
Jessie Vargas Focused and Eager To Shock Kell Brook in Sheffield
Jessie Vargas, who won the WBO welterweight belt in March by stopping Sadam Ali, is all set to face IBF welterweight titlist Kell Brook.
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Jessie Vargas, who won the WBO welterweight belt in March by stopping Sadam Ali, is all set to face IBF welterweight titlist Kell Brook.

WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10KOs) will receive a career high payday for his unification with IBF welterweight champ Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs). According to the Sheffield Star, Vargas will receive $1.7 million to travel across the ocean for a fight with Brook at Bramall Lane in Sheffield.

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.

Over the past several weeks a summer unification welterweight showdown has been in the works that would pit IBF champion Kell Brook (36-0) against WBO champion Jessie Vargas (27-1).

Eddie Hearn on Brook vs. Vargas - Chris Eubank Jr will defend his British Middleweight title against Tom Doran at The O2 in London on June 25, live on Sky Sports Box Office.

Jessie Vargas Interview - Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas,Nev. - In a battle of undefeated cruiserweight prospects, Andrew Tabiti (13-0, 11KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Keith Tapia (17-1, 11KOs) in a foul-filled fight. Tabiti captures the vacant NABF championship. The scores were 99-90, 97-92, 97-92.

Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport is hoping to finalize a unification between IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs) and WBO beltholder Jessie Vargas (27-1, 19KOs).