Brandon Rios Sets His Sights on Kell Brook Showdown

By Steve Kim

In the immediate aftermath of his impressive four round thrashing of Jo Jo Dan this past weekend in Sheffield, IBF welterweight titlist Kell Brook rattled off some names he'd like to face in the immediate future. He's made it clear that his preference is UK rival, Amir Khan. But that fight seems unlikely to take place next.

Brook also mentioned Brandon Rios.

When asked about that possibility, Cameron Dunkin, the respected manager of Rios told BoxingScene.com - "We were looking at (Miguel) Cotto for awhile and we've also been looking at two other guys that are with Top Rank and so y'know... if it happens we'll look at it."

Dunkin did admit - "I'm not excited about it, I really want him to fight in America, so I want him to fight here."

Brook, drew a sizable throng at the Motorpoint Arena, and you figure that's where a potential fight with Rios would fit best. So would the issue of traveling be a non-starter?"No,"answered Dunkin,"Brandon's going to tell me what he wants to do and I'm going to what Brandon wants, I work for him."

Rios, never shy about getting into a real fight, tweeted(@Brandon_Rios1) this on Tuesday afternoon:

'@EddieHearn @SpecialKBrook let's make this fight happen I would love to go out there n fight u i accepted the Challenge man'

When made aware of the tweet, Dunkin, chuckled and said:

"Well, there it is, I work for him. Nobody wants to see me do anything. So I'm going to do my best to get him what I can and if that's what he wants me to do, but we're real close on a couple of other deals with him and I may want to do those, too."

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.