Everyone is still waiting for Kell Brook will sign a deal this week to fight Jessie Vargas in a welterweight unification bout at Bramall Lane. Terms have been verbally agreed between IBF champion Brook and the American, who holds the WBO title, over a summer clash at the home of Sheffield United.
Bob Arum on Lomachenko - LAS VEGAS, NV. - Undefeated junior welterweight champions TERENCE "Bud" CRAWFORD and "The Iceman" VIKTOR POSTOL will go mano a mano, in a 12-round world title unification fight, to determine the lineal king of the exciting 140-pound division. The Crawford vs. Postol world championship event will take place on Saturday, July 23, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. It will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT.
When the welterweight unification bout between IBF champion Kell Brook and WBO champion Jessie Vargas was agreed to by their respective promoters Matchroom and Top Rank, the dates of August 27th and September 3rd were listed as the possible dates for the fight that will take place in Brook's hometown in the UK.
Everything seems to be in ordered for WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas when it comes to a planned unification against IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, likely on September 3rd in Sheffield.
WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas of Las Vegas has officially opened up training camp last Monday at the Top Rank Gym to prepare for his unification title fight against IBF champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs), likely on September 3rd at Sheffield, England.
Jessie Vargas, who won the WBO welterweight belt in March by stopping Sadam Ali, is all set to face IBF welterweight titlist Kell Brook.
According to WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10KOs), everything has been wrapped up for his unification with IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs).
Errol Spence Jr. (20-0, 17 KOs) is still waiting for the situation to play out with the IBF. The sanctioning body ordered him to Konstantin Ponomarev (30-0, 13 KOs) in an IBF final eliminator.
Errol Spence Interview - In what the network has suggested as - or at least hopes to be - the starting point of an unofficial tournament, all fighters made weight for the Showtime-televised trio of title fights, which airs live from The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.
After winning the vacant WBO welterweight title by stopping Sadam Ali in nine rounds on March 5th, Jessie Vargas is now in line for a big fight against Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs) in the late summer.