Kell Brook: I’m feeling gutted right now

brook45453By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated welterweight Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) got some bad news earlier today about IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) suffering a bicep injury that will delay their February 23rd fight.

Depending on how badly Alexander’s injury it is, we could be looking at the fight being delayed many months, especially if it’s a torn bicep like then one former IBF/WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto suffered on two occasions.

Brook said on his twitter “Can’t put into words how gutted I am.”

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Alexander suffers bicep injury, fight with Brook postponed

alexander232By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) has reportedly suffered a biceps injury while training for his scheduled February 23rd title defense against unbeaten Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) in Detroit, Michigan. The injury is bad to where Alexander’s fight with Brook will need to be postponed until a later date.

Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn said on his twitter “We received the news from Golden Boy Boxing that Devon Alexander has pulled out of the fight due to a bicep injury. We will have a new date ASAP [as soon as possible].”

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Brook: I was ready to go in and take Alexander’s title

brook8By Scott Gilfoid: Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) received some bad news earlier today about his fight against IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) being postponed because of an injury Alexander suffered while in training for their now canceled February 23rd fight.

That fight date is now off, but the fight is still very much on, but they need to figure out how long it’s going to take for Alexander’s injured bicep to heal before they can give a date for the fight.

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Brook: I’m going to show the boxing world what I’ve got on February 23rd

brook5By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten #1 IBF Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) may come up empty on February 23rd when he faces IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) in Detroit, Michigan, but he’ll at least prove ahead of time that he’s far, far superior to Alexander about talking himself up and bragging about his talents.

It’s just that he’s going to look like of silly if he fights the same way he did against Carson Jones last year in July. Brook was bragging about himself before that one too, and he looked awful to the extreme.

We’ve heard the excuses from him for why he looked so bad, blaming it on his conditioning. Like a lot of fighters that have excuses they like to use, he’s now saying his conditioning problems have been taken care of.

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Kell Brook: It’s my destiny to beat Alexander and take his title

1254By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten welterweight contender Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) sounds like a man that’s possessed as the time gets nearer for him to step inside the ring and face IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) on February 23rd at the Masonic Temple Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.

Brook said “There’s no way that I am coming home without that world title. This is my destiny, it’s just meant to be and there’s nothing Devon Alexander can do to stop me.”

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Alexander-Brook: Look for Kell’s stamina problems to rear it’s ugly head

brook453By Scott Gilfoid: We’ve seen unbeaten welterweight contender Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) experience serious stamina issues in his fights with Matthew Hatton and Carson Jones in 2012, and we’ve heard the excuses about Brook’s diet being the cause of it.

We’ve heard Brook’ promoter Eddie Hearn crowing about how Brook’s stamina problems were solved once and for all following his 3rd round TKO of Hector David Saldivia in October of last year in their IBF welterweight eliminator bout. I’m not buying it for an instance.

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Hearn: Brook has to bully Alexander to win

brook1By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn believes he’s got all figured out how his inexperienced fighter Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) can beat IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) in their fight on February 23rd in Detroit, Michigan.

Hearn thinks that all Brook needs to do is rough Alexander up in the same way that the head-butting Timothy Bradley did in beating Alexander by a 10th round technical decision victory in January 2010. Nevermind the fact that the Alexander-Bradley fight was halted after Bradley collided heads with Alexander in the 10th, hurting him. Hearn still thinks this is the way to go for Brook to beat Alexander on February 23rd.

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Brook vs Alexander- Can Kell get the better of Alexander the Great?

brook25By Thomas Cowan: Ahead of Devon Alexander’s showdown with his mandatory challenger to the IBF welterweight world title, Kell Brook, Alexander is seemingly already looking past the Brit towards his next title fight. Alexander’s trainer, Kevin Cunningham, has been talking up a potential bout with veteran Shane Mosley. However, is it dangerous to dismiss the Brook fight as a definite win for the American?

Now, it’s pretty obvious that Brook hasn’t exactly had the toughest route to this title shot. Brook really struggled last summer when he came up against Carson Jones, who is a 2nd tier fighter at best with 9 losses on his record, just about scraping his way to a majority decision win.

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Alexander’s trainer wants Mosley next after Kell Brook fight

mosley3334By Dan Ambrose: Kevin Cunningham, the trainer for IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s), likes the idea of Alexander facing 41-year-old Shane Mosley if Alexander is able to successfully defend his title next month against unbeaten challenger Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) on February 23rd in Detroit, Michigan.

Cunningham told ringtv “Why not Shane?…We would love to oblige Shane with a shot at Devon’s IBF title. We would like to extend an invitation to Shane to come on out to Detroit on February 23rd and to sit at ringside for out fight.”

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2013- The Brits are coming…

froch0244By Paul Walsh: 2013 is set to be a huge year for British boxing.  For some it is about redemption, for others it is about new beginnings and the rest it is about stepping up to the world stage.

The road to redemption is a path which Carl Froch will follow this year in what is set to be the year of the rematch for the “Cobra”, he will start with the defence of his IBF crown against the Great Dane Mikkel Kessler.  If it is half as good as the first fight we are in for another special night for British boxing. 

No venue has been set as of yet but Kessler has agreed to take the fight in England and I think that will be the deciding factor.  Carl Froch is in the form of his life and I think he will have too much for Kessler with the backing of the raucous home crowd especially if he can get the fight in Nottingham. 

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