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Brook Blessed To Be Back, Promises Best Is Yet To Come

Brook Blessed To Be Back, Promises Best Is Yet To Come

Jake Donovan

•Mar 28, 2015

An emotional ring return was expected given all that Kell Brook has been through in between fights. The unbeaten welterweight fought for the first time since a machete attack last fall, making the first defense of his alphabet title with a one-sided 4th round stoppage of Jo Jo Dan. The triumphant return was a fitting homecoming, with Brook scoring four knockdowns in front of a capacity crowd at Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, England. From the moving ring entrance to the performance to post-fight crowd reaction, it was an overwhelming experience for a fighter who wasn’t 100% that his career would continue beyond last year’s title winning effort.

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Kell Brook Demolishes: Drops Dan Four Times For TKO

Kell Brook Demolishes: Drops Dan Four Times For TKO

BoxingScene Staff

•Mar 28, 2015

Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield - Making the first defense of his IBF welterweight title, Kell Brook (34-0, 23KOs) crushed mandatory challenger Jo Jo Dan (34-3, 18KOs) in four rounds. It was an unexpected one-sided contest where Brook simply overwhelmed Dan. Brook started fast, outboxing Dan and scoring a knockdown in the second with a big uppercut. Dan beat the count and quickly went down for a second time from a series of shots. Dan did all he could to survive until the bell. Dan tried to regain some ground in the third, but he was getting rocked by every big shot that connected. In the fourth, Brook dropped Dan for a third time with a combination in the closing moments. In final few seconds of the same round, Brook dropped Dan for a fourth time with a massive left hook.

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Brook Wants Bigger Names, But Not Looking Past Dan

Brook Wants Bigger Names, But Not Looking Past Dan

BoxingScene Staff

•Mar 28, 2015

Kell Brook will defend his IBF welterweight title against Jo Jo Dan in Sheffield on Saturday just six months after fearing his life was over. The 28-year-old was stabbed in Tenerife in September and was left fighting for his life with blood pouring from a 12-inch wound. But on Saturday night he will walk out in front of a home crowd for the first defence of the title he won against Shawn Porter in California last summer. Having fought his way up through the city's sports halls and leisure centres to top the bill in front of an expected crowd of more than 10,000, Brook admits his biggest battle might be to stop his emotions getting the better of him.

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Frank Warren on Haye's Return, Brook-Dan, Smith

Frank Warren on Haye's Return, Brook-Dan, Smith

Frank Warren

•Mar 28, 2015

David Haye has always talked a good fight though in the past three years he has done more jawing than warring. Plus a fair amount of partying judging by his fleshier-than-usual features these days. The last time he unleashed his famed Hayemaker was on the chin of Dereck Chisora in their blockbuster scrap at Upton Park in July 2012. Subsequently he pulled out of two proposed big money dates with Tyson Fury, first with a cut eyebrow caused in sparring for the fight and then for surgical repair to his shoulder. It seemed that we had seen – although not heard- the last of the charismatic former cruiserweight and heavyweight world champion. But now the constant murmurings of a possible comeback have grown louder with Haye recently declaring that 2015 will see the return of the Hayemaker "bigger, better, faster stronger and with a new plan."

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Photos/Video: Kell Brook, Jo Jo Dan Ready For Brawl

Photos/Video: Kell Brook, Jo Jo Dan Ready For Brawl

Boxing Photos

•Mar 27, 2015

Kell Brook was all smiles at Friday's weigh-in ceremony and for very good reason. The unbeaten welterweight enjoys a triumphant homecoming this weekend, as he faces mandatory challenger Jo Jo Dan in their title fight Saturday evening in Sheffield, England. Both fighters made weight—Brook at a primed-and-ready 145.6 lbs., Dan at a finely tuned 146.25 lbs.—for the 12-round clash, which airs live on Sky Sports in the UK and also in a rare Saturday matinee edition of Showtime Championship Boxing in the United States. The Showtime portion will precede its already scheduled doubleheader airing later in the evening from Las Vegas.

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Weights From Sheffield, UK: Brook 145.6, Dan 146.25

Weights From Sheffield, UK: Brook 145.6, Dan 146.25

Jake Donovan

•Mar 27, 2015

Kell Brook was all smiles at Friday's weigh-in ceremony and for very good reason. The unbeaten welterweight enjoys a triumphant homecoming this weekend, as he faces mandatory challenger Jo Jo Dan in their title fight Saturday evening in Sheffield, England. Both fighters made weight—Brook at a primed-and-ready 145.6 lbs., Dan at a finely tuned 146.25 lbs.—for the 12-round clash, which airs live on Sky Sports in the UK and also in a rare Saturday matinee edition of Showtime Championship Boxing in the United States. The Showtime portion will precede its already scheduled doubleheader airing later in the evening from Las Vegas.

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Video: Kell Brook Talks Mayweather-Pacquiao, Dan

Video: Kell Brook Talks Mayweather-Pacquiao, Dan

BoxingScene Staff

•Mar 27, 2015

Be Real Boxing catch up with IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook to discuss the recovery from his leg injury, Saturday's mandatory defense against Jo Jo Dan, the battle between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao and more. Brook’s clash with Dan is part of a huge night of boxing in Sheffield as local favourite Adam Etches defends his IBF International Middleweight title against Sergey Khomitsky and Gavin McDonnell continues his fairy tale story challenging Ukrainian Oleksandr Yegorov for the vacant European Super Bantamweight title.

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Video: Johnny Nelson on Mayweather-Pacquiao, Khan

Video: Johnny Nelson on Mayweather-Pacquiao, Khan

BoxingScene Staff

•Mar 27, 2015

Be Real Boxing catch up with former cruiserweight champion and Sky Sports expert analyst Johnny Nelson to discuss Kell Brook's madatory defense of the IBF welterweight crown against Jo Jo Dan, fighting in Sheffield before the home crowd and the pressure of fighting there, Brook's title winning effort over Shawn Porter to capture the IBF crown, Sky Sports winning the television rights to the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao blockbuster, thoughts on the lingering discussions to make a fight between Amir Khan and Brook - what's holding up the fight, what Khan can do against Brook, and more.

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Brook Eyes Unification With Mayweather-Pacquiao Winner

Brook Eyes Unification With Mayweather-Pacquiao Winner

Terence Dooley

•Mar 27, 2015

Sheffield’s Kell Brook, 33-0 (22) returns to the ring in front of his Sheffield fans tomorrow night to deal with mandatory challenger Jo Jo Dan, 34-2 (18). It is Brook’s first fight since a machete attack left him with a serious leg injury, but the IBF welterweight title-holder is confident of victory at his home city's Motorpoint Arena and has called for a unification fight with the winner of Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao, who meet in Las Vegas on May 2.

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Amir Khan Not Ruling Out Kell Brook For 2015 Clash

Amir Khan Not Ruling Out Kell Brook For 2015 Clash

BoxingScene Staff

•Mar 27, 2015

Fellow Briton Kell Brook is another likely opponent in the future for Amir Khan with the Sheffield fighter set to defend his IBF welterweight title against Jo Jo Dan on Saturday night. Brook has been pursuing Khan for several months, but the Bolton boxer was more motivated to go after some of the bigger names like Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. Should both fighters continue to be successful in the ring, Khan says a showdown with Brook is very possible in the future. Brook recently ruled out a possible fight with Khan for 2015 - with Khan now stating that a year-end fight should not be ruled out.

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