Kell Brook boxing news
By Scott Gilfoid: Frankie Gavin (22-1, 13 KOs) says he sees weakness in the game of IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (34-0, 23 KOs) that he thinks he can exploit this Saturday night in their fight at the O2 Arena in London, UK.
Gavin says Brook leans forward too much and he feels he can nail him with shots. Gavin may be right about that because Brook has never been hard to hit in any of his fights. He had to resort to holding Shawn Porter all night long in order to slow down his offense.
By Scott Gilfoid: Challenger Frankie Gavin (22-1, 13 KOs) has no chance of pulling off the upset this Saturday, says IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (24-0, 23 KOs), who will be facing the 29-year-old “Funtime” Gavin at the O2 Arena in London, England.
Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn was the one who thought it would be a good idea for Brook to fight Gavin, and instead of resisting the idea, Brook thought it was a great idea and readily agreed to the fight. Of course, this isn’t the fight that fans want to see.
By Scott Gilfoid: This Saturday night on May 30th, IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (34-0, 23 KOs) will be fighting what amounts to be little more than a stay busy fight for him in his title defense against #5 IBF Frankie Gavin (22-1, 13 KOs) at the O2 Arena in London, UK.
Gavin, 29, is technically a highly ranked contender at #4 by the International Boxing Federation, but he’s really been given a very generous ranking by the IBF. It’s a ranking that makes little sense when you factor in that Gavin was recently beaten by Leonard Bundu and arguably beaten by Bradley Skeete.
By Dan Ambrose: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (34-0, 23 KOs) may not be getting the big money fight against Amir Khan that he’s been interested in for the last couple of years, but it looks like Brook will get a fight against Top Rank fighter Brandon Rios (33-2, 24 KOs) this summer.
Cameron Dunkin, the manager for Rios, told USA Today that a fight between Rios and Brook is possible for August 8th. It would be televised on HBO. There’s no word yet about where the fight would take place.
By Scott Gilfoid: It’s pretty much a given that #5 IBF Frankie Gavin (22-1, 13 KOs) has been selected as IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook’s next opponent on May 30th mainly because he fights in the same Matchroom Sport stable and that he isn’t considered a dangerous threat to beat Brook like someone like Keith Thurman would be.
That’s why it’s surprising to learn that the 29-year-old Gavin actually thinks he’s going to beat Brook when the two of them face each other at the O2 Arena in London, UK.
By Scott Gilfoid: Like Amir Khan, IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook feels he’s in great position to get a big money fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the near future, even though Mayweather has shown zero interest in facing Brook.
Mayweather has not mentioned wanting to take that fight, and the lure of capturing Brook’s IBF title is meaningless right now given that Mayweather is vacating all of his world titles. I mean, why would Mayweather vacate his titles just so that he can go after Brook’s IBF strap? It makes no sense at all.
By Scott Gilfoid: In surprising news, Ring Magazine has moved IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (34-0, 23 KOs) to No.1 in their Ring rankings below Ring champion at 147 Floyd Mayweather Jr. and above No.2 Manny Pacquiao.
This is surprising though because Brook hasn’t really cut his teeth yet against the best fighters in the welterweight division during his long 10-year pro career. Brook’s best win was a close/controversial 12 round majority decision victory over Shawn Porter last in August.
By Scott Gilfoid: In what could be an act of futility, WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman (25-0, 21 KOs) is calling out IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (34-0, 23 KOs) for a unification fight in what would be the battle of the unbeaten. Thurman sees Brook as a guy that is already 29-years-old, and clearly ready to be fighting guys at the top tier. However, Brook is currently scheduled to fight #5 IBF Frankie Gavin (22-1, 13 KOs) in what shapes up to be a mismatch this month on May 30th.
Before that, Brook had another mismatch against Jo Jo Dan. Getting Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn to agree to finally put Brook in with a live opponent not named Amir Khan, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao may prove to be impossible because Hearn is hoping that Brook will get a fight against one or more of those fighters someday.
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (34-0, 23 KOs) is holding out hope that he can get the winner of tonight’s fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. Brook, 28, is picking Mayweather to win the fight over Pacquiao. But regardless of which fighter comes out the victor, Brook wants to fight the winner in September or whenever they want.
Brook first has to beat #5 IBF Frankie Gavin (22-1, 13 KOs) in their fight this month on May 30th, but once that fight is out of the way Brook will be available to fight Mayweather or Pacquiao.
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook and former IBF/WBA 140 pound champ Amir Khan would both like nothing better than to get big money fights against the likes of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. before they step away from the sport and go off into the sunset into retirement in the near future.
Showtime analyst Paulie Malignaggi doesn’t see either of those two guys getting the fights they want against Mayweather or Pacquiao.