Brook injured again?

JamieC said:

He's overtraining imo

I can understand him wanting to be in perfect condition, but it rarely happens, its the nature of the sport and the training that goes with it, you're going to get little injuries, people like Froch will fight through broken ribs, perforated eardrums etc and that's what makes him a fighter. He's gonig to end up losing his shot at this rate, unless he really cant move aruond the ring just strap it up and take the fight or he might lose this fight, which he will win

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Agree with all of this (except for the bit in bold!) It seems as though he has been overtraining and from all these pictures he's posting of what a supposed great physique he has, I'm getting the impression his mindset is all wrong. Being ripped is all well and good but it's only part of what is required to be a World Class athlete and it seems as though he's neglecting/harming other areas of his fitness work just to be as toned as possible. It also implies that he's gone too much the other way after the Jones debacle and has got into his head that a lack of S&C before the fight was the sole reason for his struggling. Well it wasn't, even if him gassing was a prominent factor in his decline. His alarming naivety on the inside and inability to fight effectively on tge back foot were big worries too so if he thinks doing more weights will iron out the flaws he showed against Jones, he's very much mistaken IMO.

Either way picking up these type of injuries seems to show that his preparation for this fight has been rather poor. I was very sceptical about his chances in any case given he has no real wins of any significance on his record but not coming to the ring in great shape would just convince me even more that he hasn't got what it takes to bridge the big gap between the level he's been fighting at and the fringe world class level Alexander has proven to be.