Fury laughs at Hearn’s offer to fight on Brook-Chaves card

hearn666By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn can forget all about heavyweight Tyson Fury (24-0, 18 KOs) fighting on the undercard of the Kell Brook vs. Diego Chaves fight card on October 24th on Sky Box Office.

Earlier today, Fury had a good laugh in the process of turning down Hearn’s offer of fighting in an eight rounder on the Brook-Chaves card. Fury said there is no way that he can take the offer, because he’s still under contract for the Wladimir Klitschko fight, and he has to wait until Wladimir’s injured left calf heals before he can fight. Fury can’t take any fights in between that fight.

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Kell Brook receives award by BBBofC

brook54566By Scott Gilfoid: It’s always nice when fighters receive awards for their accomplishments. IBF welterweight title holder Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) received an award last night from the British Boxing Board of Control last night with them naming him fighter of the year for the period of 8/1/14 to 7/31/15.

Brook was named the fighter of the year through this period of time for his wins over Shawn Porter, Jo Jo Dan and Frankie Gavin. The award is a nice thing, but I’m not sure that those were good enough wins for Brook to be receiving a fighter of the year award.

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Hearn wants Fury to beef up Sheffield card on 10/24

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By Scott Gilfoid: As I predicted earlier, Eddie Hearn needs a big name for his Kell Brook vs. Diego Chaves fight card on October 24th on Sky Box Office at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, UK. Hearn isn’t going to take his fight card off of Sky Box Office PPV despite the fact that Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury has been pulled from the same PPV event after Klitschko suffered a leg injury during his preparation for the Fury fight.

It was supposed to be Klitschko-Fury and Brook-Chaves in a split site card on Sky Box Office. That isn’t happening, and Hearn is starting to show signs desperation at trying to find a big name. But get this; Hearn wants Fury to fight on the Brook-Chaves card. Is that desperation or what?

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Brook-Chaves will be tough sell on Sky Box Office PPV minus Klitschko-Fury

hearnBy Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Eddie Hearn got some really bad news today with IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko postponing his fight against Tyson Fury because of a calf injury. This means that without the Klitschko-Fury fight, the Kell Brook vs. Diego Chaves fight will be the headliner fight on Sky Box Office on October 24th from the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, UK. If Hearn discounts the fight 95% by charging only 5% for the Brook-Chaves fight card, then I think it might be worth it to purchase it along with the other mismatches on the card. But no way do I see it worth the whole price now that Fury-Klitschko is off the card.

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Brook will fight Bradley in summer 2016, says Hearn

brook67By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn is looking past Brook’s next fight against #4 IBF Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) towards a unification fight between Brook and WBO welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (32-1-1, 12 KOs) that Hearn wants to schedule in the summer of 2016.

Hearn seems to be very confident that he can make the Brook vs. Bradley fight. Brook barely beat Shawn Porter using nonstop clinching last year in their fight in June 2014.

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Diego Chaves is a dangerous fight for Kell Brook, says Bradley

brook3By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K” Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) had better get his clinching skills ready because he could be in for a real tough fight next month when he faces the hard hitting Argentinian Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) in a 12 round affair on October 24th on Sky Box Office from the Sheffield Arena, in Sheffield, UK.

American WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley thinks that Brook could be in for a really grueling fight when he gets inside the ring with Chaves and he sees this fight as one that could be a lot tougher than Brook expects it to be.

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Brook: Mayweather is playing it safe with Berto fight

Image: Brook: Mayweather is playing it safe with Berto fightBy Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell “The Special One” Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) is under the belief that WBA/WBC 147lb champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KOs) is taking a safe fight by facing former IBF/WBC 147lb champion Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) in their fight on Showtime pay-per-view this Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Brook, 29, says he would have liked to have been the one facing Mayweather in this fight instead of the 31-year-old Berto.

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Brook: Khan doesn’t want to give fans the fight they want to see

brook3By Scott Gilfoid: After working hard to try and get a fight against Brandon Rios and failing, IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) will be fighting No.4 IBF Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) on October 24th on Sky Sports from the Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, UK.

Instead of being happy that he’s finally got a fight scheduled, the 29-year-old Brook is harping about how Amir Khan isn’t giving boxing fans the fight they want to see by agreeing to fight him. Khan recently said that he wants to wait until Brook has beaten a couple of other well-known opponents so that their eventual fight will be much bigger than it would be if they were to face each other right now.

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Kell Brook to fight Diego Chaves on October 24th in Sheffield

chaves444By Scott Gilfoid: Well, IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) isn’t getting the big name that he was hoping to get for his next fight, but he at least will be fighting an actual contender with a shred of talent for a change when he faces #4 IBF, #9 WBA Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) on October 24th in Sheffield, UK.

Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn is expected to make the announcement of the Brook-Chaves fight this week.

Hearn and Brook had been hoping to get the better known Brandon Rios for the fight, but they failed to agree on the money and the rematch clause for the fight. However, Chaves is a better fighter than Rios in my opinion.

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Hearn keeping Chaves & Provodnikov in reserve as potential opponents for Brook

brook55666By Scott Gilfoid: If the negotiations between IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) and WBO 147lb champion Timothy Bradley (32-1-1, 12 KOs) don’t work out for whatever reason, Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn says he’ll look to match Brook against either #9 WBA, #11 WBO welterweight contender Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) or #4 WBO, #5 WBC, #8 WBA light welterweight contender Ruslan Provodnikov (24-4, 17 KOs).

The Bradley-Brook fight is the one that Hearn badly wants to make for October 24th in the UK, but if Hearn and Brook start talking nonsense about a rematch clause in the contract, then they could drive Bradley and Top Rank away from the negotiating table.

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