By CompuBox
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook landed 8.5 jabs per round in his last 7 fights- #3 on the CompuBox Cat. Leaders list. Can he land that jab vs. the southpaw Errol Spence, who landed 7.2 jabs per round in his last 4 fights? Both are accurate with their power shots: Brook landed 41.2% -Spence 47.8%. Opponents landed just 26.3% of their power shots vs. Spence and 31.4% vs. Brook. Spence not included on Categorical Leaders list as he has yet to face at least 5 championship caliber opponents.
Kell Brook will defend his IBF World Welterweight title against US star Errol Spence at Bramall Lane in Sheffield on Saturday May 27, live on Sky Sports Box Office and on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING in the US. Photos by Lawrence Lustig.
Brook makes the fourth defence of his beloved IBF strap he landed in the States in August 2014 with a career-best win over Shawn Porter, and blitzed Jo Jo Dan, Frankie Gavin and Kevin Bizier before stepping up to Middleweight to face fearsome Kazakh Gennady Golovkin at The O2 in September – and now the Sheffield star welcomes another unbeaten superstar into the ring.
Undefeated Spence became the mandatory challenger for Brook’s belt when he blasted Leonard Bundu inside six rounds in August, the eighth straight stoppage win for the Texas-based New Yorker who went into the fight after destroying Chris Algieri inside four rounds two months earlier.
Brook and Spence now clash in the biggest fight in the 147lbs division, and the elite pairing are promising to deliver an electric night at the home of Sheffield United FC.