Kell Brook: record, next fight and profile →
According to promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25KOs) has no intention of vacating his world title and also has no intention of avoiding his mandatory obligation to unbeaten Olympian Errol Spence (21-0, 18KOs).
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, who handle IBF welterweight world champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25KOs), has revealed that he reached out to Top Rank's CEO, Bob Arum, to discuss the possibility of a unification with WBO world champion Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38KOs).
Last Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38KOs) snapped a seven-month layoff to capture the WBO welterweight belt with a twelve round unanimous decision over Jessie Vargas.
IBF welterweight Kell Brook (36-1, 25KOs) wants his domestic rival Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) to stop talking and instead sign a contract for the two of then to square off in 2017.
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25KOs) is eager to face Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KOs) in a high stakes unification in the near future. Last night, Pacquiao captured the WBO welterweight championship with a lopsided twelve round unanimous decision win over Jessie Vargas (27-2, 10 KOs) at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
IBF welterweight Kell Brook (36-1, 25KOs) is willing to drop down in weight, to 147-pounds, for a fight with his domestic rival Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs).
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25KOs) is going to keep a close eye on the winner of Saturday's fight between Manny Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 KOs) and WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs) at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Last month, IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) took more than his fair share of punches when he traveled to the UK to defend his belts against IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook.
Former world champion Amir Khan has pushed back his ring return even further. Initially he was going to return in January, and then said it was more likely for March or April - but now it seems his comeback will take place next summer.
Welterweight contender Errol Spence (21-0, 18KOs) is hoping to secure his IBF world title shot sooner than later. Back in August, Spence traveled to Coney Island in Brooklyn and knocked out Italian Olympian Leonard Bundu in the sixth round of an IBF final eliminator.