Kell Brook: record, next fight and profile →
The date for Kell Brook's mandatory defense of the IBF welterweight title may shift by a week to Sheffield United's Bramall Lane ground on May 27. A deal was reached on Monday for Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) to make a mandatory defense of his title against undefeated Olympian Errol Spence (21-0, 18 KOs).
Errol Spence Jr. appreciates that he’s getting an opportunity to realize his longtime dream. The undefeated contender still thinks Kell Brook is getting too much credit for agreeing to make a mandated defense of his IBF welterweight title. Brook has mostly been applauded by boxing fans and media for remaining at 147 pounds to face Spence, the IBF’s No. 1 contender, on May 20 in Brook’s hometown of Sheffield, England.
Lindsey Tucker, the IBF’s championships chairman, confirmed to BoxingScene.com on Monday that a purse bid for the Brook-Errol Spence Jr. welterweight title fight has been canceled because the two sides have reached an agreement for a May 20 fight in Brook’s hometown of Sheffield, England. The purse bid, originally scheduled for February 7 at the IBF’s headquarters in Springfield, New Jersey, had been postponed a week ago until Tuesday because promoters for Brook and Spence had made significant progress toward reaching a deal.
With a purse bid scheduled for Tuesday looming, promoter Eddie Hearn is confident an agreement will be reached before then for a Kell Brook-Errol Spence Jr. welterweight title fight. Hearn – whose company, Matchroom Sports, promotes Brook – and promoter Tom Brown, who’s representing Spence, have continued to negotiate so that they don’t have to attend a purse bid scheduled for Tuesday at the IBF’s headquarters in Springfield, New Jersey. With the fight apparently close to being finalized, Hearn can’t quite believe so many fans and media have doubted Brook’s willingness to take this dangerous fight against Spence (21-0, 18 KOs), the mandatory challenger for Brook’s IBF welterweight title.
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) is full steam ahead to a mandatory showdown with unbeaten Olympian Errol Spence (21-0, 18 KOs). The two sides are very close to finalizing a deal with a purse bid scheduled to take place on Tuesday.
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport has tried everything possible to make a fight between IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) and his domestic rival Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs).
Former world champion and Sky Sports analyst Johnny Nelson if confidently picking Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) to defeat Errol Spence (21-0, 18 KOs). Brook, who holds the IBF welterweight title, has to make a mandatory defense against Spence. A deal is very close to being made, with an IBF mandated purse bid scheduled for next Tuesday.
Eddie Hearn, promoter of IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs), is making moves to secure a venue for the mandatory defense against unbeaten Errol Spence (21-0 18 KOs). The frontrunner to host the fight is Bramall Lane in the champion's hometown of Sheffield. The clear frontrunner to host the fight is Bramall Lane, which is located in the champion's hometown of Sheffield.
The purse bid for the IBF welterweight title fight between world champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) and top rated challenger Errol Spence (21-0, 18 KOs) was scheduled for Tuesday, but a seven day extension has been granted by the organization to allow promoters Eddie Hearn [for Brook] and Tom Brown [for Spence] the opportunity to make a deal on their own.
Eddie Hearn, who promotes IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs), expects everything to get finalized by next week for a mandatory defense against undefeated Olympian Errol Spence (21-0, 18 KOs).