By Scott Gilfoid: If you’re like a lot of people you’re wondering when undefeated welterweight contender Kell Brook (27-0, 18 KO’s) will finally face someone with a pulse and isn’t on flat line. Brook has been matched way too softly for way too long in his career and it’s really sad to see. I mean, I know boxing fans give WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. a lot of grief for the soft matchmaking he’s had in his eight year pro career, but Brook is much, much worse in the soft matchmaking in my view.
Brook vs. Hatton
Impressive win over Hatton opens doors for Brook
By David Coleman: Kell Brook’s impressive victory over Matthew Hatton may prove to be the most important of his career so far, as he sets his sights on a world title tilt. The Sheffield man never looked troubled when dealing with the game Mancunian and this showed on the scorecards with all three judges scoring it as a landslide victory for the unbeaten fighter.
Hatton made the mistake of fighting Brook; now he can forget about a title shot
By William Mackay: #9 WBA, #10 IBF welterweight contender Matthew Hatton (42-6-2, 16 KO’s) may have messed up what little chance he had at getting another world title shot in the near future by taking on undefeated Kell Brook (27-0, 18 KO’s) and suffering a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision loss for his efforts last Saturday night. At the time Hatton was close enough to get a world title shot if one of the champions were to show interest in fighting him.
Kell Brook’s promoter targeting Maidana, Mosley, Alexander or Malignaggi for Brook’s next fight in the summer
By William Mackay: Eddie Hearn, undefeated welterweight contender Kell Brook’s promoter, says he’s looking at trying to match hi against one of the following fighters this summer in the UK: Shane Mosley, Marcos Maidana, Devon Alexander, or Paulie Malignaggi. Hearn has already mentioned former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan as being the #1 fighter on the list that he’d like to see Brook face next in a dream pay-per-view event. However, Hearn is open-minded enough to realize that Khan will probably not show any interest in that fight for the time being.
Hatton: Kell Brook is the best fighter I’ve ever fought; he’s a definite future world champion
By Allan Fox: Matthew Hatton (42-6-2, 16 KO’s) was full of admiration for undefeated Kell Brook (27-0, 18 KO’s) after losing a 12 round unanimous decision to him last night in a one-sided fight in front of a large crowd of 9000 fans at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Hatton surprisingly sees the 25-year-old Brook as the best opponent of his career, better even than the hard-hitting WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez, who beat Hatton handily by a lopsided 12 round decision last year in March.
Brook looked vulnerable from the 8th round against Hatton
By Scott Gilfoid: I hate to drizzle on Kell Brook’s loyal fans but I wasn’t at all impressed what I saw of him last night in his 12 round decision win over the hand-picked Matthew Hattn (42-6-2, 16 KO’s). First of all, what is Brook still doing fighting guys like Hatton after almost nine years as pro.
Kell Brook says he’d beat Khan, wants to fight him
By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated welterweight contender Kell Brook (27-0, 18 KO’s) figures he’s ready now to take on and defeat former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) after beating 30-year-old fringe welterweight contender Matthew Hatton (42-6-2, 16 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Brook beats Hatton but unable to stop him
By William Mackay: Matthew Hatton got a minor victory tonight by being able to survive 12 rounds against undefeated Kell Brook in losing by a 12 round decision at the Motorpoint Arena in front of a huge pro-Brook crowd of 9000 fans. Hatton was expected to be stopped by Brook by many boxing experts and it sure looked like he was on his way to being stopped in the last four rounds of the fight, but Hatton did his best to hang on in the literal sense to last the full 12.
Kell Brook dominates Matthew Hatton, but shows a lot of limitations
By Scott Gilfoid: Welterweight contender Kell Brook (27-0, 18 KO’s) defeated his hand-picked opponent Matthew Hatton (42-6-2, 16 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision tonight in one-sided fight but showed a lot of limitations along the way in winning the bout in front of 10,000 screaming fans at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Brook decisions Hatton; Hope defeats Proksa; Frampton stops Ankrah
By William Mackay: As was expected, undefeated welterweight contender Kell Brook (27-0, 18 KO’s) completely had his way with 30-year-old #9 WBA contender Matthew Hatton (42-6-2, 16 KO’s) on Saturday night, winning by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Brook, 25, knocked Hatton down in the 9th with a check left hook. The final judges’ scores were 118-109, 119-108 and 119-107.