By Chris Williams: Fresh off his big upset victory over Manny Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs) last Saturday in Brisbane, Australia, newly crowned WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (17-0-1, 11 KOs) says he’s targeting welterweight champions Keith Thurman and Errol Spence Jr. for unification fights.
By Allan Fox: Amir Khan didn’t like the way Kell Brook went out on one knee in his 11th round knockout loss to Errol Spence Jr. on May 27 at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England. Khan feels that if he fights Brook, he’ll just quit against him just like he did in his fight with Spence. It’s difficult to imagine Brook quitting against Khan like he did with Spence, but you never know.
By William Mackay: Kell “Special K” Brook plans on getting back in action by the end of this year after his successful surgery on his left eye socket. Brook, 31, had eye surgery to repair his fractured orbital bone on June 16. Brook’s eye is healing quickly, and he feels confident that he’ll be able to resume his boxing career in 2017.
By Dan Ambrose: Errol Spence Jr. wants to take a stay busy fight against the highly ranked Danny Garcia while he waits for a much bigger unification match against Keith Thurman for later this year. Spence (22-0, 19 KOs) will be back inside the ring in September or October in making his first defense of his IBF welterweight title that he won on May 27 in stopping Kell Brook in the 11th round.
By Dan Ambrose: IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. is open to the idea of fighting Saul “Canelo” Alvarez if he’s willing to make a compromise on the weight. Spence isn’t ready to move up to middleweight to fight the 26-year-old Canelo right now, as he’s still fighting in the 147-pound weight class. But if Canelo is willing to meet him halfway at 154, Spence says he’ll take that fight.
By Adam Godfrey: For two fights in succession, former IBF Welterweight World Champion Kell Brook elected to take on men considered within the top ten pound-for-pound punchers in the world. First up was Gennady Golovkin, who looked nailed on to face British contender Chris Eubank Jr. (more on that later) before Brook stepped in at the last minute.
By Allan Fox: IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) says he’s hopeful that he can get Danny Garcia or Manny Pacquiao in his next fight. Spence says he wants to fight WBA/WBC welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman at the start of 2018, as long as he’s healed up from his elbow surgery that he recently had to repair a problem.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former world champion Chris Eubank did not like to see Kell Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) choosing to quit on one knee in his 11th round knockout loss to Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) last month in their fight on May 27 in their fight in front of 27,000 boxing fans at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England. Brook took a knee twice in that fight in the 10th and 11th rounds.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K: Brook will be undoing left eye surgery next week to repair his broken left eye socket that he sustained in his 11th round TKO loss to American Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) on May 27 at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England. Brook suffered a fractured left orbital bone in the loss. Brook will be out of the ring for a prolonged period of time recovering from the surgery.
By J. Ortega: Casual fans came to the strange conclusion that Errol Spence beat Kell Brook, consequently earning the right to be ranked the number one welterweight at 147lbs. Brook indeed has good skills that allowed him to become the IBF champion, but is he truly more skillful and better overall than Keith Thurman? The answer is a resounding, no.