Brook fires back at Khan

10/01/2015 by Boxing News

brook5433 By Scott Gilfoid: It seems that IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K” Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) didn’t take too kindly Amir Khan’s recent career advice to him when he told Brook that he needs to “up his game” by fighting better opposition if he wants to face him in 2016.

Brook should have seen this as a helpful bit of advice from Khan, because it’s painfully obvious to many boxing fans that Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn has been putting him in with a lot of weak opposition since he took over as his promoter back in early 2011. Let’s be real about this; Brook has only been matched against one quality fighter in Shawn Porter in my view since Hearn took over as his promoter back in 2011.

Erislandy Lara to fight on 11/14 on ESPN

09/29/2015 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: IBO/WBA World super welterweight champion Erislandy Lara (21-2-2, 12 KOs) will be defending his WBA 154lb title against an opponent still to be determined on Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN on November 14tth at a still to be determined venue in Miami, Florida.

Since the 32-year-old Lara has had back to back voluntary defenses against Delvin Rodriguez and Ishe Smith since losing a non-title fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in July of 2014, you would think that it’s time for Lara to get around to defending against his WBA mandatory challenger.

Khan: Brook needs to up his game

09/28/2015 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) says he might give IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) a fight in 2016, but he thinks that the 29-year-old Brook still needs to start fighting better opposition.

Khan told his promoter Eddie Hearn that he needs start matching Brook against better opposition. But instead of matching Brook against the fighters that he suggested [Tim Bradley, Danny Garcia and Marcos Maidana], Hearn has scheduled Brook to fight Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs), a fighter with a 1-2-1 record in his last four fights.

Fury laughs at Hearn’s offer to fight on Brook-Chaves card

09/26/2015 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn can forget all about heavyweight Tyson Fury (24-0, 18 KOs) fighting on the undercard of the Kell Brook vs. Diego Chaves fight card on October 24th on Sky Box Office.

Earlier today, Fury had a good laugh in the process of turning down Hearn’s offer of fighting in an eight rounder on the Brook-Chaves card. Fury said there is no way that he can take the offer, because he’s still under contract for the Wladimir Klitschko fight, and he has to wait until Wladimir’s injured left calf heals before he can fight. Fury can’t take any fights in between that fight.

Kell Brook receives award by BBBofC

09/26/2015 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s always nice when fighters receive awards for their accomplishments. IBF welterweight title holder Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) received an award last night from the British Boxing Board of Control last night with them naming him fighter of the year for the period of 8/1/14 to 7/31/15.

Brook was named the fighter of the year through this period of time for his wins over Shawn Porter, Jo Jo Dan and Frankie Gavin. The award is a nice thing, but I’m not sure that those were good enough wins for Brook to be receiving a fighter of the year award.

Hearn wants Fury to beef up Sheffield card on 10/24

09/25/2015 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: As I predicted earlier, Eddie Hearn needs a big name for his Kell Brook vs. Diego Chaves fight card on October 24th on Sky Box Office at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, UK. Hearn isn’t going to take his fight card off of Sky Box Office PPV despite the fact that Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury has been pulled from the same PPV event after Klitschko suffered a leg injury during his preparation for the Fury fight.

It was supposed to be Klitschko-Fury and Brook-Chaves in a split site card on Sky Box Office. That isn’t happening, and Hearn is starting to show signs desperation at trying to find a big name. But get this; Hearn wants Fury to fight on the Brook-Chaves card. Is that desperation or what?

Brook-Chaves will be tough sell on Sky Box Office PPV minus Klitschko-Fury

09/25/2015 by Boxing News

hearn By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Eddie Hearn got some really bad news today with IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko postponing his fight against Tyson Fury because of a calf injury. This means that without the Klitschko-Fury fight, the Kell Brook vs. Diego Chaves fight will be the headliner fight on Sky Box Office on October 24th from the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, UK. If Hearn discounts the fight 95% by charging only 5% for the Brook-Chaves fight card, then I think it might be worth it to purchase it along with the other mismatches on the card. But no way do I see it worth the whole price now that Fury-Klitschko is off the card.

Brook will fight Bradley in summer 2016, says Hearn

09/25/2015 by Boxing News

brook67 By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn is looking past Brook’s next fight against #4 IBF Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) towards a unification fight between Brook and WBO welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (32-1-1, 12 KOs) that Hearn wants to schedule in the summer of 2016.

Hearn seems to be very confident that he can make the Brook vs. Bradley fight. Brook barely beat Shawn Porter using nonstop clinching last year in their fight in June 2014.

Khan’s trainer Hunter wants him to fight Kell Brook

09/22/2015 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: If trainer Virgil Hunter gets his way we’ll be seeing a fight between his fighter Amir “King” Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) and unbeaten but totally untested IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K” Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) in the near future. Hunter wants the two fighters to face each other for the good of boxing, as well as the good of the UK.

Hunter thinks it would be a great fight if/when it eventually happens. Despite wanting the fight to take place, Hunter hasn’t put pressure on the 28-year-old Khan to face Brook, because he realizes that he has bad blood with the Sheffield fighter and has his reasons for not wanting to throw him a bone by giving him a shot that he feels he’s done precious little to earn.

Roach says Arum told him to pick from Khan, Marquez or Brook for Pacquiao’s next opponent

09/22/2015 by Boxing News

By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach says that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum gave him three names – Amir Khan, Juan Manuel Marquez and Kell Brook – for him to pick from for Manny Pacquiao’s next fight in early 2016. Roach says he thought they were all good names for Pacquiao and that he thinks he’ll have no problems beating any of them.

Roach blames Pacquiao’s recent poor performance against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Pacquiao having an injured shoulder. Roach thinks that Pacquiao will be fine against whoever they pick for his next fight as long as his shoulder is 100% for the fight.