Kell Brook

By Scott Gilfoid: Sky Sports analyst Glen McCrory has serious doubts that #1 IBF Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) will be able to beat IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) in their fight on February 23rd at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. McCrory feels that Alexander, 25, just has too much talent and experience for the underdog Brook to win this fight.

McCroy said to Sky Sports “I think Kell’s great. He’s going into the lion’s den against a tough fighter in Devon Alexander. When you’ve got guys like Lucas Matthysse and Marcos Maidana you’ve beat…at times he doesn’t look good, but he’s got fast hands and he punches hard. When you look at the way he did Maidana, he’s class and it’s a big step up for Kell. I hope he [Brook] does it, but it’s going to be tough.”

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By Scott Gilfoid: Dominic Ingle, the trainer for unbeaten Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s), thinks IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) can’t handle pressure from his opponents. Ingle thinks Alexander struggles when he’s met adversity. Ingle points to Alexander’s loss to Timoty Bradley in 2011, and his close decision wins over Lucas Matthysse and Andriy Kotelnik in the past. He thinks those guys gave Alexander problems due to their pressure.

Ingle said to secondsout.com “Devon Alexander’s alright when he’s doing what he wants to do, but as soon as someone starts to apply some pressure like what we saw with Matthysse and [Andriy] Kotelnik, and I don’t classify them as good as Kell Brook.”

A couple of things here: first off, I don’t rate Brook as being as good as Matthysse or Kotelnik. I definitely see them as better fighters than him.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) doesn’t mind the fact that he’s the underdog for his February 23rd fight against IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

Brook said to the liverpoolecho.co.uk “It’s the first time in my career I’ve been the underdog but it doesn’t matter to me. I’m going to show him and the world…I’ll go out there and won’t be denied.”

If Brook is going to show the world that they were wrong to select Alexander as the winner then Brook is going to have to look a lot better than he looked in his fights against Carson Jones and Hector David Saldivia because he didn’t show in either of those fights that he can beat a talent like Alexander.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) will be fighting for the IBF welterweight world title on February 23rd against champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) at the Joe Louis Arena, in Detroit, Michigan. Brook sees a victory for himself as his destiny.

Brook said to Sky Sports News “I’m going to show him – and the world – why people call me the Special One. it’s destiny, it’s just meant to be…I’ve got to do whatever it takes to win, whether that’s make it a dogfight or a technical fight.”

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By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) seems to have inherited a little too much self-confidence from some of his fellow Brit fighters because he’s approaching his February 23rd title challenge against highly skilled and talented IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) as if the win is a forgone conclusion instead of a hope and a prayer, as it should be for Brook. He’s going to be fighting away from the safe confines of England on February 23rd and instead it’s going to be in Detroit, Michigan, at the Joe Louis Arena.

Brook thinks a lot of Brits are going to be willing to shell a lot of their hard-earned cash to fly over from the UK just to see. I kind of doubt it. I’m sure there will be a few Brook fanatics that will make the trip, but enough to where their singing and horn blowing will help change the course of events in the ring on that night in the very, very cold Detroit.

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) plans on giving unbeaten British challenger #1 IBF Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) a royal beating in their fight on February 23rd at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Although this isn’t a home fight for the 25-year-old Alexander, he expects a lot of his fans will be driving over from St. Louis, Missouri to see him take on Brook and hand him his first loss.

Alexander said in an interview with boxingsocialist.com “I want to beat him [Brook] up. This is a statement fight for me. I don’t just box, I come forward. I do have some power. Kell Brook has got the European style where he stands straight up; he doesn’t move his head. He’s an average fighter, nothing special about him.”

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) took some time out recently to pour over some of the fights of his opponent Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) for February 23rd, and Alexander came away disappointed in the talent level of Brook as well as his poor opposition. When Alexander saw Brook’s glossy record and heard all the hype about him, he was expecting to see a really talented fighter but when he sat down and watched him fight, Alexander didn’t see anything in his game that he feels will give him trouble.

Alexander said to thesun.co.uk “There’s nothing special about him at all…Brook doesn’t have the quality or the experience to beat me…There are no real names on his record, in his career he hasn’t fought anybody like me at all. The one test that he did have was Carson Jones and he was fighting for his life at the end of that fight.”

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