Brook vs. Alexander: Is “Special K” ready to take on the World?…

11/25/2012 by A-D-Y-R

Across the UK anticipation is growing that we could quite possibly have the genuine article after years of waiting. Ricky Hatton, Junior Witter and Amir Khan have all failed to succeed at the very elite level, and now we have a new hope about to enter the world stage – Kell Brook.

Brook has learned his trade the hard way, earning the coveted Lonsdale belt before working his way up the rankings. Unbeaten in 29 fights and rarely troubled Brook appears to be the complete package. He has power, speed, timing and (unlike Khan) a chin, and as proved in the Jones fight the metal to dig deep when required. Unlike some of his British counterparts, Brook has not had a sugar coated career and has been under the radar working hard towards his goal – world honours.

Devon Alexander will expose Brook’s lack of experience

11/24/201211/23/2012 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s never a good idea to bring a fighter along against soft opposition for long period of time and then suddenly throw them in with a champion and expect positive results to occur. It’s garbage in garbage out. IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) will be defending his title on January 19th against #1 IBF Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) in the United States in a location that is still being worked out.

Brook is a classic example of a fighter that has been brought along at a glacial pace with utterly soft opposition, including his International Boxing Federation 147 lb eliminator bout that he fought last October against a fighter by the name of Hector David Saldivia.

TEAM UK vs TEAM USA; Wilder, Broner, Froch

11/22/201211/21/2012 by madern

By Madern: Readers on this website are split between the nations of Great Britain and the U S of A (apologies to anyone else!) with a sense of animosity and a biased view. I am a representative of one of these great boxing countries but I will say no more.

This piece I have created is meant to be an unbiased view of who I would predict would be the winner between these potential bouts.

Alexander vs. Brook: Devon ready to take advantage of Kell’s lack of experience

11/21/2012 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his IBF strap against his #1 mandatory challenger Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) on January 19th in the United States in a still to be determined venue. Although the 26-year-old Brook has more fights on his resume compared to the 25-year-old Alexander the difference here is that Alexander has much more experience against quality opposition compared to Brook. It’s not even close.

Here are the well known fighters that Alexander has fought:

Hearn: A Khan-Brook fight will be on our terms, not Khan’s

11/14/2012 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn is already looking past his fighter Kell Brook’s next fight on January 19th against IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) towards a fight between Brook and Amir Khan. Hearn says for a fight between Khan and Brook to take place it’ll have to be his liking.

In other words, Hearn is seeing himself and Brook in the power position by virtue of the IBF 147 pound strap that Brook hasn’t even won yet. Is that silly or what? The chances of Brook beating Alexander are EXTREMELY remote and yet here is Hearn planning a future schedule for Brook that looks past that fight as if it’s already a win on Brook’s record.

The Future: How it should be….

11/13/2012 by Nationvegas

by Rusty Nate: I am British! Now that is out of the way I just wanted to put out there my disappointment that so many writers seem to treat the sport and the fighters in it like a world war.

I think a lot of you guys that are reading this will probably know without names which writers are the main culprits for hate articles based on little more than emotion rather than facts of the sport or the careers the fighters have had.

I read some articles and I can feel myself getting more and more irritated by the inhuman one sided tunnel vision that is displayed by these writers.

Khan’s dilemma

11/13/201211/13/2012 by Nationvegas

by Rusty Nate: Amir Khan finds himself in an interesting position at present. Having lost his last two fights to boxers with inferior movement, speed and experience at the highest level in the biggest arena’s it would seem only logical that he would be considering his future within the sport.

Now I am a believer that a fighter as young as him at an age where his performance physically is not going to decline anytime soon that he can come again and make a success of the rest of his career. Manny Pacquiao took a couple of losses early on (one a pretty bad KO) and now look at what he has become.

Kell Brook: Great one [Alexander] vs. Special one

11/12/201211/12/2012 by Boxing News

By Jack Tarpey : So as we all know by now Kell “Special K” Brook, Sheffield’s switch hitter appears to have finally secured his shot at world level, his promoter Hearn has in principal agreed a bout with none other than Devon “The Great” Alexander who is the current IBF welterweight world champion, the bout is scheduled for the 19th of January 13 set to take place in the States.

A win against Devon will certainly propel Kell into the mix of the world elite at welterweight, but in the same time this could throw a huge spanner in the works. If Kell loses to Devon he will also certainly miss out on his much anticipated showdown with Amir Khan, well for the near future at least.

Devon Alexander vs. Kell Brook on 1/19 in U.S

11/11/201211/10/2012 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks after all the fuss that Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn made about trying to get IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) to come over to the UK to fight his guy Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) it doesn’t look as if Hearn is going to get his way, as RingTV is reporting that an agreement has been made for the fight to take place on January 19th in the United States.

What this means of course is that Brook will have little chance of beating Alexander because Alexander is pretty unbeatable in the U.S. Brook will have little chance of winning the fight unless he can score a knockout.

Kell Brook could fight Jan Zaveck if Devon Alexander vacates IBF title

10/25/201210/24/2012 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: If Kell Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn is able to win a purse bid with Golden Boy Promotions, we could see a possible scenario where IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander chooses to vacate his title rather than taking the chance of going over to the UK and winding up losing his strap by a controversial decision.

Although Alexander is saying that he has no intention of giving up his IBF title this could change if he’s forced to fight Brook in the UK in front of 12,000 screaming Brits. I think Alexander is the better fighter of the two, but I question whether he can win a decision over Brook in the UK.