Hearn moving Kell Brook’s first defense from December to early 2015 due to stabbing

hearn44By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook’s fans are going to need to wait a little longer to see him make his first title defense of his IBF strap, because his promoter Eddie Hearn doesn’t see it as being realistic that Brook will be able to fight on December 6th as he had originally wanted to do due to the knife wound that Brook is recovering from.

Hearn had wanted Brook to fight in Sheffield on 12/6, but after Brook was attacked with a knife in Tenerfie while on vacation, the fight looks like it’s going to be pushed forward into early 2015 before Brook can fight again.

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Kell Brook’s stab wound leaves doubts whether he’ll be healed by December 6th

brook6677By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (33-0, 22 KOs) was reportedly stabbed in the leg and cut on the arm while taking a holiday in Tenerife. The injury isn’t life threatening, but it is something that could potentially spoil Brook’s plans for his tune-up fight on December 6th in Sheffield, UK. Brook, 28, was said to have lost quite a bit of blood from the stab wound, which occurred at 6:00 a.m. What precisely Brook was doing at 6 am is unclear.

The injury certainly makes things a little more complicated for Brook and his promoter Eddie Hearn, because we’re talking about a certain amount of time needed for Brook’s wounds to heal. And by the time the injuries do heal, Brook isn’t going to have a lot of time to train for his fight.

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Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook close to being made

khan1111By Poerqe: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (33-0, 22 KOs) and Amir Khan (29-3,19 KOs) seem to be close on finalizing a fight between the two for may next year. Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn has been negotiating with Khan’s management over a May fight, in probably Wembley stadium. Hearn, writing in his Dailymail.co.uk column, said: “Talks are ongoing over a fight between Kell Brook and Amir Khan. It is going well because I think everyone realizes it makes sense.”

“Everything so far has been very straightforward and I am in talks with Wembley over a May date. They want us back there as soon as possible after the success of Froch-Groves – I have no doubt in my mind that we would fill that stadium again. I hope to have this tied up in the next month or so.”

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Top 10 titles most likely to change hands

brook87555By Gav Duthie: The three greatest words that every challenging boxer wants to hear “AND THE NEW”, signifying they have reached their ultimate goal and won a world title.

With 17 weight divisions, 4 main governing bodies and two titles distributed by the WBA (regular and super) we can have up to 85 world champions at any one time. This article looks at the 10 titles most likely to change hands over the next year. 

(1- most likely, 10- least likely)

(10) WBO Featherweight – Johnny Gonzalez

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Brook should face Khan to earn a fight against Mayweather, says Jones

brook5666By Scott Gilfoid: Nate Jones, an assistant trainer for WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0, 26 KOs), says a clash between IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (33-0, 22 KOs) and Amir Khan (29-3, 19 KOs), should help Brook earn a fight against Mayweather.

Jones says that Brook still has a lot of learning to do before he’s ready to fight against a talent like Mayweather, but if he beats Khan, then he would be ready possibly. Jones says he believes that Khan would beat Brook if/when that fight takes place.

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Hearn explains why he doesn’t want to match Kell Brook against Keith Thurman

thurman432By Dan Ech: I’m back BN24 reader fans with more disappointing news but first let me say thank you to everyone that has posted and re-posted, tweeted, shared this week in regards to BN24’s articles on Keith “One Time” Thurman aka Keith “Thunder” Thurman. Let me give you guys some quick numbers to show you guys what type of interest there was for Floyd Mayweather Jr: Thurman is too “Green” here at BN24.
FB shares – 538 Twitter Tweets – 14 P-shares 583 BN24 comments – 221 Facebook comments – 222

These numbers don’t lie and they show their truly is a real interest in Floyd Mayweather along with other top 10 fighters stepping in the ring with Keith Thurman. Some stand out comments on Mayweather: Thurman is too “Green” were.

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Mayweather: Kell Brook earned it the hard way

mayweather521By Raj Parmar: Newly crowned IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (33-0, 22 KO’s) has earned some praise from pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather (46-0, 26 KO’s) following his upset defeat over ex-champion Shawn Porter (24-1-1, 15 KO’s).

“The guy Kell Brook came to my boxing gym I think 5 days before the fight and watched me spar a little bit,” Mayweather said to fighthype.com, “Cool guy. A true gentleman. He earned it the hard way.”

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Khan’s hand speed will give Brook major problems

khan2222By Scott Gilfoid: Right now, Kell Brook (33-0, 22 KOs) is probably still up in the clouds after beating IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter (24-1-1, 15 KOs) last week to win his IBF title.

Brook obviously sees that win as the beginning of a long line of victories where he’ll become the next mega-millionaire in Britain similar to how IBF/WBA super middleweight champion Carl Froch recently struck it rich with the big money he made from his fights against Mikkel Kessler and George Groves. I don’t know that Brook is going to be able to get to the next level to where he’s going to make the kind of cash to where he can live in the sticks among nature.

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Brook thinks he calls the shots with Khan fight

brook8By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (33-0, 22 KOs) believes he should have the upper hand in the Amir Khan negotiations next year if/when negotiations start.

Speaking with IFL TV about who calls the shots in the negotiations between him and Khan, Brook said “I’m the champion of the world. He’s not the champion. When he moves up to this level, he gets knocked out. I’m the governor. I’m the champion. I’m the man.”

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The Summary: Kell Brook and Shawn Porter

porter#1By Ciaran McKInney: It has been quite an interesting week in the world of boxing. On Saturday night, Kell Brook (33-0) took the IBF Welterweight strap with a majority decision over the heavily favored and much hyped Shawn Porter.

This was a mandatory defence for the Ohio native, however not too many people would have given ‘Special K’ more than a punchers chance. The phrase that had been bandied about in reference to Porter, was that he was a ‘smaller Mike Tyson’, this being due to his unorthodox style, small stature and brute force.

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