Saul insists Kell’s all set for KO hell
® KELL BROOK is being offered up as a sacrificial lamb to Gennady Golovkin and will get knocked out.
That is the view of Mexican Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, who faces Brook’s fellow Brit Liam Smith on September 17.
A week earlier Brook fights WBC, IBF and WBA middleweight king Golovkin in London.
Alvarez opted out of a fight with Golovkin to drop down to light-middleweight to face WBO champion Smith.
But he has no fears Brook will put a spanner in the works of a mega clash between him and Golovkin next year.
Alvarez said: “Is Brook being sacrificed? No doubt about it.
“I’m not too interested in the fight, but he’s going to knock Brook out.”
Forced
Alvarez held the WBC middleweight title he defended against Amir Khan in May but relinquished it instead of facing Golovkin, claiming he did not want to be forced into making a deal with the Kazakh on a short timescale.
He believes he is a much bigger star and with just one defeat – by Floyd Mayweather Jnr – reckons Golovkin needs to step up in class rather than facing welterweight Brook.
He added: “I’m 26 and fought some of the best fighters in the world. He’s the older man and hasn’t fought anybody.
“The fight’s going to happen, it has to. Everyone knows that I’m the A-side so the fight will happen when I want it to. That’s the way it is.” ¬ Smith v Alvarez is exclusively live on BoxNation on September 17. Go to boxnation.com to subscribe.