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Hawthorn champion Sam Mitchell has expressed interest in joining AFL rivals West Coast.The star midfielder, a member of four premiership-winning teams across 307 games with the Hawks, has been secretly working on the move for weeks on the back of a suggestion from coach Alastair Clarkson.A couple of weeks ago, it was actually Brownlow day, Clarko [Clarkson] came over, and to be honest Clarko has just been so honest and such a good friend for such a long time, hes in a sense looking out for me, Mitchell told SEN Breakfast with Frank and Ox.He came over to my house on Brownlow day and said, look I know you want to go into coaching, youre not going to play forever with Hawthorn, would it be something youd be interested in to maybe go and play there for a little bit and then go into coaching?You could have knocked me over with a feather at the point as youd imagine, but we chatted for about an hour, really just chatting away about life and where were going to finish up, about where Hawthorns list was at and what Im gonna do with my future.Mitchell said there was still much to be discussed and plenty to play out if he was to leave the Hawks, but revealed he and his wife had always planned to move away at some point.If this goes through because theres no certainty to it, I mean its still early in trade period and all those things, Mitchell said.?But I guess the way we look at it, if it could be a win for Hawthorn and help free up some salary cap stuff and not have to move on all the guys that are being talked about at the moment; and hopefully I can go over and help West Coast if thats what happens.Its in a bit of a funny spot to be honest because if I stay at Hawthorn thats okay because Ive had a great career there and will continue to do so.?If I move to West Coast then Id be really excited by something new and a new prospect; and I feel like Ive done the right thing by Hawthorn if thats what eventuates.His future in a limbo of sorts, Mitchell said he wasnt really leaning either way at this point.At the moment I cant mentally commit to either; so the last two weeks Ive had one foot in either camp, its been a bit awkward, he told SEN.But these are the things, its the first time in my 15-year career that Ive ever been in this position with anything even slightly remotely a chance to be in a trade.?So its a bit of an awkward situation and I cant really jump into either camp at the moment until something happens one way or the other. 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It was not surrender, it was mercy, and Brooks complaints were swallowed as he was embraced.Golovkin had chopped away at Brooks resistance from the opening bell, starting the fight a lot faster and with far more intent than most people expected. Brook had sustained an injury to his right eye by the end of the furious opening round, and it was that eye which limited his vision and left him vulnerable and ultimately forced Ingle to call it off.At the end of the fourth round, Ingle placed a blood-smeared towel over Brooks head and then ducked his own head inside the desperate tepee, a move designed to avoid the corner microphones, to warn his fighter it was his last round. Brook was helpless on the ropes, but still wanting to fight when it was called off and his career was saved. Many boxers have taken less punishment and failed to ever reach their previous heights, and Golovkin is a man that ruins careers. Ingles gesture might just have salvaged Brooks hopes of getting back to this level.There was a sea of praise in the aftermath with Golovkin and his trainer, Abel Sanchez, insisting that Brook had been a great opponent. Brook returned the compliment before a trip to hospital and a scan that revealed a broken right eye socket. He will have surgery on Monday and will not fight again this year.We knew it was going to be hard and it was, Brook said. To beat somebody that good you need two eyes and I was in trouble from the second. I couldnt see, and I knew then it was bad.In round two, Brook caught Golovkin repeatedly with quick combinations and one particular right uppercut landed flush. The action delighted the crowd, but made no sense and now that we know Brooks vision from the right eye was fading the grandstanding effort makes a little more sense. It was, in reality, his last stand, a move made painfully necessary by his impaired vision and not part of some carefully maintained strategy.Golovkin was accused of being sloppy by some purists, which seems harsh on Brook, and faiils to capture the effort Golovkin had to put in.dddddddddddd It is true that he was never hurt, never wobbled and never in trouble, but he had to fight in every round and in the second, for all the wrong reasons, he had to dig deeper than at any point in his professional career. Brook, meanwhile, displayed the guts that some fools believed he lacked.There is no doubt that Brooks speed, heart and resistance shocked the Kazakh maestro, who talked after the fight of having to have a war and not a boxing match to win. Brook, by the way, took the type of punches that few of Golovkins previous 35 victims have managed to absorb. However, his bravery failed to keep him from the list and he was added to the 23 consecutive stoppage wins, including the 18th in a world title fight by Golovkin.Im still struggling to take it all in, said Eddie Hearn, the promoter, at the end of the fight as he stood in the empty ringside pit surrounded by the junk left behind after a big night of boxing. I truly believed he could do it, but with the eye, there was no way that it could have gone longer. Kell took everything, my respect for him has increased. Hearn was visibly shaken by what he had seen from his seat, just five-feet of safety away, at ringside and that is because up close you can hear Golovkins punches and it is both impressive and frightening.As the respective camps left the ring, walking from the ringside to the mixed receptions in their dressing rooms there were other stunned faces left behind, veterans of previous nights when great boxers have shown up in British rings and delivered sobering beatings to our best fighters.?Golovkin left the most emphatic of messages and will deservedly never be forgotten by those present.In the subdued aftermath I grabbed a few moments with Sanchez, the quiet man that has shaped Golovkin into such a damaging fighter, and he looked relieved that the fight and the week had come to an end.You know, he said, Kell never knew how to lose and that made him a danger. Gennady is methodical and he was starting to hurt him. Im glad Dominic stopped it. It saved him.It was a raw night, the type of boxing night that is both a celebration of the brutal sport and a warning of its dangers. ' ' '