Kell Brook explains reason he selected Rabchenko

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By Tim Royner: Kell Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) says he picked out Sergey Rabchenko (29-2, 22 KOs) for his next fight on March 3, because he wanted someone that would give him a real fight. This was supposed to be a confidence building fight for the 31-year-old Brook, but it could turn out to be a disaster for him if he gets worn down and stopped again.

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Brook: Rabchenko is 50-50 fight

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By Tim Royner: Kell Brook says he’s sparred with Sergey Rabchenko in the past in what he refers to as “life and death’ sparring sessions, and he sees their March 3 fight as a 50-50 affair. This is Rabchenko’s big chance, according to Brook.

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David Allen vs. Lenroy Thomas (in weird rematch) on March.3

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By Scott Gilfoid: Domestic level heavyweight David Allen (12-3-1, 9 KOs) apparently didn’t learn his lesson from the last time he tried to tangle with the talented Lenroy Thomas (22-4, 10 KOs) in losing a 12 round split decision to him last May, so now he’s facing him again on March 3 on the undercard of the Kell Brook vs. Sergey Rabchenko card at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England. There’s the right rematches for fighters to take and the wrong rematches. This is a wrong one for Allen. He needs to be steering clear of Thomas. It’s painfully obvious from watching the previous Allen-Thomas fight that Allen isn’t equipped to win.

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Kell Brook: Does he have anything left after 2 bad injuries?

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By Tim Royner: Kell Brook will be trying to make some noise at 154 in moving up in weight for his next fight against Sergey Rabchenko on March 3 at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England. After 2 bad eye injuries, a long 10-month layoff, the 31-uear-old Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) be moving up to junior middleweight to face the hard hitting #7 WBC Rabchenko (29-2, 22 KOs) in his next fight.

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