Gennady Golovkin vs Kell Brook KNOCKOUT | FULL FIGHT HIGHLIGHTS

A rousing, entertaining middleweight fight between Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) and Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) ended in a shocking but not altogether unexpected fashion, as Brook's trainer, Dominic Ingle, threw in the white towel in the fifth round to save his battered fighter from further damage and hand Golovkin a TKO victory at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday.

Brook, who courageously moved up two weight classes to challenge for Golovkin's WBC, IBF and IBO middleweight titles, was arguably the most talented fighter Golovkin had ever faced in the ring. His class showed through the first four rounds, as he drew blood from the 34-year-old Kazakh and landed several crushing blows.

Golovkin, accustomed to simply walking through punches on his way to easy stoppage victories (23 in a row now), looked visibly frustrated at times. He swung wildly on occasion and took a few rare steps back during the action. However, his power was too much for Brook, and a barrage of punches in the fifth that went unchallenged by the Sheffield man forced Ingle to stop the fight.
But unlike so many fighters before him, Brook didn't crumble, didn't retreat. He steadied himself and rocked Golovkin with a couple of hard right-handed shots late in the round, further riling up an already frenzied crowd.

Brook's speed and creative punching helped him put together a fantastic second round. An impressive right uppercut stunned the Kazakh fighter, and blood started trickling from his nose after a few more well-timed punches.
Golovkin's predatory instincts served him well in the third and fourth, as he cut off the ring for Brook and landed some heavy shots on the ropes.

There was still plenty in this for the Englishman, as he slipped a few wild shots from Golovkin and genuinely frustrated the titleholder.