Kell Brook needs to fight someone good in his next fight

Image: Kell Brook needs to fight someone good in his next fightBy 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.

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Impressive win over Hatton opens doors for Brook

Image: Impressive win over Hatton opens doors for BrookBy 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.

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Hatton made the mistake of fighting Brook; now he can forget about a title shot

Image: Hatton made the mistake of fighting Brook; now he can forget about a title shotBy 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.

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Kell Brook’s promoter targeting Maidana, Mosley, Alexander or Malignaggi for Brook’s next fight in the summer

Image: Kell Brook's promoter targeting Maidana, Mosley, Alexander or Malignaggi for Brook's next fight in the summerBy 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.

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Hatton: Kell Brook is the best fighter I’ve ever fought; he’s a definite future world champion

Image: Hatton: Kell Brook is the best fighter I've ever fought; he's a definite future world championBy 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.

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Kell Brook says he’d beat Khan, wants to fight him

Image: Kell Brook says he'd beat Khan, wants to fight himBy 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.

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Brook beats Hatton but unable to stop him

Image: Brook beats Hatton but unable to stop himBy 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.

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Brook decisions Hatton; Hope defeats Proksa; Frampton stops Ankrah

Image: Brook decisions Hatton; Hope defeats Proksa; Frampton stops AnkrahBy 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.

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