Those who shout loudest are best advised to engage their brain before their mouth, as in the case of those who called him a quitter against Errol Spence
It took until Sunday morning for a CT scan to confirm that Kell Brook’s left eye socket was fractured and for him to explain what it was like trying to stand toe-to-toe with the world’s best welterweight while suffering double vision and a ring that appeared to be moving. But, really, we knew it was a bad one long before then.
It wasn’t just that the stabbing accuracy of Errol Spence Jr’s punches had blown Brook’s eye up like a marshmallow. It was also that, as the fight entered the championship rounds, he began rapidly blinking and pawing at his eye with his glove, as if trying to swat away a wasp from under his eyelid.
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