Hearn wants Kell Brook vs. Jessie Vargas in summer

brook455By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn is working on putting together a unification fight between Brook and WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs) for this summer. Hearn likes the idea of the soon to be 30-year-old Brook unifying the division one belt at a time.

Hearn would like to also match Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) against Tim Bradley, but he’s currently not available and the same with WBC champion Danny Garcia. Besides Vargas, #2 WBC Lamont Peterson is of interest for Hearn to match against Brook in the summer. Like Vargas, Peterson is not a stadium worthy opponent. I mean, neither of these guys are anywhere close to being big enough names to stick in a stadium with Hearn.

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Jessie Vargas says Kell Brook must fight him in U.S.

Image: Jessie Vargas says Kell Brook must fight him in U.S.By Jeff Aranow: WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs) says he’s interested in fighting IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) in a unification fight next, but Brook would need to agree to fight him in the United States because he doesn’t trust the judging in the UK.

If he had a preference, Vargas wants to fight a rematch against Tim Bradley so that he can avenge his loss from last June. However, Bradley won’t be available for the summer, which is when the 27-year-old Vargas plans on fighting next. He wants to fight in July or August. That time frame would work for Brook, but not for Bradley.

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Kell Brook vs. Jessie Vargas possible for July or August

Image: Kell Brook vs. Jessie Vargas possible for July or AugustBy Dan Ambrose: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn is in talks with Top Rank to put together a unification fight between IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) and WBO 147lb champion Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs) for July or August, according to Dan Rafael.

Brook has been talking about wanting a big name fight for his next bout and he’s hoping that it would take place in a stadium in the UK. Vargas, 26, is one of the names that Brook has mentioned wanting to fight. He and his promoter Hearn are also interested in Tim Bradley, Adrien Broner, Amir Khan and Danny Garcia.

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Golovkin’s promoter interested in Kell Brook fight

Image: Golovkin’s promoter interested in Kell Brook fightBy Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) and his promoter Eddie Hearn have been squawking about wanting a big stadium fight against a popular fighter this Summer. They missed out on Amir Khan, who took a bigger money fight against a bigger name in WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for May 7.

In a knee-jerk reaction to Khan shocking the boxing world with that fight, Brook said he would be willing to move up in weight to fight IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) for his titles if a catch-weight could be agreed on. Golovkin would likely get a big payday in a fight against Brook. I could see him getting $4 million at the minimum. I think Golovkin is getting $2 million paydays now, so it would be roughly double the amount that he’s been making for his fights.

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Berto: I want Kell Brook to fight Errol Spence

1-Spence v Algieri_Fight_Ryan Greene _ Premier Boxing Champions8By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Berto says he wants to see if IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) is for real or not by him taking on the challenge that was made to him by the talented #2 IBF Errol Spence Jr. (20-0, 17 KOs) after his 5th round knockout win over Chris Algieri on April 16 of his month in New York. Spence immediately called Brook out for a fight.

Brook, 29, has shown no indication that he’ll be taking the 26-year-old Spence up on his offer. Brook says he wants a big named opponent for a stadium fight in the summer. However, the name that is being mentioned as Brook’s next opponent Lamont Peterson, the former IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (34-3-1, 17 KOs). He’s lost 2 out of his last 5 fights. Some stadium fight that’ll be.

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Rule Britannia? Part 1

anthny josuhua (10)By Adam Godfrey: It is easy to wax lyrical about British Boxing and its place in the world scene. Of the recognized World Championship belts, from Minimumweight to Heavyweight (but not including Interim Champions, Champions in Recess or ‘Regular’ champions where there is already a ‘Superchampion’, of which Britain only has one, Jamie McDonnell, who is WBA ‘Regular’ Bantamweight Champion), thirteen are held by a fighter who hails from England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. Americans hold seven; Mexicans hold eleven, Puerto Ricans hold four, another four belong to Filipinos and Cubans hold two. Therefore, of the main Boxing nations, Britain tops the World Championship table by two over second placed Mexico. However, there are myriad factors involved in determining how healthy a nation’s Boxing scene is, with the number of World Champions it boasts being only one of them.

For example, Mexico, while having fewer world champions representing it, currently counts the biggest PPV draw in the World amongst its ranks, in Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. Having just one fighter as popular as Canelo could arguably be considered as much of an advantage as having seven or eight lesser-known World Champions if it brings Boxing to the attention of a greater mass of people.

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Golovkin says Kell Brook is too small to fight

Image: Golovkin says Kell Brook is too small to fight(Photo credit: Chris Farina/K2 Promotions) By Scott Gilfoid: Now that IBF/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin has talen Dominic Wade’s scalp by virtue of his 2nd round knockout win last Night in Inglewood, California, golovkin is hoping to get a bigger fight against WBC middleweight champion Saul Canelo Alvarez for Sepember in a unficiaion fight.

It’s unclear wheher Canelo will ake the fight with Golovkin because he has a big decision to make about whether it makes sense for him to make that move. One fighter we won’t be seeing Golovkin fight is IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K” Brook (36-0, 25 KOs). Golovkin was asked last Saturday night whether he’s be agreeable to fighting he 29-year-old Brook, and he answer was no.

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Porter: Errol Spence beats Kell Brook

1-Spence v Algieri_Fight_Ryan Greene _ Premier Boxing Champions1By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter is picking unbeaten Errol Spence (20-0, 17 KOs) to defeat IBF champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) when the two of them face each other in the future. Like many boxing fans and members of the media, Porter was highly impressed with Spence’s 5th round knockout win over Chris Algieri this month in their fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Spence accomplished what no other fighter had done before in stopping Algieri. Porter doesn’t think Algieri has been the same fighter since his grueling win over Ruslan Provodnikov in 2014. Algieri got the win, but he took some punishment early in the fight before he was able to get on his bike and box his way to a decision.

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Kell Brook compares Errol Spence Jr. to Jeff Lacy

1-Spence v Algieri_Fight_Ryan Greene _ Premier Boxing Champions2By Scott Gilfoid: In a clear sign that IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) hasn’t done his homework in evaluating how talented #2 IBF Errol Spence Jr. (20-0, 17 KOs) is, Brook is now comparing him to former IBF super middleweight world champion Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy, who was beaten 10 years ago by Britain’s Joe Calzaghe by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision.

Spence called Brook out last Saturday night following his 5th round knockout win over former world champion Chris Algieri (21-3, 8 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. At the time, Spence was going by the mistaken belief that the victory over Algieri made him the IBF mandatory challenger to Brook.

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Kell Brook wants Broner or Danny Garcia for July fight

brook455By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook says he wants to fight either WBC 147lb champion Danny “Swift” Garcia or former four division world champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner for his next fight in July. Brook, 29, is leaving it up to his promoter Eddie Hearn to get one of those two fighters.

I think it’s a pipe dream on Brook’s part in wanting Broner or Garcia. There’s talk that those fighters will be facing each other next. After that, Garcia and Amir Khan will likely be fighting.

Khan is already saying he wants Garcia after his fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on May 7. It would seem that Brook has very little chance of fighting Broner or Garcia. I guess Brook may have to fight another Frankie Gavin or Kevin Bizier type fighter unfortunately.

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