Brook vs. Spence purse bid on Feb.26

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K” Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) and his mandatory challenger Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs) have a purse bid scheduled for February 26, according to Spence. He’s just waiting for the purse bid. He doesn’t know if Brook is going to vacate his IBF title at the last second or what.

Spence is really hoping that Brook doesn’t give up his belt, because he says he wants to personally dethrone him to win the IBF title in the traditional manner rather than getting it outside of the ring. Brook will be entitled to a 75/25 split of the revenue for the Spence fight. That’s something that Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn has been mentioning over and over again, as if he’s already counting the money that Brook will be getting for the fight.

Frankly, I think Hearn keeps mentioning the 75/25 split so that he can scare off Spence and his manager Al Haymon from wanting to take the fight. I don’t think that’s going to work though. Spence needs the IBF belt to use the title for a unification match against the winner of the Danny Garcia vs. Keith Thurman fight.

Spence is hoping to fight the winner of that fight in 2017. It would be a BIG year for Spence if he can take Brook’s scalp, and then follow that up by taking the WBC and WBA titles from the winner of the Garcia-Thurman fight if they agree to fight him, which is still unknown. I think Thurman would possibly fight Spence, but I’m not too sure about Garcia.

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Kell Brook: “There’s no truth

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K” Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) left this cryptic message on his Twitter on Monday, saying, “There’s no truth.” While some boxing fans have been quick to speculate that Brook is commenting on the rumors of him leaving Matchroom Sport for another promotional company, Gilfoid sees it as way for Brook to take a shot at his talented mandatory challenger Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs), who he is supposed to be fighting next.

It’s pretty obvious that Brook, 30, is trying to say that the 26-year-old Spence is no threat to him. But if that were the case, then why is Brook trying so hard to steer around Spence? Brook and his promoter Eddie Hearn keep yapping about wanting to fight Manny Pacquiao, Amir Khan or the winner of the Danny Garcia vs. Keith Thurman fight.

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Brook says Spence is good, but wants Pacquiao

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K” Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) is supposed to be fighting his mandatory challenger #1 IBF Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs) next, but he’s instead saying he wants to fight Amir Khan, Manny Pacquiao or the winner of the Keith Thurman vs. Danny Garcia fight. From the way that Brook is talking, he would jump at the chance of taking on Pacquiao, Khan or the Thurman-Garcia winner rather than fighting the hard hitting unbeaten Spence. The magical question is will Brook get his way?

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Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence possible for April or May

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K” Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) will be putting his IBF title on the line against his unbeaten and highly talented mandatory challenger Errol Spence Jr. (21-0 18 KOs) in April or May, according to Dan Rafael. That’s when Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn wants to have him defend his International Boxing Federation 147lb title.

Brook has already been given a medical extension by the IBF to give him time for his surgically repaired right eye to heal before he has to defend his title against Spence. I doubt that the IBF will give Brook another medical extension if his eye still isn’t ready to go by March or April.

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Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence: Hearn certain fight happens in UK

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By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn is absolutely certain that the Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr. fight will be taking place in the UK rather than the U.S. Hearn says he will win the purse bid for that fight so that he can stage it in the UK. However, Hearn is open to the Brook-Spence fight taking place in the U.S. if Spence’s management wants to make a huge offer for the fight.

That might not happen. Hearn has an advantage with his ability to harness Sky behind the fights that he brings over to the UK. A fight between Brook and Spence is a pay-per-view match in the UK on Sky Box Office.

The same fight in the U.S would be on either Showtime Boxing or Premier Boxing Champions on one of the free network channels.

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Kell Brook: I want to knockout Errol Spence

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook could be back in action by March or April 2017 in making his mandatory defense against unbeaten #1 IBF Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs), according to his promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport. Brook says he wants to knockout Spence, according to Hearn. Brook believes he can do it too. He doesn’t want to be seen vacating his IBF 147lb title, because the boxing fans will think he’s avoiding the Spence fight.

Hearn says Brooks surgically repaired right eye is doing great, and he’s back in training once again. Brook suffered the eye injury in his 5th round knockout loss to IBF/IBO/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) last September in London, UK. Brook refuses to give up his IBF belt to move to the 154lb division despite Hearn believing that he would be better in that weight class.

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Spence willing to fight Brook in UK

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By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten #1 IBF contender Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs) says he doesn’t care if his title fight against IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) takes place in his home country of the UK. All Spence cares about is getting his shot at Brook’s IBF title so that he can take it from him.

Spence thinks that Brook and his promoter don’t even want to go through normal. He figures they’re going to let it go to a purse bid rather than attempting to negotiate with his management.

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Errol Spence is last option for Kell Brook

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By Scott Gilfoid: Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) made news on Thursday with his promoter Eddie Hearn saying that he plans on staying at welterweight and defending his IBF 147lb belt against his mandatory challenger Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs). However, that’s not exactly what Brook is saying. Brook wants a unification fight against one of the other welterweight champions first and foremost.

Brook, 30, wants to fight WBO belt holder Manny Pacquiao, WBC champion Danny Garcia or WBA champ Keith “One Time” Thurman. Brook also wants a fight against Amir Khan at 147. Khan is currently recovering from hand surgery, and he’s expected to be back inside the ring in the early part of the year. Brook would take a fight against him next if Hearn can make it.

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Kell Brook tells Hearn “I won’t vacate my belt bring me Spence”

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By Dan Ambrose: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn is saying that his fighter Kell Brook will not be vacating his IBF welterweight title to avoid his mandatory challenger Errol Spence Jr. Hearn suggested to the 30-year-old Brook that he vacate his IBF 147lb title, because he could then move up to 154 and have more options available to him. However, Brook wants nothing to do with vacating his IBF title. He feels he can still comfortably make weight for the welterweight division.

Brook still wants a unification fight against one of the three other champions – Manny Pacquiao, Danny Garcia or Keith Thurman – but none of those fights will likely happen in time for him to keep his IBF belt.

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Kell Brook given 60-day medical extension

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By Scott Gilfoid: The International Boxing Federation Chairman Lindsey E. Tucker has reportedly given IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K” Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) a 60-day medical extension due to his broken right eye socket that he suffered in his 5th round TKO loss to IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 Kos) last month on September 10 in London, England.

The IBF was going to order Brook to start negotiations for a fight against his #1 IBF mandatory challenger Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs) for a fight that would likely take place in early 2017. However, with the IBF giving the 30-year-old Brook a 60-day extension, it buys him time before he needs to make a decision whether to take on the talented 26-year-old Spence or vacate and go in another direction.

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