(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Lewis: Special #1 IBF Kell Brook (33-0, 22 KOs) really lived up to his nickname last night by out pointing the talented and proven IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter (24-0-1, 15 KOs) in handing him his first defeat of his career at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The final judges’ scores were 114-114, 117-111 and 116-112, all for Brook.
This win has opened up many doors for the Sheffield fighter who trains at the well known Ingle gym that produced Prince Naseem, such as potential fights against Amir Khan, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Pacquiao, Devon Alexander, Keith Thurman, Tim Bradley and a rematch with Porter if Brook wants it. Porter said after the fight that he wants a rematch with Brook.