in Brook fight". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
- ^ "WBA Declines To Sanction Golovkin-Brook Middleweight Bout - Boxing News". www.boxingscene.com. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
- ^ "Kell Brook's brave title bid ended by fearsome champion Gennady Golovkin". Guardian. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Golovkin vs Brook: Kell Brook stopped by Gennady Golovkin after five rounds". Sky Sports. September 11, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
- ^ "GGG draws 843K HBO viewers for Saturday afternoon fight : MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA". mmapayout.com. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ^ "Canelo Alvarez's shrinking pay-per-view audience not expected to surpass 300,000 buys". Los Angeles Times. 2016-09-22. ISSN 0458-3035. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
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