By Ciaran McKinney: Craven Park was the venue. There was a stacked card from top to bottom, each bout providing something different for the packed crowd in Hull. Eddie Hearn made something very clear in the run up to this event. Without Luke Campbell, this event would have been on a much smaller scale. A professional debut in an open air stadium, never mind headlining the bill? Matchroom would have us believe that baby-faced 25 year old truly is the real deal. But more on that later.
The first fight I shall focus on was the dust-up between domestic rivals Derry Matthews and Tommy ‘Boom Boom’ Coyle. This match was by no means a technical masterclass, and neither of these men will really ever reach the upper echelon of the sport. However, what they did achieve, was the sustained attention of the raucous crowd, who were so vocal in no small part due to local hero Coyle applying most of the pressure.
By Ciaran McKinney: This bout came to be off the back of numerous delays and then the inevitable cancellation of Kell Brooks’ World Title bout versus Devon Alexander. The special one, in recent times has been ravaged by injury and on his own admission fell out of love with the sport. The first battle between these two, was expected to be a relatively easy step up in class for Brook, however, he got the scare of his life and a true gut-check.
By Scott Gilfoid: #1 IBF welterweight contender Kell Brook (30-0, 20 KO’s) stopped American Carson Jones (35-10-3, 25 KO’s) in a controversial 8th round stoppage in a bout held at a catch-weight of 152 lbs. instead of at welterweight at the Craven Park Stadium, Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
By Mark Havey: Tonight Kell Brook steps into the ring with Carson Jones. It isn’t the first time they have fought. Last year Jones done to Brook what everyone else has failed to do, drag him into the trenches. Brook dominated the first half of their fight but then slowed the pace.
By Scott Gilfoid: Rather than admitting that he got worn down by the pressure and the talent from welterweight contender Carson Jones (35-9-3, 25 KO’s) last year in July, Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) is saying that he wasn’t at the top of his game due to conditioning issues, which he supposedly has fixed for tonight’s rematch between them at the Craven Park Stadium, Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
By Scott Gilfoid: Welterweight contender Carson Jones (35-9-3, 25 KO’s) showed who’s boss at today’s weigh-in with unbeaten #1 IBF, Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) by giving him a hard shove when Brook started yapping about Jones pushing him with his head when the two fighters came head to head during their stare down for tomorrow night’s fight at the Craven Park Stadium, Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
By Peter Wells (twitter @boxingbrains): Almost a year ago, after 6 rounds, everything was going so smoothly at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield. But suddenly Kell Brook ran into a brick wall, in both himself and the 44 fight veteran, Carson Jones.
By Scott Gilfoid: Welterweight contender Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) will be taking his career backwards to face Carson Jones (35-9-3, 25 KO’s) on July 13th to try and clear up the controversy from his last fight with the American last year in July in Sheffield. Brook, #1 IBF, #8 WBO, won that fight by a controversial 12 round majority decision, but many boxing fans think Jones did more than enough to deserve at least a draw out of the fight, if not an outright win.
by Scott Gilfoid: #7 WBO, welterweight contender Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) faces Carson Jones (35-9-3, 25 KO’s) on July 13th in a fight that should tell us what we need to know about the talent and the destiny of the 27-year-old Brook when he faces Jones at the Craven Park Stadium, Hull, Yorkshire, UK. 