Kell Brook: record, next fight and profile →
Tureano Johnson (19-1, 13 KOs), in active since October 2015 due to injury, will return tomorrow night as part of a Golden Boy Promotions card in Indio, California. The event will feature an HBO televised doubleheader with Francisco Vargas facing Miguel Berchelt and Takashi Miura battling Miguel Roman.
Retired super middleweight champion Carl Froch is shaking his head at the crumbled negotiations to stage a May fight between IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) and Bolton star Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs). Earlier this week, the negotiations fell apart between the two camps, after Khan stood firm on a 70-30 monetary split to do the fight with Brook - who was looking for something that was more in line of an even 50-50.
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) denies that he walked away from the recent negotiations to make a fight with domestic rival Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs). According to Khan, Brook was not really interested in making the fight happen and walked away. Brook is still very willing to negotiate the terms and make the fight happen in May, but says Khan is making things very difficult with his "extreme" demands.
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) is still undecided on his next move. In his last fight, which took place in September 2016 against Gennady Golovkin, Brook moved up by two weight divisions in a failed attempt to capture the unified middleweight crown.
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport tried his best to finalize a May pay-per-view fight between IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) and his domestic rival Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs). Discussions to make the fight have crumbled after Khan and his team demanded a split of 70-30 in their favor. Hearn and Brook believe an even split of 50-50 is fair.
Eddie Hearn and Kell Brook are very interested in a high-profile fight against Amir Khan. Even though both British welterweights are coming off knockout defeats, a Brook-Khan clash would do huge business in the United Kingdom. Everyone involved has acknowledged Brook and Khan will make more money for fighting each other than other opponents currently available, particularly in London.
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) is still undecided on what he intends to do next. Brook is facing a looming deadline to make a mandatory defense against undefeated Olympian Errol Spence (21-0, 18 KOs). The Sheffield fighter has been out of the ring since last September's big showdown with middleweight king Gennady Golovkin. Brook jumped up by two weight divisions to challenge Golovkin for his collection of 160 belts. He performed much better than many had expected, but suffered a fractured orbital bone and was stopped in the fifth round.
Despite not having a fight scheduled, highly regarded welterweight Errol Spence is staying ready for when the call comes for his next assignment. Trainer Derrick James tells BoxingScene.com - "We're training six days a week, the only thing we're doing differently is we're not going that long on the mitts or the bag, we're not doing strength-and-conditioning. Other than that, we're sparring, we sparred twelve rounds last week. So he's sparring, we're working, it's like going to work every day."
New York - Many hardcore boxing fans are eager to witness a showdown between IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KO’s) and his mandatory challenger Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KO’s).
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) admits that his team members are advising him to resume his career at the junior middleweight limit of 154-pounds. Last September, Brook moved up by two weight divisions to challenge IBF, IBO, WBC, WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin at the O2 Arena in London.