Kell Brook: record, next fight and profile →
40 year-old Robin Reid will climb back between the ropes once more on June 25th at the Hillsborough Centre in Sheffield on the undercard of Kell Brook’s WBA International title bout with Lovemore N’dou. The Runcorn fighter had always intended to box on, despite his poor showing in the Prizefighter series in Liverpool last March.
Sheffield's Kell Brook will have an extra incentive when fighting Lovemore N'dou on a Matchroom promoted show at the Hillsborough leisure centre on June 25. Brook and N'dou will contest the WBA International welterweight title come fight night. Brook crashed into the WBA 147lb rankings earlier today. Kell is now ranked at number 6 with the organisation.
Kell Brook says he will be the first fighter to stop tough Aussie Lovemore N'dou when they clash in Sheffield on June 25.
Kell Brook says he will be the first fighter to stop tough Australian Lovemore N’dou when the pair fight in Brook’s hometown of Sheffield on June 25.
Promoter Frank Warren reached out to BoxingScene.com to put across his views on Kell Brook's move to Matchroom Sport. Matchroom's Eddie Hearn told me earlier this week that, “Kell definitely needs a challenge”, which prompted Warren to defend his handling of Kell, placing the blame for periods of inactivity on Brook's shoulders as well as pointing out that 'Special K' was offered fights with Mike Jones, Cornelius Bundrage and WBA light-middleweight title holder Miguel Cotto.
Matchroom's Eddie Hearn picked up his school and college qualifications, took in some work and life experience and then came home to help run the family business. A typical story, perhaps, but Hearn's is made remarkable by the fact that he looked at his father, Barry Hearn's, sports empire – comprising darts, snooker, football, fishing, pool golf and boxing – and decided to focus on the constantly ailing art of pugilism. Sure, Eddie worked in the other arms of the family business but has recently made waves and headlines by ploughing a lot of attention into the sweet science.
Sheffield's Kell Brook is predicting another Manny Pacquiao win when the Philippine sensation collides with 'Sugar' Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas later tonight. 'Pac Man' makes the second defence of the WBO welterweight belt he won from Miguel Cotto in November 2009; Shane is hoping to put a recent run of poor form behind him to upset the oddsmakers. The 39-year-old Californian bucked the form guide in January 2009 when brutally stopping Antonio Margarito in nine, leading Brook to give him the slenderest of chances going into this win or bust contest.
Former British welterweight champion Kell Brook has had his WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title taken away from him after failing to defend the belt within 120 days. The 24 year-old’s last defence was a two-round blow out of Ghanaian Philip Kotey on December 11th, which takes him 20 days past the allotted limit.
Welterweight contender Kell Brook (23-0, 16KOs) is gearing up for his next fight on June 25 in Sheffield, which is possibly going to come against former champion and durable veteran Lovemore N'dou (48-12-2), according to Boxrec News. This would be Brook's first fight under the promotional arm of Matchroom Sport. N'dou has been out of the ring since a decision loss to current WBC 154-pound champion, Saul Alvarez, in December.
Kell Brook's début fight for Matchroom Sports will see the welterweight prospect box in Sheffield for the first time in six years. Kell is boxing in 'The Steel City' on June 25th. The 24-year-old's last fight in his native city saw him post a six round point's win over the late Ernie Smith.