Hearn: You Guys are Tickling Your Balls With Spence, Brook is Ready

By Carlos Boogs

Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs), says his fighter has no issue with fighting unbeaten contender Errol Spence Jr. (20-0, 17 KOs), who is gunning for a title shot.

On Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Spence made a statement by obliterating former WBO junior welterweight champion Chris Algieri (21-3, 8 KOs) in five one-sided rounds.

Algieri had previously gone the distance in tough fights with Manny Pacquiao, Amir Khan and Ruslan Provodnikov.

After dropping Algieri three times in the fifth, the referee had seen enough and waved off the contest. Spence speed, accuracy and power was too much for Algieri to handle.

Promoter Lou DiBella, who staged the Spence-Algieri event and works closely with Spence's manager Al Haymon, is not very confident that Spence will be capable of securing a fight with Brook. Spence is close to be being mandated as the official challenger to Brook.

"I don’t think Kell Brook will want a piece of him, honestly. I was like a little shocked tonight. I thought he [Spence] was going to win. I saw it, I have great respect for Chris. I've known Chris since he was a kid.  Chris has never gotten steam rolled. No one has ever run through him like that, ever," DiBella said.

"Is there anyone in this room who thinks there would be anyone as a prohibitive favorite over him? Anyone? Just anyone? That’s pretty amazing. I remember when he came out of the Olympics and Al signed all those Olympians. I'll tell you the truth, I called Al and said 'I don't think much of most of these Olympians' but this one kid is pretty awesome. I thought that when [Spence] was an amateur, but the progression he’s made as a pro and the poise. And he's also humble."

The critics were out in full force on the social networks, taking shots at Brook and Hearn.

But Hearn sent a message to everyone - that Brook will not avoid the fight. He says Brook is willing to fight Spence, especially if the IBF sets him down in the mandatory position.

"I know you guys are tickling your balls with Spence but Kell has no problem fighting him especially as mando," Hearn stated.